Rotating Equipment Reliability Engineer

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** Rotating Equipment Reliability Engineer
**** Job Summary
** The Marathon Los Angeles Refinery, located in Carson/Wilmington CA, is seeking a Rotating Equipment Reliability Engineer to maintain and improve operational availability, optimize equipment life cycle cost, and achieve best in class reliability.  This position supports operating area teams on issues related to rotating equipment and collaborates with other departments daily. The Rotating Equipment Reliability Engineer will support troubleshooting machinery issues, develop project requests, implement new solutions, and lead reliability programs.

The schedule for the position is 4 days - 10 hours days - Monday-Thursday - core hour 7 AM - 3:30 PM, after hours calls that can be handled over the phone can occur once a month and support TAR/Major Maintenance events once a year.
** Key Responsibilities
** Maintenance and Area Team Support
* Serve as a technical resource to the Maintenance Machinery Foreman, Technicians, and Operations to troubleshoot, diagnose, and repair rotating equipment.
* Develop and provide training on rotating equipment and support systems for Maintenance and Operations personnel.
* Lead site reliability programs and initiatives including Incident Investigations (using RCFA methods), Lost Opportunity Tracking, Pump Seal Reliability Program, PM Optimization, and Area Team Threats Neutralization Program to identify opportunities for improvement and drive solutions.
* Leads multi-department investigation teams to solve recurring rotating equipment failures
* Submit and approve equipment Preventative Maintenance (PM) plans to ensure compliance with Refinery Standard Practices and reliability initiatives.
* Perform equipment condition assessments to determine fitness for service and to develop equipment care and repair plans. Review equipment repair reports from outside shops, provide input on inspection requirements and approve repair plans ensuring compliance with Marathon specifications.
* Identify critical equipment spare part requirements and ensure warehouse storage is aligned with the plan.
* Identify and maintain a list of obsolete equipment and manages the replacement/upgrade plan.
* Interface with MPC Rotating Equipment Advisory Group to share lessons learned and best practices.  Engage management to champion specification changes to improve equipment reliability and department efficiency.

Projects and TAR Support
* Develop Project Request Forms (PRFs) for reliability improvements.
* Develop, submit, and ensure MM/TAR scope is well justified, documented correctly, and meets maintenance specifications and industry best practices.
* Define expectations and project deliverables related to Mechanical Integrity and reliability requirements, as well as site preferred technologies and methodologies.
* Review project documentation, P&’s, and data sheets to ensure accuracy.
* Provide technical support to Major Maintenance (MM) and Turnaround (TAR) execution team, assisting with equipment inspection, QA/QC, and FCO process.

Health, Safety, Environmental and Mechanical Integrity Stewardship
* Participate in safety walks and field audits on a regular basis.
* Serve as a technical resource to the Process Safety Department during Area Team HAZOP reviews.
* Lead or support incident investigations to determine root cause and identify corrective actions.
* Support MOC process and ensure that technical documentation is maintained per company policy.
* Champion Mechanical Integrity program and the Major Equipment Deficiency process with key stakeholders.

Personal Development
* Maintain a personal development plan and attend training to foster professional development to support career goals.
** Education, Experience and Skills
**** Minimum Qualifications
*** Must have Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. (Education must be obtained/completed prior to start date)
* Must have at least 2 years of post degree engineering…