Rotating Equipment Specialist – Technical Advisor

Universal Plant Services is looking for an experienced Rotating Equipment Specialist (Technical Advisor) to provide onsite technical expertise and support for refinery, petrochemical, and chemical manufacturing facilities. This role is ideal for a hands‑on rotating equipment professional with deep technical knowledge and a passion for solving complex reliability challenges, improving asset performance, and supporting customer success.

The Rotating Equipment Specialist (Technical Advisor) serves as an onsite technical expert supporting refinery, petrochemical, and chemical plant customers in the troubleshooting, diagnosis, maintenance, repair, and reliability improvement of rotating equipment. The Specialist works directly with operations, maintenance, and reliability personnel to identify equipment issues, perform root cause investigations, and provide technical recommendations that improve equipment performance, reliability, and availability.
This position requires extensive field experience with pumps, compressors, turbines, blowers, gearboxes, mixers, and mechanical seal systems. The ideal candidate possesses strong diagnostic skills and the ability to identify failure mechanisms through vibration analysis, equipment inspections, lubrication analysis, operating data review, and field troubleshooting.

• Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve issues involving rotating equipment in operating refinery and chemical plant environments.
• Identify failure mechanisms and recommend corrective actions for pumps, compressors, turbines, blowers, mixers, gearboxes, and related equipment.
• Perform field inspections and equipment assessments to determine causes of equipment degradation, performance loss, or failure.
• Analyze equipment operating data, maintenance history, and process conditions to identify reliability concerns.
• Interpret vibration data, spectra, and waveforms to diagnose machinery issues and provide repair recommendations. [], [tribonet.org]
• Review lubrication analysis reports and recommend lubrication strategies and corrective actions.
• Support predictive maintenance and condition-monitoring programs.

• Conduct Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) investigations and develop recommendations to prevent recurring failures.
• Develop repair scopes, inspection plans, and maintenance recommendations for rotating equipment.
• Support planned outages, shutdowns, and turnarounds by providing technical expertise and field support.
• Provide startup, commissioning, and post-repair troubleshooting support.
• Review OEM recommendations and repair reports to ensure equipment reliability and long-term performance.

• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers and internal operations teams.
• Provide recommendations for equipment upgrades, reliability improvements, and maintenance best practices.
• Assist customers in evaluating equipment condition and determining repair-versus-replace strategies.
• Coordinate with maintenance personnel, planners, reliability engineers, and vendors to resolve complex equipment issues.
• Prepare technical reports, findings, and recommendations in a clear and professional manner.

• Associate degree in a technical discipline; or
• Equivalent combination of technical training, certifications, and relevant rotating equipment experience.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related technical field.
• Vibration Analysis certification and/or reliability certifications preferred.

• 5+ years of experience troubleshooting, diagnosing, repairing, and supporting rotating equipment in refinery, petrochemical, chemical, power generation, or industrial facilities.
• Hands‑on experience with pumps, compressors, turbines, blowers, gearboxes, and mechanical seal systems.
• Experience performing equipment inspections, failure analysis, and reliability improvement activities.
• Ability to interpret vibration analysis and equipment condition monitoring data.
• Experience supporting maintenance activities, outages, turnarounds,…