Area Rotating Machinery Engineer

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• Supports the Area in achieving key outcomes in safety, reliability, efficiency, compliance, cost and customer service.
• Provides technical, troubleshooting, and maintenance support for all production facilities within the area including all ASU, CO2, H2, and He regarding all mechanical equipment and rotating machinery—including compressors, pumps, fans, turbines, blowers, gearboxes, and their auxiliary systems.
• Provides technical assistance for operations, including direct support and troubleshooting on machinery issues within the area.
• Works with Area Controls engineers, Electrical engineers, Planning engineers, and National Rotating Machinery Engineers to support any respective initiatives or projects.
• Reviews and approves mechanical and machinery PMs, work instructions, and related procedures and provides feedback and recommendations for changes as necessary.
• Reviews the quality and completeness of mechanical equipment and machinery PM execution at assigned plant locations and provides technical support with planning and execution.
• Ensures implementation of Standard PM content for area rotating equipment.
• Routinely reviews mechanical condition‑based vendor data reports and provides recommendations and necessary repair plans for any noted deficiencies to ensure reliable operation (vibration monitoring, oil analysis, thermography, etc.).
• Leads the troubleshooting and repair of critical failed mechanical equipment and machinery including MOC guidance, plant/equipment outage decision making, repair plan, and root cause analysis, using OEMs where required, and ensuring that lessons learned are shared and implemented.
• Utilizes standardized turnaround work scope templates in the development of the detailed machinery work scope, budget, contractor management, execution strategy, and quality plans for turnarounds, major maintenance, etc.
• Provides direct support in the field for major maintenance execution of machinery scope, using effective quality plans and provides timely close‑out reports that provide lessons learned for continuous improvement.
• Develops multi‑discipline knowledge in relation to rotating machinery applications and contributes to Area Maintenance Strategy development and execution through machinery scope development for major maintenance planning and execution.
• Manages and provides technical support to mechanical contractors to ensure accurate scope completion, proper documentation updates, standards compliance.
• Ensures that the machinery aspects of the major maintenance plan are kept updated for assigned plant locations’ functionality in industrial gas plants.
• Ensures equipment is fit for purpose through maintenance planning and execution, scope/spares decisions, design reviews, HAZOP, MOC, installation, and commissioning processes.
• Completes area machinery technical reviews of MOCs and provides supplemental engineering data, drawings, analysis as necessary.
• Monitors history and condition of rotating equipment to determine and prioritize major maintenance scopes and requirements, including obsolescence aspects. Provides business‑case justifications as required to support budgeting and timings for assigned plant locations.
• Represents the Area mechanical reliability interests for machinery‑related aspects through participation in the proposal and commercialization process.
• Provides machinery execution support to the Messer Projects Execution Team for major capital projects and new plant…