Sr Engineer, Rotating Equipment, Lake Charles Refinery

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What To Expect

As a Sr Engineer, Rotating Equipment
, you will play a key role in ensuring the safety, reliability, and performance of critical equipment that powers our operations. This position offers the opportunity to collaborate with talented teams, tackle complex engineering challenges, and contribute to innovative solutions that drive our business forward. You’ll be part of a dynamic environment where your expertise is valued, your growth is supported, and your work helps shape the future of energy.

• Lead the planning, design, and implementation of mechanical solutions for fixed equipment such as pressure vessels, piping, heat exchangers, and tanks.
• Analyze complex engineering challenges, develop and refine equipment specifications, and oversee installation, operation, and maintenance activities to ensure reliability and compliance.
• Manage technical troubleshooting projects, conduct root cause analyses, and recommend improvements to enhance equipment performance and lifecycle management.
• Create detailed engineering drawings, guide major equipment rebuilds, and deliver small- to medium-scale projects in collaboration with inspection, operations, maintenance, and project teams.
• Serve as a technical resource for the site, providing expertise in mechanical integrity assessments and supporting investigations into equipment failures.
• Facilitate the adoption of new technologies and best practices, participate in professional society activities, and maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant codes and standards.
• Develop and review repair plans, support the Mechanical Integrity Team, and ensure all team members and contractors are properly trained.
• Foster a culture of safety, continuous improvement, and technical excellence to drive the reliability and performance of refinery assets while supporting broader organizational goals.

• Legally authorized to work in the job posting country
• Willing and able to obtain a Transportation Worker Identification Card (TWIC)
• Must be willing and able, with or without reasonable accommodations, to comply with the following:
  • Travel up to 5%
  • Work extended hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and holidays, and perform occasional duties
  • Transport articles up to 50 pounds
  • Climb ladders and stairs up to 200 feet
  • Work safely near large, hot, high-speed machines, around chemicals and hydrocarbons under high pressure and heat, and in harsh weather conditions
  • Wear fire retardant clothing and personal protective equipment
  • Maintain face daily for proper respirator/face mask seal (some examples include being free of facial hair and/or clean shaven)
• Bachelors Degree or higher in an Engineering discipline
• 3 or more years of engineering experience in the energy industry

• 5 or more years of experience working as a Mechanical or Maintenance Engineer at a refinery
• Working knowledge of:
  • SAP
  • Equity Engineering Plant Manager
  • PCMS
  • API-RBI Software
  • API 579
  • API 571
  • ASME B31.3
• Proficiency with MS Outlook Suite (Outlook Email, Word, and Excel programs)

This position has a base salary range of $137,700 $ 168,300.

At Phillips 66, we are committed to pay transparency and competitive, equitable compensation. Each role is assigned a salary grade with a defined pay range, benchmarked against industry peers. Where a candidate offer falls within the posted range depends on the candidate's experience, skills, and alignment with the roles requirements. Offers are made to ensure internal equity and market competitiveness. Our compensation programs are designed to reward performance and support career growth.

The Lake Charles Refinery is located in Westlake, Louisiana. Refinery facilities include crude distilling, naphtha reforming, fluid catalytic cracking, alkylation, hydrocracking, hydrodesulfurization and delayed coking units. Facilities also include a specialty coker and calciner. The refinery processes a mixture of light to heavy, low- and high sulfur and low- and high-acid crude oils. It receives domestic, Canadian and other foreign crude oil through truck, pipeline, marine…