Lead Rotating Equipment Engineer

Seeking a Lead Mechanical Engineer, Rotating Equipment to join our site engineering team south of Lake Charles, LA.

The successful candidate shall possess understanding of drivers such as motors and gas turbines and driven equipment such as compressors, pumps and generators. The incumbent shall have a solid understanding of associated supporting components/systems such as, couplings, bearings, lubrication and sealing systems (dry gas seals and mechanical seals). Working knowledge in machinery installation, compressor performance, and vibration analysis is key in successful performance of this job.

Additionally, this individual shall provide, as a minimum, intermediate level Reliability Engineering support to the Operations team with focus in the following areas:

• Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA):
  With expertise in relevant techniques to adequately lead RCFA exercises for failures relating to plant equipment and/or processes.
• Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM):
  With adequate knowledge in relevant techniques to drive fine-tuning & improvements in existing Maintenance practices to achieve a cost-effective, yet safe robust Maintenance strategy.

• Rotating equipment MOC/HAZOP signoff
• Site rotating equipment technical authority
• VG engineering sign off on rotating equipment inspection / readiness
• Provides input to weekly site engineering report
• Witness and participate in major activities (motor solo runs, N2 runs, SATs etc)

Education and

Certifications:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or other relevant technical discipline is required
• Mechanical Engineering focus is preferred.
• A Professional Engineering License is preferred.

Experience:

• A minimum of Five (5) years’ experience working in an engineering capacity, with Rotating and Mechanical equipment in an industrial setting in engineering or operations
• Oil and Gas experience is required, with preference in LNG applications, however, petrochemical, NGL, cryogenic natural gas processing, or other hydrocarbon processing experience may be acceptable.
• Extensive knowledge of gas turbines (Frames & Aero-derivatives) and compressors (including compressor performance) is required
• Additional
  
  Skills:
• Knowledge of CMMS Systems
• RCFA tools for conducting failure analysis