Senior Rotating Equipment Reliability Engineer

SENIOR ROTATING EQUIPMENT RELIABILITY ENGINEER Refinery Mechanical Reliability | Martinez, CA

IN DEMAND Recruitment & Consulting Inc. is currently seeking a Senior Rotating Equipment Reliability Engineer for our client, a leading refinery operation within a complex industrial and energy infrastructure environment. This is a senior-level technical reliability role focused on ensuring the long-term reliability, operability, and mechanical integrity of critical refinery rotating equipment.

This opportunity is ideal for a highly experienced refinery or petrochemical reliability professional with deep rotating equipment expertise, strong troubleshooting capability, and a proven track record of improving machinery performance, reducing failures, and driving reliability strategy across large industrial facilities.

Reporting into refinery reliability leadership, the Senior Rotating Equipment Reliability Engineer serves as a key technical authority responsible for supporting refinery-wide rotating equipment reliability and mechanical integrity initiatives.

This role partners closely with Machinery Inspectors, Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, and external repair vendors to troubleshoot failures, lead reliability investigations, support turnaround execution, and develop both short- and long-term reliability strategies for critical rotating assets.

The successful candidate will play a major role in improving equipment uptime, reducing Loss of Primary Containment (LOPC) incidents, minimizing operational risk, and driving continuous improvement across refinery mechanical systems.

• Drive refinery rotating equipment reliability and mechanical integrity initiatives across the facility
• Champion a Goal Zero safety culture focused on reducing LOPC incidents and operational risk
• Develop and implement long-term reliability strategies, repair plans, and bad actor elimination initiatives
• Support preventative, predictive, and condition-based maintenance strategies across rotating equipment systems
• Provide advanced troubleshooting support for refinery rotating equipment issues
• Partner with Machinery Inspectors and Operations teams to diagnose failures and implement corrective actions
• Lead and participate in Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) and risk investigations to eliminate recurring equipment failures
• Evaluate machinery performance trends and identify opportunities for reliability improvement

• Support reliability and maintenance activities involving:
  • Steam turbines
  • Centrifugal and positive displacement pumps
  • Compressors
  • Gearboxes
  • Fans and blowers
  • Mechanical seals
  • Lubrication systems
• Analyze machinery performance including:
  • Vibration analysis
  • Hydraulic analysis
  • Compressor and pump efficiency evaluations
• Support machinery monitoring and protection systems associated with rotating equipment assets
• Support turnaround planning, scope development, and execution activities related to rotating equipment
• Provide technical oversight and direction to external repair vendors and machine shops
• Support reliability-driven capital projects and equipment upgrades
• Develop machinery repair scopes, reliability recommendations, and engineering solutions aligned with refinery operational goals

• Initiate and support Management of Change (MOC) activities related to rotating equipment modifications
  
  Review and improve maintenance and operating procedures associated with rotating equipment systems
• Ensure compliance with applicable refinery standards and industry codes including:
  • API
  • ANSI
  • ASME
• Support refinery process safety, environmental, and mechanical integrity programs

• Utilize condition monitoring and predictive maintenance technologies including:
  • Bentley Nevada System 1
  • SKF systems
  • Windrock
  • Vibration monitoring technologies
• Support development and enhancement of refinery predictive maintenance and machinery health programs

• Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Minimum 10 years of experience supporting rotating equipment reliability within:
  • Refin…