Reliability Engineer, Rotating Equipment

Responsibilities

• Review, update and/or establish new/existing rotating equipment by engineering standards and purchase specifications
• Provide technical assistance with regard to routine maintenance and major overhauls of refinery rotating equipment
• Write repair and maintenance procedures and standards
• Apply technical expertise in the areas of lubrication, mechanical seals and systems, vibration analysis, and machine monitoring
• Provide technical direction and design input for process and installation design of rotating equipment
• Assist with initial start-up and operation of major refinery equipment
• Be a technical resource for all rotating equipment in a refinery
• Create and administer preventative maintenance program for all refinery rotating equipment under supervision of a senior-level engineer
• Select rotating equipment for the application based on life cost analysis
• Interface with staff engineer and contractors, including developing work scope for overhauls and arranging for service technicians
• Perform other duties as needed or assigned, including performing Root Cause Failure Analysis, Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) for rotating equipment, present "One Point Lessons" and support Plant Engineering Department as required

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
• 2+ years of rotating equipment/reliability engineering experience and/or training
• Must gain certification in reliability technologies within 2 years
• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering preferred
• 4+ years of rotating equipment/reliability engineering experience and/or training
• Oil & gas industry experience
• Proficient with MS Word, Excel, Access, and Outlook
• Knowledge and use of Bently Nevada System 1
• Knowledge and use of Win Rock recip trap technology
• Successful completion of Fundamentals of Engineering exam