Staff Engineer, Rotating Equipment

Venture Global LNG (Venture Global) is a long-term, low-cost provider of American-produced liquefied natural gas. The company's Louisiana-based export projects service the global demand for North American natural gas and support the long-term development of clean and reliable North American energy supplies. Using reliable, proven technology in an innovative plant design configuration, Venture Global's modular, mid-scale plant design will replace traditional designs as it allows for the same efficiency and operational reliability at significantly lower capital cost.

This role reports to the Director, Operations Engineering and will be responsible for developing and progressing the Ready for Operations (RFO) activities, ensuring seamless transition of the facility from EPC to the operations phase.

The successful candidate shall possess in-depth understanding on drivers such as turbines (gas & steam) and motors, and driven equipment such as generators, compressors, and pumps. The incumbent shall also be familiar with associated supporting components/systems such as couplings, bearings, lubrication and sealing systems (dry gas seals and mechanical seals). Working knowledge in 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 and improvements in existing maintenance practices to achieve a cost‑effective, yet safe robust maintenance strategy.

• Will provide advice and guidance on rotating equipment system engineering issues.
• Provide daily‑to‑day rotating equipment and mechanical systems support to the maintenance & operations teams to ensure continued operability of plant equipment.
• Providing advanced diagnostic support to allow rapid production recovery in the event of equipment failure and forced plant outage.
• Provide root cause failure analysis (RCFA) leadership during RCFA exercises.
• Wrap up summaries (with causes and recommendations) and present to concerned parties.
• Provide interpretation and evaluation services to analysis and recommendations from the reliability technicians on predictive programs.
• Provide support to the maintenance team for turnaround planning and execution.
• Supports availability tracking and improves the overall reliability for plant equipment, and is responsible for evaluating the workflow process, identification of critical spares, spare parts storage and preservation requirements for rotating equipment systems throughout the plant.
• Lead initiatives to drive fine‑tuning and improvements in existing maintenance practices to achieve cost‑effectiveness.

• 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:
  • Minimum fifteen (15) years of experience working in an engineering capacity with rotating and mechanical equipment in an industrial setting.
  • Oil and gas experience is required, with preference in LNG applications; 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.

Venture Global LNG is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non‑disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law.