Rotating Equipment Vibration Analyst

Kinder Morgan is one of the largest energy infrastructure companies in North America. We have an interest in or operate approximately 82,000 miles of pipelines and 140 terminals. Our pipelines transport natural gas, gasoline, crude oil, carbon dioxide (CO2) and more. Our terminals store and handle renewable fuels, petroleum products, chemicals, vegetable oils and other products.

At Kinder Morgan, we take pride in providing energy transportation and storage services in a safe, efficient and environmentally responsible manner for the benefit of people, communities and businesses who depend on it.

This position is responsible for:

Providing rotating equipment vibration analysis support to the CO2 business unit’s operational assets (Oil & Gas, Midstream & RNG assets). This position requires analyzing the health of different types of rotating machinery to proactively identify/predict any machinery and system issues and recommend corrective actions. To be successful in this role, the individual should have solid experience in vibration analysis using Emerson’s CSI vibration analyzers and must have obtained at least a CAT 1 vibration certification.

• Demonstrate Safe Behavior
• Ensure proactive, ongoing, high quality customer service is provided to the supported assets.
• Utilize Emerson’s CSI analyzers to create/set-up data collection routes and analyzer settings such as Fmax, lines of resolution etc for plant equipment.
• Utilize Emerson’s CSI analyzer to collect and analyze vibration data for rotating machinery such as: split case pumps, H-pumps, vertical pumps, screw and centrifugal compressors, motors, gearboxes, air coolers etc.
• Utilize trending, time wave form and FFT spectral data to identify equipment issues and provide corrective actions to prevent reoccurrence.
• Reduce unplanned machinery downtime by making predictions of imminent failures from collected data, as well as diagnosing potential root causes of failure.
• Utilize process data such as: pressures, temperatures, flows, loads and efficiency etc to determine machinery health.
• Provide field diagnostics and troubleshooting support to operations and maintenance.
• Participates in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and incident investigations when necessary.
• Utilizes CMMs (Maximo) to generate reports.
• Other related tasks assigned by the supervisor.