Equipment Engineer - Principal

Key Responsibilities

• Demonstrates our core competencies: Action oriented, change champion, customer-focused, developing self & others, and ownership
• Provide technical leadership in interpreting P&IDs, contracts, and complex technical requirements to define system architecture, design standards, and project execution strategies.
• Establish and govern engineering methodologies and calculations for the sizing, selection, and performance of critical mechanical systems.
• Lead development of equipment specifications and procurement strategies; act as the technical authority for vendor qualification, selection, and risk evaluation.
• Review and approve vendor designs, testing programs, and documentation to ensure compliance with applicable codes, contractual requirements, and internal engineering standards.
• Define, maintain, and continuously improve standard drawings, specifications, and design practices, including initiatives focused on cost optimization, reliability, and lifecycle performance.
• Ensure integration of parent company, regulatory, and industry code requirements into system designs and supplier deliverables.
• Direct engineering execution plans and schedules, coordinating with vendors and internal stakeholders to achieve quality, cost, and delivery objectives.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for complex technical issues, providing guidance to customers, vendors, field teams, and internal engineering organizations.
• Establish and drive engineering processes, metrics, and corrective action programs to improve quality, reduce nonconformance, and optimize engineering resources.
• Provide regular technical updates, risk assessments, and recommendations to management to support informed project and program decisions.

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering required.
• Minimum fifteen (15) years of technical experience required.
• Preference is experience with skid manufacturing, rotating equipment and static equipment with an EPC.
• The preferred type of engineer for this position will come from another OEM, a skid manufacturing or an EPC company.
• Skid/packaged equipment, rotating equipment, and/or static equipment manufacturing experience being the most desired.
• Outside of having manufacturing experience, experience with specifying rotating equipment, heat exchangers, and static equipment is beneficial.
• Proficient in MS Office applications (Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio, Acrobat Writer, Excel, etc.).
• Knowledge of database, project management, graphics, technical diagrams, flow-charts, etc.
• Exceptional communication, strategic thinking, and organizational skills.
• Ability to travel to project sites twice a year, domestically and/or internationally.