Principal Rotating Equipment Specialist - Corporate

Responsibilities

• Lead the network of site rotating equipment engineers through technical leadership, coaching, mentorship, and influence without direct supervisory responsibility.
• Facilitate cross-site collaboration, knowledge sharing, and adoption of best practices.
• Establish corporate expectations for rotating equipment performance and reliability.
• Develop, optimize, and deploy corporate rotating equipment standards, specifications, and reliability programs.
• Establish enterprise-wide performance metrics and key performance indicators to identify and mitigate systemic reliability risks.
• Lead long-term rotating equipment reliability improvement planning across manufacturing facilities.
• Provide subject matter expertise for rotating equipment troubleshooting, reliability improvement, and bad actor elimination.
• Support equipment selection, design reviews, repair strategies, overhaul planning, and shop inspections.
• Lead and support Root Cause Failure Analysis investigations for significant equipment failures.
• Provide technical guidance to site teams to improve equipment reliability and lifecycle performance.
• Support capital projects to ensure rotating equipment decisions align with corporate standards, applicable codes, and industry best practices.
• Drive enterprise bad actor elimination initiatives and predictive maintenance program improvements.
• Support optimization of preventive and predictive maintenance strategies.
• Lead reliability and productivity improvement initiatives that deliver measurable business value.
• Evaluate and implement emerging technologies that enhance rotating equipment performance and reliability.

Requirements

• BS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 15+ years of rotating equipment or reliability engineering experience in chemical, petrochemical, manufacturing, or related industries.
• Demonstrated success leading technical programs and engineering networks through influence rather than direct supervision.
• Experience supporting equipment selection, design reviews, repairs, upgrades, and lifecycle management of critical rotating assets.
• Proven application of reliability improvement methodologies, industry standards, and recommended engineering practices.

Skills

• Expert knowledge of rotating equipment design, application, operation, maintenance, and repair.
• Deep understanding of Recognized and Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practices (RAGAGEP).
• Experience with compressors, pumps, turbines, blowers, governors, centrifuges, extruders, pelletizers, and bulk solids handling equipment.
• Proficiency with predictive maintenance technologies including vibration analysis, lubrication analysis, thermography, and ultrasound.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, schematics, and performance curves.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to evaluate economic justification for engineering decisions and communicate financial impacts.
• Strong communication skills, disciplined work habits, and a customer-focused mindset.
• Proficiency with SAP or similar maintenance and asset management systems.