Rotating Equipment Technician

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide maintenance on a variety of rotating equipment including PD plunger pumps, overhung centrifugal booster pumps, vertical process canpumps and multi-stage centrifugal mainline pumps.
• Provide preventive maintenance on the above mentioned equipment on a scheduled basis.
• Responsible for setting new equipment and commissioning these new pump packages including laser alignment of the equipment and baseline vibration readings.
• Aid in determining root cause failure analysis on rotating equipment.
• Take scheduled vibration analysis on equipment and forward data to Sr Manager of Rotating Equipment.
• Responsible for assigned service truck which includes Auto Crane, compressor, hand tools and vibration/laser alignment equipment.
• Provide maintenance support across NuStar’s assets will require 90% travel in service truck, including possible overtime and occasional weekend and holidays worked. DOT driving, which includes electronic logging and obeying all DOT driving laws apply.
• Attend all safety training, complete all safety training modules and work in a safe and environmentally friendly way. Safety will be the most important part of this job requirement.
• May perform other related duties as needed.

Required Education

• A High School Diploma or GED is required.
• Mechanical, Technical, Vocational education is beneficial.
• No experience required. Basic understanding of mechanical makeup of engines and pumps preferred. Machinist experience and equipment mechanical vibration knowledge preferred.

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The employee is regularly required to walk, sit, talk and hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and may occasionally be required to climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 70 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Work Environment

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The nature and frequency of the above working conditions and requirements may vary depending on individual operational circumstances.
• Where feasible, the Partnership will make reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to perform the essential functions of the job.