Senior Engineer, Rotating Equipment Reliability - Utilities

About the role

This Senior Engineer, Rotating Equipment Reliability role will join a multi-discipline team of reliability engineers and process engineers supporting the Utilities Area at the Celanese Clear Lake plant in Pasadena, Texas.

Responsibilities

• Take initiative and identify any Safety, Environmental, or Reliability issues and take action.
• Perform Safety and Reliability Audits in the Unit.
• Engage people and give feedback immediately.
• Lead development of long-range plan for unit machinery upgrades, overhauls, and overall equipment strategy.
• Apply data analysis techniques to develop engineering solutions to repetitive failures and other problems related to machinery.
• Review Condition Monitoring systems and programs (Bently Nevada, Vibration Round data, Oil Analysis results, etc.) and implement corrective actions if necessary.
• Communicate/escalate and coordinate with Core Reliability Leader any safety/reliability issues or concerns immediately.
• Work with Maintenance, Unit Reliability Engineers, and Central Reliability Group to improve PM/PdM program.
• Perform vendor visits and participate/witness testing for repairs and new installations.
• Lead and/or participate in incident investigations and root cause analysis.
• Active participant in MOCs (originator and reviewer).
• Maintain critical equipment and bad actor lists to address emerging issues.
• Develop role activity list and update as needed to ensure scope/plans for upcoming events/equipment repairs are documented and planned correctly.
• Oversee and coordinate TA rotating equipment activities to ensure repair scope is executed correctly and approve/sign off repair packages.

Requirements

• BS in Mechanical Engineering.
• 5–10 years of field experience in a manufacturing facility, preferably chemicals or petrochemical manufacturing.

Skills

• Experience with general and major rotating equipment.
• Experience with Bently Nevada System 1.
• Level 2 vibration training.
• Experience using SAP.
• Knowledge of API, ASME, and other applicable industry standards.
• Ability to work independently or with a team.
• Strong troubleshooting ability with major Rotating Equipment.
• Technical presentation proficiency.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management.