Lead Rotating Engineer

TRS Staffing Solutions; Vadodara; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

TRS Staffing Solutions is seeking a highly motivated Lead Rotating Equipment Engineer in Vadodara, India. The role involves leading critical engineering projects for rotating machinery systems across Oil & Gas operations. The successful candidate will prepare specifications, evaluate vendors, and coordinate with teams to ensure compliance with standards.

The ideal candidate should possess strong leadership and communication skills, with expertise in turbomachinery and a willingness to travel internationally. This is a fantastic opportunity to work on large-scale projects in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with turbomachinery, gas turbines, and rotating equipment.
• Strong understanding of API standards and technical evaluation.
• Experience in LNG turbomachinery and high-pressure refrigeration compressors is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Prepare technical specifications for rotating equipment.
• Elaborate technical evaluations of vendor offers.
• Coordinate detail engineering with machine vendors and internal teams.
• Conduct mechanical and functional testing of rotating machinery.
• Implement component requirement specifications.

Skills

Leadership

Technical specification preparation

Interdisciplinary coordination

Decision making

Communication

Problem-solving

Ability to guide a team

Willingness to travel internationally

Tools

API Standards (614, 616, 617, 618, 692)

Thermodynamic calculations

Job description

Lead Rotating Equipment Engineer

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Lead Rotating Equipment Engineer to join our client, a leading organization in the Oil & Gas sector. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work on complex and large‑scale engineering projects, supporting the design, development, and execution of critical rotating equipment systems across upstream, midstream, and downstream operations.

The successful candidate will play a key leadership role, ensuring the reliability, efficiency, and performance of rotating machinery such as compressors, pumps, turbines, and associated systems. You will collaborate closely with cross‑functional teams including project engineering, procurement, construction, and operations, while ensuring adherence to international standards, safety requirements, and project specifications.

Role Overview

• Preparation of technical specifications for Turbocompressors, Gas Turbines, Reciprocating Compressors, Expanders, Cryogenic Pumps and auxiliary equipment like oil systems for petrochemical/refinery/LNG plants under consideration of process conditions, clients/contractors requirements and API.
• Elaboration of technical evaluation of vendor offers as well as preparation of Technical Bid Tabulation.
• Detail Engineering with machine vendors and clients as well as in‑house coordination with all related disciplines like civil, electrical, instrumentation, piping, safety, process engineering, purchasing dept, etc.
• Mechanical, functional, hydraulic and thermodynamic testing of compressors, gas turbines, seal system, oil systems, fuel gas system, air intake filters and cooling water system in acc. with API, ASME, clients/ contractors requirements.
• Experience in basic thermodynamic calculations for the design of compressors and gas turbines based on technical regulations and API Standards.
• Good knowledge of content and use of API Standards 614, 616, 617, 618, 692.
• Good knowledge regarding the anti‑surge systems, vibration systems of compressors, dynamic simulation and control systems of gas turbine.
• Implementation of component requirement specifications for the seal gas systems, mechanical seal systems & lube oil systems, fuel gas system, air intake filters, water condensing systems.
• Experience in LNG Turbomachinery with specific expertise in high‑pressure refrigeration compressors gas turbine driven would be added advantage.

Skill Sets & Soft Skills

• Able to specify requirements, tackle interdisciplinary issues.
• Ability to guide a team of engineers.
• Make decisions independently on engineering challenges and methods.
• Representing the department in meetings.
• Answers questions and coordinates work with other disciplines internally as well as at vendor's side.
• Applicant must be willing to travel internationally.
• Should be good at communication with good leadership skills and should be able to handle a team of people efficiently.
• Provide managerial skills with leadership qualities and eager on continuous learning with problem solving attitude.