Lead Rotating Equipment Engineer

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Lead Rotating Equipment Engineer to optimize and maintain critical machinery. This role involves significant travel and collaboration across various locations, ensuring the reliability of centrifugal and reciprocating compressors, turbines, and pumps. You will be part of a team that values innovation and safety, contributing to solutions for energy and environmental challenges. Join a company that prioritizes diversity and inclusion, offering competitive benefits and a supportive work environment where your expertise will drive impactful projects.

Benefits

Affordable Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

401k with company matching

Paid vacation and holidays

Paid parental leave

Backup Child and Adult Care benefit

Adoption assistance

Flexible spending accounts

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in rotating equipment machinery design and maintenance.
• Proficient in machinery vibration diagnostics and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Implement reliability and efficiency improvement initiatives.
• Provide technical support for large rotating machinery overhaul.
• Conduct root cause analysis for machinery issues.

Skills

Rotating Equipment Design

Machinery Vibration Diagnostics

Troubleshooting Skills

Root Cause Analysis Techniques

Organizational Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

At Air Products, our purpose is to bring people together to reimagine what's possible, collaborate and innovate solutions to the world's most significant energy and environmental sustainability challenges. Grow with us as we embark on building tomorrow together by being the safest, most diverse and most profitable industrial gas company in the world.

Reimagine What's Possible

It's an exciting time to work at Air Products, and we invite you to apply today! We're looking for aLead Rotating Equipment EngineerinLa Porte, TX. The engineer supports La Porte and several regional locations, which involves approx. 50% travel. This is a great opportunity to collaborate and meet our team.

You will enjoy working in a role that requires expertise in solving equipment issues, providing maintenance support, and optimizing rotating machinery. The machinery includes centrifugal, reciprocating and screw compressors, steam turbines, gas turbines, expanders, blowers, gearboxes, cooling towers, fin-fans, and all types of pumps including cryogenic pumps.

What's In It for You:

At Air Products we foster a culture of inclusion where every voice is heard, and everyone feels they belong and matter. Additionally, we offer competitive pay and great benefits for our employees. Check out some of our benefits below!

• Affordable Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (day 1 of employment)

• 401k with 100% vested company matching & core contribution Paid vacation, holidays, flexible holiday, and sick time

• Paid parental leave

• Backup Child and Adult Care benefit

• Adoption assistance

• Flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent daycare)

• Life Insurance (AD&D- Paid for by Air Products), Supplemental AD&D

• Legal Plan & Identity Theft coverage

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Many more supplemental benefits available

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Initiate and implement reliability and efficiency improvement initiatives.

• Provide technical support and supervision in the overhaul of large rotating machinery and re-rate of existing machinery for plant optimization initiatives.

• Address machinery issues and failures starting with a review of operating trends, inspection work scope and repair plan, and participating in the root cause analysis (RCA).

• Provide machinery training to the operation and maintenance team.

Qualifications / Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.

• Experience (10+ years) in rotating equipment machinery design, application, engineering, and maintenance preferred.

• Familiar with machinery vibration diagnostics skills and machinery troubleshooting skills.

• Proficient with root cause analysis techniques.

• Ability to work independently and make sound decisions.

• Strong organizational, planning, interpersonal, and communication skills are important.

Work Hours / Travel Requirements:

• A typical work schedule is Monday-Friday with an on-call (24/7) component for remote plant support. There is a back-up engineer that supports this role, however there may be a need to work on something urgent during the night, weekend, or holiday.

• The travel is typically 50% throughout the greater Houston area and broadly throughout the Texas region. Most travel is within driving distance and will consist of day trips to operating facilities and shops. Opportunities for week-long trips could include traveling to facilities in California, Louisiana, and Pennsylvania (our global HQ).

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At Air Products, we work in an environment where we put safety first, diversity is essential, inclusion is our culture, and each person knows they belong and matter. To learn more, visitAbout Air Products.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including paid holidays and vacation, affordable medical, dental, life insurance and retirement plans. You will be eligible for benefits and also be 100% vested in your retirement benefits on your first day of employment.

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