Mechanical Engineer (Reliability) Houston or Midland

Kinder Morgan, Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Wages

401(k) Savings Plan

Medical/Rx and Dental Plans

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Bonus Program

Job summary

A leading energy infrastructure company is seeking a Mechanical Engineer (Reliability) in Houston or Midland, Texas. This position requires a Bachelor's degree in mechanical, petroleum, or natural gas engineering and a minimum of 3 years of experience in rotating and reciprocating equipment. Responsibilities include providing engineering support related to diagnosing and troubleshooting equipment, conducting root-cause analysis, and developing maintenance strategies. The role offers competitive wages and comprehensive benefits including a 401(k) savings plan.

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience in rotating and reciprocating equipment in process industries.
• Experience with centrifugal pumps and reciprocating compressors troubleshooting is essential.
• Familiarity with vibration analysis and performance analysis techniques.
• Knowledge of vibration analysis (FFT, time waveform) and failure prediction.

Responsibilities

• Provide diagnostics and troubleshooting support for rotating and reciprocating equipment.
• Conduct root-cause failure analysis and implement corrective actions.
• Develop and execute maintenance and reliability strategies for critical equipment.
• Support Predictive Maintenance programs for rotating and reciprocating machinery and drive Mechanical Integrity (MI) programs for RNG assets.

Skills

Rotating equipment

Reciprocating compressors

Centrifugal pumps

Vibration analysis

Root-cause analysis

Troubleshooting

Team leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, petroleum or natural gas engineering

Tools

PCMS

Ultrapipe

Maximo

SAP

Job description

Mechanical Engineer (Reliability) Houston or Midland

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Position Description

• Kinder Morgan is one of the largest energy infrastructure companies in North America. We have an interest in or operate approximately 79,000 miles of pipelines and 139 terminals. Our pipelines transport natural gas, gasoline, crude oil, carbon dioxide (CO2) and more. Our terminals store and handle renewable fuels, petroleum products, chemicals, vegetable oils and other products.

• At Kinder Morgan, we take pride in providing energy transportation and storage services in a safe, efficient and environmentally responsible manner for the benefit of people, communities and businesses who depend on it.

This position is responsible for providing rotating, reciprocating and fixed equipment engineering support to the CO2 business unit’s operational assets (Oil & Gas, midstream, RNG and LNG assets). To be successful in this role, the individual should have experience in the operation, sizing and diagnosis of rotating equipment such as centrifugal pumps, reciprocating compressors and electric motors.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Demonstrate Safe Behavior.
• Ensure proactive, ongoing, high quality customer service is provided to the supported assets.
• Provide diagnostics and troubleshooting support to field operations for a variety of operating assets, mainly reciprocating compressors, centrifugal pumps and electric motors. Travel to field sites as required.
• Evaluate rotating/reciprocating machinery problems and conduct root‑cause failure analysis investigations on failed equipment, develop action plans to eliminate repeat failures and implement corrective actions when necessary.
• Work with the facilities to improve the use of CMMs (Maximo) to capture equipment downtime, uptime, and implement rotating equipment KPIs (MTBF, MTTR and availability).
• Work with operations and maintenance to identify key areas for reliability improvements in both rotating and fixed equipment and develop solutions to drive higher asset availability.
• Actively develop and execute evergreen maintenance and reliability strategies (RCM) of critical equipment to reduce unplanned equipment downtime.
• Provide support to the predictive maintenance program for both rotating and reciprocating machinery.
• Own and drive the implementation of a Mechanical Integrity (MI) program for the RNG assets.
• Frequent monitoring of critical equipment to ensure operations within parameters.

Preferences

• Measurement and system balancing technical support for liquid hydrocarbon pipeline systems.
• Mechanical integrity program support for plant vessels and plant piping systems.
• Other related tasks assigned by the supervisor.

Position Requirements

Education: Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, petroleum or natural gas engineering. Related Bachelor’s degree with engineering experience may be considered.

Experience / Specific Knowledge

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in rotating and reciprocating equipment in process industries: oil and gas, petrochemical industry, pharmaceuticals, pulp and paper etc.
• Centrifugal pumps and reciprocating compressors troubleshooting.
• Vibration analysis: FFT, time waveform and failure prediction.
• Reciprocating compressor performance analysis (Windrock or other similar technologies).
• Mechanical integrity softwares like PCMS and Ultrapipe is a plus but not required.
• Knowledge of any CMMs software (Maximo, SAP, etc) is desired.
• Knowledge of measurement and system balancing is a plus.

Certifications, Licenses, Registrations

• Valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record.

Competencies, Skills, and Abilities

• Proven analytical and troubleshooting skills on centrifugal and reciprocating equipment.
• Must be able to work within a team, adhere to required work schedules, focus attention on details, and take on additional job responsibilities as needed to serve customer needs.
• Proactive decision making, strong work ethic, keen sense of requirements to achieve success.
• High competency in leading safety and operational excellence.
• Effective leadership in teaching and executing corporate values and philosophies.
• Ability to initiate, nurture and lead a questioning culture allowing new ideas and methods to be considered.
• Must possess good verbal and written communication skills.

Physical Demands

• Frequent travel to field/plant sites.
• Walking and standing on platforms and in-between running equipment.
• Ability to hear communications from others and give input/instructions orally.
• Ability to see to observe employees, operations, processes, equipment and facilities.

Working Conditions

• Field, plant and office environment.

Supervisory Responsibility

N/A

Overtime

• This is an exempt position and is not eligible for overtime payment.
• Job level will be based on the candidate’s skills and qualifications.

Kinder Morgan Offers

• Competitive Wages
• 401(k) Savings Plan (with Company Contribution)
• KM contributes 5% of your eligible compensation each pay period to your Savings account. You can contribute from 1% to 50% on a pre‑tax or Roth after‑tax basis.
• KM contributes 4% or 5% of your eligible compensation plus interest to your Retirement Pension Plan on a bi‑weekly basis.
• Additional Retirement Pension Plan
• Comprehensive Medical/Rx and Dental Plans
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Bonus Program

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER STATEMENT

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

Seniority Level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Oil and Gas