On-Site Applications Engineer

Flowserve; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance

Retirement Planning & Financial Well-­

Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and HS

Job summary

Flowserve seeks an On-Site Applications Engineer to serve as a reliability field resource for contracted chemical and refining accounts in Louisiana. You will bridge field diagnostics with engineering solutions, performing teardowns, failure analyses, and upgrades directly at the plant, while collaborating with Flowserve’s reliability engineers and service teams.

The role supports equipment lifecycle management, standardization of seal systems, and data-driven performance reporting.

Qualifications

• BSME or equivalent engineering degree with experience in rotating equipment.
• Ability to obtain industrial credentials such as TWIC and a valid driver’s license.
• Willingness to work on-site at chemical/refinery sites in Louisiana.

Responsibilities

• Root-Cause Field Engineering: dismantle, clean, and inspect mechanical seal systems (DCI).
• Reliability Reporting: perform failure analysis and deliver data-driven reports to plant leadership.
• Cross-Functional Liaison: act as on-site technical anchor between the customer and Flowserve teams.
• System Standardization: direct plant mechanical seal standardization and quality-compliance tracking.
• Bad Actor Tracking: lead monthly reviews to address chronic failures and prevent incidents.
• Inventory Optimization: monitor parts stores and identify consolidation opportunities.

Skills

Rotating equipment dynamics

Fluid systems

Mechanical seals

Industrial pumps

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Company Overview:

Flowserve is a global manufacturer of pumps, valves, seals, and aftermarket services, delivering comprehensive flow control solutions that support essential industries such as energy, clean water, and pharmaceuticals. If you're looking for a culture built on ingenuity, innovation, and excellence, Flowserve offers the opportunity to put your experience in motion. Whether you're an individual contributor or a people leader, you'll find meaningful opportunities for professional growth, competitive rewards, and a workplace grounded in our core values: People, Safety, Integrity, Ownership and Ingenuity. At Flowserve, we're inspired by what we can achieve together—creating extraordinary flow control solutions that strengthen today's world while building tomorrow.

Flowserve is seeking a hands-on, technically driven On-Site Applications Engineer to act as a dedicated reliability field resource for our contracted primary chemical and refining accounts in the Louisiana region.

Backed by a dedicated commercial sales engineer handling the account management, you will focus entirely on technical authority, execution, and plant uptime. You will spend your days bridging the gap between field diagnostics and engineering solutions—performing teardowns, executing failure analysis, and identifying upgrades directly at the plant level. Whether you are a recent engineering graduate looking for elite training or a tenured rotating equipment professional seeking a dedicated Subject Matter Expert track, this seat provides direct visibility over the entire equipment lifecycle. Our Application Engineers successfully accelerate into diverse long-term career paths across Flowserve, including technical Subject Matter Expert tracks, people management, or strategic commercial sales engineering.

Core Responsibilities

• Root-Cause Field Engineering: Meticulously dismantle, clean, and inspect (DCI) mechanical seal systems.

• Reliability Action Reporting: Conduct comprehensive failure analyses and compile data-driven product performance reports to justify equipment modifications or replacements to plant leadership.

• Cross-Functional Liaison: Serve as the on-site technical anchor, connecting the customer's operations directly with Flowserve’s internal reliability engineers, customer service, and manufacturing assets.

• System Standardization: Direct and manage the plant's mechanical seal standardization plan, tracking customer quality specs and resolving hardware variance.

• Bad Actor Tracking: Lead monthly "Bad Actor" review meetings with customer engineers to track chronic equipment failures and implement preventative multi-million dollar asset protections.

• Inventory Optimization: Monitor client parts and tooling stores, identifying reduction paths and component consolidations that maximize balance-sheet efficiency.

Required Qualifications & Sourcing Filters

• Educational Background: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (BSME), equivalent technical engineering degree, or applicable experience.

• Technical Aptitude: Foundational or deep operational understanding of rotating equipment dynamics, fluid systems, mechanical seals, and industrial pumps.

• Experience Baseline: All seniority tiers considered. We are fully equipped to provide complete structured training to entry-level grads or integrate mid-career engineers into the local framework. In-plant or process-intensive site experience is highly valued.

• Compliance & Site Mobility: Must possess or have the clear capability to secure standard heavy industrial badging prerequisites, including a valid driver's license, clear background screenings, and a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) .

• Physical Stamina: Comfort working in live chemical or refinery environments, including walking extensive sites and navigating industrial structures or staircases.

What We Can Offer You At Flowserve, you'll find a range of options to fit your, and your family's, needs. We want to provide our team with the right resources to invest in your physical, mental and financial well-being no matter where you sit or what stage of life you're in. Our benefits include:

• Competitive Salary
• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Retirement Planning & Financial Wellness Resources
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Parental Leave
• Life, Supplemental Life, Child, Spousal, and AD&D Insurance

Benefits vary by job, location and/or collective bargaining agreement.

Req ID : R-21644

Job Family Group : Sales

Job Family : SA Applications Engineering

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