On-Site Applications Engineer - Reliability Upgrades

Flowserve Corporation; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Medical Insurance

Retirement Planning

Flexible Spending Account

Disability Insurance

Parental Leave

Life Insurance

Job summary

Flowserve is seeking a hands-on, On-Site Applications Engineer to serve as a dedicated reliability field resource for contracted chemical and refining accounts in Louisiana. The role bridges field diagnostics and engineering solutions—performing teardowns, failure analyses, and plant-level upgrades.

We value graduates or seasoned professionals, with strong knowledge of rotating equipment, seals, and industrial pumps, willing to work on-site and meet industrial badge requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or equivalent engineering degree required or applicable experience.
• Foundational or deep understanding of rotating equipment dynamics and seals.
• In-plant or process-intensive site experience valued.
• Must meet heavy industrial badging prerequisites including TWIC.

Responsibilities

• Root-Cause Field Engineering: disassemble, clean, and inspect mechanical seal systems.
• Reliability reporting: perform failure analyses and data-driven reports.
• Cross-functional liaison: act as on-site technical anchor with Flowserve teams.
• System standardization: manage plant mechanical seal standardization plan.
• Bad Actor tracking: lead monthly review meetings to address chronic failures.
• Inventory optimization: monitor client parts stores and identify consolidation opportunities.

Skills

Rotating equipment dynamics

Fluid systems

Mechanical seals

Industrial pumps

Field diagnostics

Reliability engineering

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Flowserve is seeking a hands-on, On-Site Applications Engineer to serve as a dedicated reliability field resource for contracted chemical and refining accounts in Louisiana. The role bridges field diagnostics and engineering solutions—performing teardowns, failure analyses, and plant-level upgrades.

We value graduates or seasoned professionals, with strong knowledge of rotating equipment, seals, and industrial pumps, willing to work on-site and meet industrial badge requirements.