Principal Rotating Equipment Engineer

UNKNOWN; La Porte (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Air Products is seeking a Rotating Equipment Engineer to join the Americas Operations Machinery team. The role focuses on troubleshooting, maintenance, and reliability of rotating equipment across U.S. plants, with a primary emphasis on La Porte and Baytown, TX.

Travel to nearby plants and shops is required, with a hybrid work arrangement and daily driving expected. You will work with compressors, turbines, pumps, expanders, gearboxes, and related systems, delivering RCA and reliability

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering required.
• Experience with rotating equipment in industrial settings preferred.
• Familiarity with vibration analysis and condition monitoring beneficial.
• Strong problem-solving and field troubleshooting abilities.

Responsibilities

• Support troubleshooting of rotating equipment issues and failures, reviewing operating trends and inspection results.
• Participate in RCA, failure analysis, and corrective action planning for reliability events.
• Provide technical support during overhauls, turnarounds, outages, inspections, and repair activities.
• Support reliability and efficiency improvement initiatives, including predictive maintenance and condition monitoring.
• Work with operations, maintenance, engineering, and vendor teams to evaluate performance and recommend improvements.
• Assist with re-rating, optimization, and reliability upgrades of existing machinery.

Skills

Rotating equipment

Compressors

Pumps

Turbines

Expanders

Gearboxes

Vibration analysis

Condition monitoring

Root cause analysis

Reliability engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Vibration analysis tools

Job description

At Air Products, we reimagine what’s possible. By tapping into the motivation of our people and our collective experience, we create the ideas and innovations that drive us forward. When we come together – where every voice is heard and everyone knows they belong and matter – we create solutions that launch people into space, support lifesaving care in hospitals, and enable the construction of groundbreaking, world scale production facilities.Reimagine What’s PossibleWe are seeking a Rotating Equipment Engineer to join our Americas Operations Machinery team. This role supports troubleshooting, maintenance, performance improvement, and reliability of rotating equipment across Air Products’ U.S. operating facilities, with a primary focus on plants in the La Porte and Baytown, Texas area. The preferred working location is La Porte, TX, and we may also consider highly qualified candidates based near Houston, Port Arthur, or Beaumont, TX. Travel is required to support operations, with most travel consisting of daily driving to nearby plants or shops and overnight travel expected to be under 10%.In this role, you will work with a wide variety of rotating machinery, including centrifugal, reciprocating, and screw compressors; steam and gas turbines; expanders; blowers; gearboxes; cooling towers; fin-fans; and pumps, including cryogenic pumps. You will support plants across Air Products’ Americas operations network, which includes air separation, hydrogen, HyCO, and helium facilities serving customers across multiple industries.This is an opportunity to build deep, marketable expertise in rotating equipment reliability within complex industrial gas operations. You will gain exposure to equipment, systems, operating conditions, and failure modes that are difficult to find in a single-plant or single-technology environment. For engineers who enjoy troubleshooting, field support, root cause analysis, and practical problem-solving, this role offers meaningful technical development and visibility across a broad operating network.Do you have a passion for safety, solving technical problems, and improving equipment reliability? If you are a mechanical engineer who enjoys working with operations and maintenance teams, analyzing machinery performance, and helping plants run safely and reliably, we invite you to grow with us as we continue to build a sustainable tomorrow together.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 core and matchPaid Vacation, holidays + sick timePaid Parental leave (Up to 8 weeks)Backup Child and Adult Care benefitAdoption assistanceFlexible spending accounts (medical, dependent daycare)Health Savings AccountLife Insurance (AD&D- Paid for by Air Products), Supplemental AD&DLegal Plan & Identity theft coverageEAP (Employee Assistance Program)Many more supplemental benefits availableKey Job Responsibilities:Support troubleshooting of rotating equipment issues and failures, including reviewing operating trends, helping define inspection scopes, contributing to repair plans, and supporting long-term reliability improvements.Participate in root cause analysis (RCA), failure analysis, and corrective action planning for machinery reliability events.Provide technical support during overhauls, turnarounds, outages, inspections, and repair activities for rotating machinery.Support reliability and efficiency improvement initiatives, including equipment performance monitoring, preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, and condition monitoring activities.Work with operations, maintenance, engineering, and vendor teams to evaluate machinery performance and recommend improvements.Support re-rating, optimization, and reliability upgrades of existing machinery to meet changing plant needs.Assist with troubleshooting and reliability support for compressors, turbines, expanders, blowers, gearboxes, pumps, cryogenic pumps, cooling towers, fin-fans, and associated auxiliary systems.Document findings, communicate recommendations clearly, and help translate technical issues into actionable plans for plant teams.Build technical capability over time through field exposure, collaboration with experienced machinery engineers, and participation in reliability improvement work across the operating network.Contribute to a safety-first culture by following site requirements, supporting safe work practices, and considering process safety and equipment reliability in technical recommendations.Required Skills / Abilities:Working knowledge of rotating equipment such as compressors, pumps, turbines, expanders, blowers, gearboxes, and associated systems.Ability to troubleshoot mechanical equipment issues using operating data, inspection findings, maintenance history, and field observations.Familiarity with vibration analysis, condition monitoring, failure analysis, preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, or reliability engineering practices.Ability to support root cause analysis (RCA) and contribute to practical corrective actions.Strong mechanical aptitude and interest in hands-on plant, shop, and field troubleshooting.Clear verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technical findings to operations, maintenance, and engineering stakeholders.Strong organizational, planning, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.Ability to work independently while also contributing in a team-based plant support environment.Experience with hydrogen compression, HyCO, air separation units, process compressors, cryogenic pumps, API 610 pumps, API 617 compressors, rotor dynamics, PSM, FMEA, or reliability-centered maintenance is a plus.TWIC card, PE license, CMRP, CRE, or vibration analysis certification is a plus.Minimum Hiring Requirements:Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.Minimum of 3 years of experience supporting, troubleshooting, maintaining, designing, or improving rotating equipment in an industrial, manufacturing, refining, chemical, petrochemical, LNG, power generation, industrial gas, OEM, or related environment.Experience with rotating equipment such as compressors, pumps, turbines, blowers, expanders, gearboxes, or auxiliary systems.Ability to support plant, shop, and field-based work as needed.Work Schedule & EnvironmentThe preferred working location is La Porte, TX; however, we may consider allowing highly qualified candidates to be based out of Houston, Port Arthur, or Beaumont, TX.Travel is required to support operations. Most travel will be daily driving to plants or shops within the La Porte and Baytown area, with overnight or week-long travel occurring approximately 2 to 3 times per year. Turnaround support could extend up to a few weeks but would not typically require overnight stay. Travel requiring overnight stay is expected to be under 10%.Work is conducted in industrial plant environments, shops, and office settings.Typical hours are Monday through Friday business hours, with flexibility based on time spent in offices, plants, and shops. Occasional after-hours support will be required.This is a full-time, salaried position.This role offers a path toward increased technical scope, broader plant responsibility, and opportunities to influence machinery reliability strategy across the Americas. For those interested, there may also be opportunities to pursue people leadership roles over time.#LI-Hybrid #LI-KC1#APTPSJOBSAir Products proudly values the skills, dedication, and leadership that veterans bring to the table. As a veteran-friendly organization, we actively encourage and welcome veterans to apply for various roles within our company. We recognize the unique strengths and experiences that veterans contribute, and we foster a workplace that honors your service while providing a platform for professional growth.Founded in 1940, Air Products is a world-leading industrial gases company and has a proud history of innovation, operational excellence, with an unwavering commitment to safety and environmental stewardship. Working together, we are taking our passion and diverse backgrounds forward to reimagine what’s possible and generate a cleaner future for our customers, our communities, and the world.We are an Equal Opportunity Employer (U.S.). You will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, citizenship, gender, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, or veteran status.Air Products is committed to working with and providing a reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail us at [e-mail]. General application status inquiries are not answered by this mailbox rather you’ll receive an e-mail directly from our Career Center and/or the Talent Acquisition Specialist.