Principal Rotating Equipment Engineer

Tishman Speyer Properties; La Porte (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance (medical, dental, vision)

401k with match

Paid time off

Parental leave

Backup child/adult care

Adoption assistance

Flexible spending accounts

Health Savings Account

Life Insurance

Legal plan

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Air Products is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to support rotating equipment reliability at the La Porte, TX site. The role includes troubleshooting, trend analysis, and participation in RCA and corrective actions across compressors, pumps, turbines, and related systems.

Travel to plants and shops in the La Porte/Baytown area is required. This is a full-time role with opportunities to grow into broader technical leadership and higher scope within the Americas region.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering is required.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience with rotating equipment.
• Experience with compressors, pumps, turbines, expanders, blowers, gearboxes or auxiliary systems.
• Ability to support plant, shop, and field-based work.

Responsibilities

• Support troubleshooting of rotating equipment issues and failures, including reviewing operating trends and inspection scopes.
• Participate in 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 and condition monitoring activities.
• Work with operations, maintenance, engineering, and vendor teams to evaluate machinery performance and recommend improvements.
• Assist with troubleshooting and reliability support for compressors, turbines, expanders, blowers, gearboxes, and related systems.
• Document findings and communicate recommendations clearly to plant teams.
• Build technical capability through field exposure and collaboration with engineers.
• Contribute to safety-first culture by following site requirements and safe practices.

Skills

Rotating equipment

Troubleshooting

Vibration analysis

Root cause analysis

Mechanical aptitude

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Team collaboration

PSM/FMEA knowledge

Certifications (TWIC/PE/CMRP/CRE)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

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.

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.

• Affordable Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (day 1 of employment)
• 401k with 100% vested company core and match
• Paid Vacation, holidays + sick time
• Paid Parental leave (Up to 8 weeks)
• Backup Child and Adult Care benefit
• Adoption assistance
• Flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent daycare)
• Health Savings Account
• Life Insurance (AD&D- Paid for by Air Products)
• Supplemental AD&D
• Legal Plan & Identity theft coverage
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Many more supplemental benefits available

Key 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 & Environment

The 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.

Company Culture and Values

Air 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.

Air Products is a world-leading industrial gases company founded in 1940, with a proud history of innovation, operational excellence, and 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.

Equal Opportunity Employment

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.

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