Regional Engineering and Design Manager-Aftermarket Turbomachinery

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic leader to guide a global team in turbomachinery design and aftermarket services. This role combines technical leadership with hands-on engineering responsibilities, ensuring the successful execution of mechanical design projects while fostering team development. The company values safety, diversity, and innovation, offering a supportive environment that empowers employees to excel. Join a forward-thinking organization committed to addressing the world's energy challenges and driving sustainable solutions. This is a unique opportunity to influence the future of industrial gases and contribute to a cleaner tomorrow.

Benefits

Affordable Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

401k with company match

Paid Vacation and Holidays

Paid Parental Leave

Flexible Spending Accounts

Life Insurance

Legal Plan & Identity Theft Coverage

Employee Assistance Program

Qualifications

• 10+ years in turbomachinery or rotating machinery design.
• 5+ years managing mechanical engineers or technical specialists.
• Technical degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a global team of engineers in mechanical design tasks.
• Collaborate with customers for accurate equipment design.
• Perform safety and operability reviews on projects.

Skills

Turbomachinery Design

Mechanical Engineering

Fluid Film Bearings

Rotordynamics

Project Management

Programming (VB, C#, Python)

Analytical Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Education

BS Mechanical Engineering

MS Mechanical Engineering

Tools

2D CAD Software

3D Modeling Software

FEA Software

Job description

At Air Products, our purpose is to bring people together to reimagine what's possible, collaborate and innovate solutions to the world's most significant energy and environmental sustainability challenges. Grow with us as we embark on building tomorrow together by being the safest, most diverse and most profitable industrial gas company in the world.

Reimagine What's Possible

Rotoflow, an Air Products Business, is a full-service turbomachinery OEM providing a wide range of new equipment solutions and aftermarket services to customers globally in market segments such as industrial gases, petrochemicals, and hydrocarbons. Aftermarket services include spare parts, repairs, upgrades, field services, engineering evaluations, reliability and performance assessments, troubleshooting, training, remote diagnostics/data monitoring, and shop services from regional service centers for both Air Products/Rotoflow and non affiliated equipment.

In this role you will lead the global aftermarket engineering and design team from our Rotoflow aftermarket service shop in Houston, TX. This team consists of Machinery Engineers and Aftermarket designers with the majority of members located in Houston with others in the Dharan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Shanghai, China. This is a "working manager" position where your time will be split between individual contributor work including mechanical design tasks, project support, and product development and people management of the team.

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 match
• Paid Vacation, holidays + sick time
• Paid Parental leave (Up to 8 weeks)
• Backup Child and Adult Care benefit
• Adoption assistance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) (medical, dependent daycare) and medical Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
• 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 Manager Responsibilities

• Spend ~50% leading and managing a global team of ~10 engineers responsible for driving mechanical design tasks to completion.
• Provide day to day workload and resource planning for the distributed team.
• Provide technical mentorship and leadership to the team including providing feedback, conducting performance evaluations, establishing training plans, and setting goals and objectives.
• Collaborate with Global Functional Owners to establish standards, work processes, and systems to streamline and improve engineering tasks.
• Empower, lead, encourage, and inspire your team.
• Build and coordinate metrics for evaluating performance and execution of engineering activities.
• Facilitate and support longer term team skills development and Career Path planning for all individuals on the team.
• Challenge the status quo with alternate solutions rooted in engineering fundamentals.
• Promote safety and diversity consistent with the philosophies of Rotoflow.

Key Individual Contributor Responsibilities:

• Collaboration with customers to ensure accurate design and integration of equipment into the process.
• Perform safety and operability reviews.
• Work with service team to complete technical scope, including detailed design engineering of systems.
• Develop, update, and/or implement procedures and processes for servicing a variety of turbomachinery products including other OEM equipment.
• Participating in Root Cause Analyses (RCA) and developing technical reports and summaries for customers.
• Checking and approving manufacturing drawings.
• Support of bid estimate development.
• Building standardized product work while collaborating with Product Owners.
• Support (RCA) of equipment and field commissioning and start up activities completed by the Aftermarket Team.
• Collaborate with the Business Improvement Team to develop new and standardized design engineering tools and work processes for streamlining projects and product development.
• Drive engineering and material cost reductions and improve competitiveness across project and product offerings working closely with collaborators.

Required Skills / Abilities:

• Technical Degree or equivalent experience: BS or MS Mechanical Engineering, or related degree, with a focus on turbomachinery design, rotordynamics, fluid film bearings, design for manufacturability, and/or manufacturing processes a plus.
• 10+ years turbomachinery or rotating machinery design.
• 5+ years people management of mechanical engineers/technical specialists.
• Experience leading remote team members a plus.
• Proven continuous improvement and agent of change approach.
• Thorough understanding of how equipment is assembled, operated, and maintained.
• Understanding of general machinery commissioning, fixing, and servicing procedures.
• Understanding of control systems and instrumentation for the successful commissioning and troubleshooting turbomachinery.
• Familiarity with ASME, ASTM, API, and other codes.2D CAD and 3D modeling and simulation a plus.
• Advanced FEA and rotordynamic analysis capabilities a plus.
• Fluid film bearing, gas bearing, magnetic bearing, hydrostatic bearing and rolling element bearing applications and design experience a plus.
• Programming skills: VB, C#, C+, Python, Matlab, Fortran or similar languages a plus.
• Diligent, goal oriented, organized, creative, self-motivated, collaborative and customer focused.
• Excellent interpersonal skills (written, verbal and presentation).
• Excellent analytical, creativity, problem solving, time management, and decision-making skills.
• Exemplify a passion for winning and ability to empower teams.
• Ability to create an environment of trust and consistently exhibit a positive attitude.

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We offer a comprehensive benefits package including paid holidays and vacation, affordable medical, dental, life insurance and retirement plans. You will be eligible for benefits and also be 100% vested in your retirement benefits on your first day of employment.

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