Rotating Equipment Engineer

CF Industries; Claremore (OK); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k)

Pension plan

Life and disability insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Health savings account

Job summary

CF Industries seeks a Rotating Equipment Mechanical Engineer for the Verdigris Complex. You will support mechanical integrity of critical rotating equipment, troubleshoot issues, analyze reliability data, and collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, and Engineering to improve asset performance and reduce downtime.

This safety-sensitive role reports to the Chief Engineer, Asset Integrity & Reliability, and is onsite.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering is required.
• Experience with rotating equipment, reliability, maintenance, or mechanical engineering in heavy industrial settings is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of API, ASME, ANSI, OSHA standards is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide rotating equipment expertise and support site pumps, compressors, blowers, turbines, gearboxes, seals, bearings, and lubrication systems.
• Improve reliability and performance by analyzing data, tracking metrics, and reducing downtime and costs.
• Lead troubleshooting and maintenance strategy, review condition monitoring data, and develop preventive and predictive maintenance plans.
• Support repairs, turnarounds, and projects with cross-team collaboration.
• Ensure documentation and compliance with mechanical integrity requirements and standards.

Skills

Rotating equipment

Reliability data

Troubleshooting

Preventive maintenance

Lubrication systems

Vibration analysis

Failure analysis

CMMS

Safety awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering

Tools

CMMS systems

Condition monitoring

Job description

At CF Industries, our mission is to provide clean energy to feed and fuel the world sustainably. Our employees are focused on safe and reliable operations, environmental stewardship, and disciplined capital and corporate management. By joining CF, you will be part of a team that brings their varied experiences, wide-ranging knowledge and diverse talents together to deliver important work and you’ll be able to pursue complex, exciting opportunities that help you continue to grow and achieve your potential in different areas. You’ll take pride in working for a company that lives its values and where you can be yourself at work, as part of an authentic team that encourages you to share your views and opinions. Our eight manufacturing complexes in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, an unparalleled storage, transportation and distribution network in North America, and logistics capabilities enabling a global reach underpin our strategy to leverage our unique capabilities to accelerate the world’s transition to clean energy.

Function: Engineering and Engineering Services

Job Summary: The Rotating Equipment Mechanical Engineer provides technical support for the reliability, performance, and mechanical integrity of critical rotating equipment at the Verdigris Complex. This role troubleshoots equipment issues, analyzes reliability data, supports maintenance strategies, and collaborates with Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, and Engineering to improve asset performance and reduce downtime. You will report to the Chief Engineer, Asset Integrity & Reliability, and work onsite as part of the Engineering organization. This is a safety-sensitive position.

You Will:

• Provide Rotating Equipment Expertise: Support site rotating equipment, including pumps, compressors, blowers, turbines, gearboxes, seals, bearings, lubrication systems, and related machinery.
• Improve Reliability and Performance: Analyze reliability data, track failure and repair metrics, identify performance trends, and implement improvement plans that reduce equipment downtime and maintenance costs.
• Lead Troubleshooting and Maintenance Strategy: Troubleshoot equipment issues, support failure analyses, review condition monitoring data, and develop preventive and predictive maintenance strategies.
• Support Repairs, Turnarounds, and Projects: Collaborate with Maintenance, Operations, Reliability, and Engineering to plan and execute machinery repairs, shutdown work, equipment upgrades, replacements, and reliability improvement projects.
• Ensure Documentation and Compliance: Support PSM Mechanical Integrity requirements by maintaining accurate repair documentation, equipment records, maintenance strategies, and alignment with applicable standards.
• Share Best Practices and Provide Technical Support: Participate in rotating equipment best practice efforts, recommend critical spare parts, support audits, assist with selected fixed equipment tasks, and provide urgent technical support when needed.

You Have:

• Safety Mindset: Demonstrated commitment to safe work practices, risk assessment, hazard identification, and adherence to industry and site safety standards.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering.
• Preferred Experience: Five or more years of rotating equipment, reliability, maintenance, or mechanical engineering experience in a chemical plant, refinery, petrochemical, fertilizer, or other heavy industrial manufacturing environment preferred.
• Rotating Equipment Knowledge: Experience with rotating and reciprocating machinery, failure analysis, vibration analysis, precision alignment, lubrication practices, mechanical seals, bearings, and baseplate grouting procedures preferred.
• Reliability and Maintenance Tools: Familiarity with condition monitoring, preventive and predictive maintenance programs, CMMS systems, equipment criticality, and spare parts management preferred.
• Industry Standards: Working knowledge of applicable industrial codes, standards, and regulations, such as API, ASME, ANSI, OSHA, and state regulatory requirements preferred.
• Manufacturing Familiarity: Experience with ammonia, urea, fertilizer, petrochemical, or similar manufacturing processes preferred.

Our Benefits:

• We offer benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, and a well-being incentive program.
• We provide time off for vacation, employee holidays, personal or family illness, paid parental leave, adoption, and volunteering.
• Additional benefits include a 401(k), pension plan, life and disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, and a health savings account.
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• Employee Polygraph Protection Act https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/posters/eppac.pdf

Notice Regarding Potential Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Recruitment Process

As part of our recruitment process, CF Industries may use automated tools, including artificial intelligence ("AI") and machine learning technologies, to assist recruiters in identifying and prioritizing candidates whose qualifications align with job-related criteria, including information provided during the application process such as resumes, work history, education, qualifications, and responses to application questions. These tools support but do not replace human decision-making, and all final employment decisions are made by our Talent Acquisition team and/or hiring managers exercising independent judgment.

If you need any assistance seeking a job opportunity at CF Industries, need reasonable accommodation with the application process, or have questions about our use of AI, please call 847-405-2400 or contact us at [e-mail].

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