Rotating Equipment Engineer

cfindustries; Donaldsonville (LA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

CF Industries is seeking a Rotating Equipment Engineer at the Donaldsonville facility to provide engineering and technical expertise for rotating equipment. You will support plant personnel, offering vibration, lubrication, and seal analysis recommendations for continuous operation across multiple plants.

The role covers input across system monitoring, QA/QC development, and maintenance programs, with emphasis on safety, quality, and productivity in a heavy industrial environment.

Qualifications

• Solid mechanical and condition monitoring recommendations in resolving rotating equipment problems.
• Input for vibration, lubrication, and seal analysis.

Responsibilities

• Oversee equipment condition monitoring using vibration, oil analysis, process data, temperature, and ultrasonic surveys.
• Develop and maintain a criticality-based Quality Control and Quality Assurance program for rotating equipment.
• Establish a Criticality Matrix for rotating equipment to guide QA/QC measures for safe, efficient work.
• Perform technical investigations/audits in rotating equipment and material failures with documented recommendations.
• Review work execution of millwrights and advise on practices to enhance quality and safety.
• Maintain the System 1 data acquisition system.
• Review and manage preventive maintenance programs for equipment and lubrication systems.
• Analyze management information and equipment histories to identify high-cost or lubrication problems and recommend actions.
• Assist with Mechanical Integrity program related to rotating equipment at the Donaldsonville Nitrogen Complex.

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 expectation of this position is to provide engineering and technical expertise to plant personnel as needed to maintain efficient continuous plant operations in the rotating equipment discipline. The applicant will provide solid mechanical and condition monitoring recommendations in resolving rotating equipment problems in the areas of routine, shutdown, and project activities. This position will provide input for all aspects of vibration, lubrication, and seal analysis.

The role of the rotating equipment engineer encompasses all rotating equipment at the Donaldsonville facility (6 Ammonia Plants, 5 Urea plants, and 4 Nitric Acid plants).

The applicant will uphold CFI's High Safety Performance standards while maintaining High Craft Quality Performance and Productivity expectations.

Job Description

II. Responsibilities

• Oversee critical equipment condition monitoring using continuous and offline vibration monitoring equipment, oil analysis results, process data, temperature, and ultrasonic surveys. (System 1, PI, Emerson)
• Develop and maintain a criticality-based Quality Control and Quality Assurance program for work performed on rotating equipment.
• Establish a Criticality Matrix for rotating equipment to assign proper QA and QC measures required to execute work in a safe, efficient and quality manner.
• Perform technical investigations/audits or independent research in rotating equipment and material failures, documenting the results and making recommendations to resolve issues.
• Review work execution efforts of millwright craft personnel and make recommendations for work execution practices to the Rotating Equipment Superintendent and the Millwright Supervisor to enhance the quality and safety of field work.
• Maintain the System 1 data acquisition system.
• Review, design and manage critical machinery Preventive Maintenance program for respective equipment and lubrication systems.
• Perform analyses of pertinent management information reports and equipment histories for the purpose of identifying items with high maintenance machinery costs or with lubrication problems and make recommendations for corrective action.
• Assist with managing the Mechanical Integrity program as it relates to rotating equipment for the Donaldsonville Nitrogen Complex. Assists in monitoring the Mechanical Integrity documentation required to maintain the plant computerized maintenance management system.
• Assist with pre-planning scheduled turnarounds, shutdowns, and special projects including event timing, accumulation of job lists, ordering of parts and materials, sequencing of jobs around critical path work, sizing of work crews based on job estimation, and preparation of an overall schedule.
• Assist in the execution of critical and non-critical overhauls and repairs (on and off-site).
• Assist with the annual spare parts stock review effort and submit inventory adjust recommendations to the Rotating Superintendent for approval.
• Communicate with production management problems relating to rotating equipment failures and offer solid correction recommendations.
• Review and assist with the selection of contractors (e.g., execute negotiation of contracts and evaluate contract performance).
• Manage maintenance of the department's technical files on equipment, vendor catalog library and industrial codes (ASME, ANSI, State).
• An understanding of critical and general-purpose rotating equipment and their systems.
• Work closely with equipment vendors to establish work scope, ensure quality and monitor cost of machinery fabrication and repairs. Travel as required.
• Manage equipment repairs at vendor's facilities. Understanding of best practice inspection and repair methods. Travel as required to vendor facilities for inspection walk downs and quality control points.
• Travel as needed to attend specialized training focused on rotating machinery reliability.

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