Rotating Equipment Reliability Engineer

LyondellBasell; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 122,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

LyondellBasell in Houston, TX, seeks a Rotating Equipment Engineer to join the Equistar Pipeline group. Based at the EPO Clear Lake facility, the role focuses on reliability, preventive maintenance, and equipment performance in pipelines and critical refinery assets, with travel across southeast Texas (roughly 25–50%).

You will monitor performance, analyze root causes, develop engineering solutions, lead investigations, and support design and installation of projects.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Minimum of 5 years of owner operator/operator downstream experience in refining, petrochemical, chemical process, or power generation industries is preferred
• Pipeline experience is preferred
• SAP experience is preferred

Responsibilities

• Monitors equipment performance and makes improvement recommendations
• Analyzes root cause for equipment failure to meet performance standards
• Applies data analysis techniques to develop engineering solutions to repetitive failures and other problems that adversely affect pipeline operations
• Leads and/or participates in incident investigations
• Identifies “bad actors,” determines causes and consequences of failure, evaluates potential solutions, and develops action plans for remediation.

Skills

Rotating Equipment

Education

BS in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SAP

Job description

LyondellBasell in Houston, TX, seeks a Rotating Equipment Engineer to join the Equistar Pipeline group. Based at the EPO Clear Lake facility, the role focuses on reliability, preventive maintenance, and equipment performance in pipelines and critical refinery assets, with travel across southeast Texas (roughly 25–50%).

You will monitor performance, analyze root causes, develop engineering solutions, lead investigations, and support design and installation of projects.