Rotating Equipment Reliability Engineer/Specialist

Flint Hills; Rosemount (MN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Variable pay in form of bonuses

Job summary

Flint Hills is seeking a Rotating Equipment Reliability Engineer/Specialist in Rosemount, Minnesota. This key role focuses on improving the reliability and performance of critical rotating equipment, including troubleshooting and engineering analysis.

The ideal candidate will have mechanical maintenance or engineering experience, a strong understanding of rotating equipment, and the ability to collaborate effectively across teams. Anticipated compensation ranges from $110,000 to $140,000 per year.

Qualifications

• Minimum one year of experience with rotating equipment troubleshooting and maintenance.
• Knowledge of maintenance and engineering principles.
• Ability to work collaboratively across different teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead troubleshooting efforts in collaboration with maintenance and operations.
• Provide technical support for machinery programs.
• Manage rotating equipment work orders and small projects.

Skills

Troubleshooting rotating equipment

Reliability engineering principles

Mechanical maintenance experience

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related technical field

Tools

Vibration monitoring systems

Process monitoring instrumentation

Job description

Your Job

The Rotating Equipment Reliability Engineer/Specialist is a key member of the Machinery Reliability Technical Group supporting the site's vision of being the most competitive refinery in North America. This role focuses on improving the reliability and performance of critical rotating equipment (pumps, compressors, and turbines) through a combination of hands‑on troubleshooting, engineering analysis, and reliability strategy development.

This position is ideal for individuals with either strong mechanical maintenance experience or engineering experience who want to expand their impact in equipment reliability and defect elimination.

What You Will Do

• Lead troubleshoot and diagnosing efforts in collaboration with other work groups (including maintenance, operations, monitoring, engineering, and external resources as needed) to develop a proactive path forward for equipment issues including equipment upgrade, troubleshooting, maintenance rebuild and repair scopes.
• Provide technical support to both operations and maintenance personnel around machinery programs including predictive (PdM) maintenance, lubrication, alignment, and precision repair practices involving machinery specs/standards.
• Provide recommendations to MRTG, the production team, process business teams, and maintenance organization based on sound technical analysis and best practices.
• Support equipment monitoring, troubleshooting, and defect diagnosis through use of process and equipment health data from multiple sources, including:
  • Portable, wireless, and continuous vibration monitoring systems
  • Process and equipment performance monitoring instrumentation
• Area ownership of rotating equipment work order scopes, cases, and small project upgrade recommendations

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• One year or more experience troubleshooting, maintaining, or improving rotating equipment in an industrial, manufacturing, or military environment
• Experience with applying reliability, maintenance, or engineering principles (RCA, PdM, preventative maintenance, repair practices)
• Working knowledge of rotating equipment such as pumps, steam turbines, compressors, gearboxes, electric motors, etc.
• Demonstrated experience participating across maintenance, operations, and engineering teams to solve problems and implement solutions
• Ability to travel for technical development, professional development, conferences, factory acceptance testing, and third party shop audits

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related technical field
• Experience in rotating equipment reliability engineering or maintenance within a refining or heavy industrial field
• ISO Vibration Analyst certification (Category I, II, or higher)
• International Council for Machinery Lubrication MLT/MLA Certifications
• Certified Maintenance Reliability Professional (CMRP) or Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE)
• Experience working with additional predictive technologies (motion amplification, oil analysis, ultrasonic, thermography)
• Hands‑on experience with installation, rebuilds, alignment, or repair of rotating equipment

Compensation

For this role, we anticipate paying $110,000 - $140,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are military ready and second chance employers.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E‑Verify.