Rotating Equipment Reliability Lead

Ember Grey; Oklahoma; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Ember Grey is seeking a Reliability Supervisor for a major refinery in Oklahoma. You will lead rotating equipment reliability and predictive maintenance initiatives, guiding maintenance strategies, RCFA, and PM optimization.

The role is hands-on and requires strong leadership across Engineering, Operations, Planning, and Maintenance. You will develop equipment strategies, improve maintenance practices, and provide technical guidance to cross-functional teams to enhance equipment availability and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering is required.
• 6+ years of experience in engineering, maintenance, or reliability within an industrial environment.
• Experience with rotating equipment reliability in refining, petrochemicals, chemicals, oil and gas, or heavy industry.
• Strong technical knowledge of pumps, compressors, fans, blowers, gearboxes, seals, lubrication systems, and auxiliary equipment.
• Experience with installation, alignment, commissioning, startup, troubleshooting, maintenance, and repair of rotating equipment.
• Experience with failure analysis and RCFA, including corrective action development.
• Experience developing and optimizing preventive maintenance programs and equipment strategies.
• Knowledge of predictive maintenance and condition monitoring techniques (vibration, lubrication, monitoring).
• Familiarity with Maximo and reliability dashboards; OSIsoft PI tools are advantageous.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams and deliver technical guidance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the site's rotating equipment reliability programme to improve availability and performance.
• Oversee predictive maintenance activities for rotating equipment, including vibration and lubrication analyses.
• Review findings and coordinate follow-up actions with Maintenance, Operations, Planning, and Reliability teams.
• Monitor KPIs and reliability dashboards (MTBR, repeat failures, major repairs, PM compliance).
• Analyse equipment failure history and operating data to identify recurring reliability issues.
• Lead RCFA activities and drive corrective actions and action tracking.
• Identify bad actors and develop strategies to reduce failures and downtime.
• Develop and optimize PM programs, task content, and equipment strategies.
• Support pump reliability programs and manage repair quality and repeat failure reduction.
• Provide technical guidance to engineers, technicians, and field personnel on reliability practices.
• Support reliability improvement projects with economic assessments and scoping.

Skills

Rotating equipment

Predictive maintenance

Failure analysis

RCFA

Lubrication analysis

Vibration analysis

Condition monitoring

Maintenance optimization

KPIs tracking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

IBM Maximo

OSIsoft PI System

PI Vision

Mobile Operator

Job description

Ember Grey is seeking a Reliability Supervisor for a major refinery in Oklahoma. You will lead rotating equipment reliability and predictive maintenance initiatives, guiding maintenance strategies, RCFA, and PM optimization.

The role is hands-on and requires strong leadership across Engineering, Operations, Planning, and Maintenance. You will develop equipment strategies, improve maintenance practices, and provide technical guidance to cross-functional teams to enhance equipment availability and