Senior Rotating Equipment Reliability Specialist

Delek US; Big Spring (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K match

Medical benefits

Calm app access

Performance incentives

Bonus payouts

Job summary

Delek US Holdings seeks a Rotating Equipment Specialist to deliver reliability guidance for refinery pumps, compressors, turbines, and motors. You will partner with Maintenance, Operations, and Reliability Engineering to reduce downtime while improving mean time between failures.

The role requires 6+ years in oil & gas rotating equipment, with experience in vibration analysis, lubrication, and root-cause investigation, plus proficiency with SAP/CMMS and reliability dashboards.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or two-year technical degree preferred. HS/GED required. Combination of education, training and industry experience may be considered.
• Six (6) or more years of Oil & Gas, refining, petrochemical, chemical manufacturing, or related rotating equipment experience required.
• Demonstrated experience with rotating equipment such as pumps, compressors, turbines, motors, gearboxes, bearings, seals, lubrication systems, and associated auxiliary systems required.
• Experience troubleshooting rotating equipment failure modes and identifying root causes related to shaft alignment, imbalance, bearing health, seal systems, lubrication, vibration, process conditions, and mechanical installation quality required.
• Category I vibration certification preferred. Additional vibration, lubrication, infrared, ultrasound, precision alignment, or reliability certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day technical guidance to Operations and Maintenance on rotating equipment performance, asset integrity, corrective actions, and safe return-to-service decisions.
• Lead or support troubleshooting of rotating equipment failure modes, including shaft misalignment, imbalance, bearing distress, seal degradation, lubrication-related failures, abnormal vibration, process-induced equipment issues, soft foot, piping strain, and repeat failures.
• Lead optimization and performance improvement of pumps, compressors, turbines, motors, and auxiliary systems through condition monitoring, equipment health reviews, reliability improvement actions, and collaboration with discipline experts.
• Support the vibration and lubrication programs, including monthly route collection, review of vibration data, interpretation of oil analysis results, creation of corrective work orders, and follow-up on alarm or warning conditions.
• Participate in root cause analysis, root cause failure analysis, defect elimination, bad actor reviews, FMEA sessions, Reliability Centered Maintenance reviews, and maintenance strategy development.
• Assist with development and improvement of preventive and predictive maintenance tasks, equipment standards, maintenance procedures, commissioning plans, inspection plans, and troubleshooting documentation for rotating machinery.
• Collaborate with planners, Maintenance, Operations, Reliability Engineering, and Turnaround teams on shutdown, startup, outage, and turnaround scope development, justification, execution support, and post-event improvement actions.
• Support commissioning, repair quality, inspection, and acceptance of rotating equipment repairs, rebuilds, installations, and upgrades, including review of vendor/OEM recommendations and field execution quality.
• Participate in the maintenance critical spare parts program by identifying critical rotating equipment spares, reviewing equipment history, supporting BOM accuracy, and recommending inventory improvements where needed.
• Use SAP/CMMS, vibration systems, rounds tools, and reliability dashboards to maintain data integrity, document equipment health, create notifications/work orders, trend failures, and support reliability KPIs.
• Coach and support Maintenance and Operations personnel on rotating equipment basics, precision maintenance expectations, lubrication practices, vibration awareness, equipment care, and start-up/shutdown considerations.
• Support capital improvement and management of change activities by providing rotating equipment input into design reviews, installation plans, equipment specifications, commissioning, PSSR, and reliability readiness.

Skills

Reliability Mgmt

Rotating Equipment

Predictive Maintenance

Condition Monitoring

Root Cause Analysis

Risk Assessment

Education

Two-year technical degree

HS/GED required

Tools

CMMS/SAP

Vibration Monitoring Tools

Electronic Rounds

Reliability Dashboards

Microsoft Office

Job description

Delek US Holdings seeks a Rotating Equipment Specialist to deliver reliability guidance for refinery pumps, compressors, turbines, and motors. You will partner with Maintenance, Operations, and Reliability Engineering to reduce downtime while improving mean time between failures.

The role requires 6+ years in oil & gas rotating equipment, with experience in vibration analysis, lubrication, and root-cause investigation, plus proficiency with SAP/CMMS and reliability dashboards.