Senior Rotating Machinery Engineer - Field Reliability

Messer North America, Inc.; La Porte (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Messer North America, Inc. is seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineer to support rotating machinery across our US facilities. You will provide technical engineering insights, develop maintenance scopes, and guide field teams through major maintenance events to optimize reliability.

The role requires travel and deep knowledge of predictive maintenance, vibration analysis, and lubrication monitoring. You will collaborate with Area Maintenance Strategy teams to ensure safe, efficient operations

Qualifications

• Demonstrated operational safety leadership.
• Self-started and self-directed with ability to manage multiple activities.
• Good technical and communication skills with solid interpersonal skills.
• Knowledgeable and experienced with installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of compressors, pumps, fans, turbines, blowers, gearboxes, and their auxiliary systems.
• Knowledge of predictive maintenance methodologies and technologies and interpretation of data.
• Knowledge and experience working with and troubleshooting high speed rotating machinery.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical engineering support and SME recommendations for rotating machinery and mechanical equipment.
• Directly support major maintenance planning and execution through machinery scope development ( typically $250K–$2M per event ).
• Support area maintenance strategy development and field execution.
• Develop detailed machinery work scopes, budgets, contractor management, execution strategy and quality plans for turnarounds and major maintenance.
• Provide direct field support during major maintenance with timely close-out reports and lessons learned.
• Monitor machinery issues to ensure timely resolution and minimize unplanned downtime.
• Assess condition monitoring data and prioritize maintenance with repair plans to ensure reliability.

Skills

Safety leadership

Self-starter

Technical communication

Rotating machinery knowledge

Predictive maintenance

High-speed machinery troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Messer North America, Inc. is seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineer to support rotating machinery across our US facilities. You will provide technical engineering insights, develop maintenance scopes, and guide field teams through major maintenance events to optimize reliability.

The role requires travel and deep knowledge of predictive maintenance, vibration analysis, and lubrication monitoring. You will collaborate with Area Maintenance Strategy teams to ensure safe, efficient operations