Rotating Equipment Engineer Supervisor

INEOS • Pasadena, TX

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About The Position

The Rotating Equipment Engineer Supervisor leads site rotating equipment reliability and condition-monitoring programs to improve equipment availability, increase mean time between failures, support safe and environmentally compliant operations, and build the technical capabilities of the reliability team. The role performs rotating equipment engineering responsibilities and directly supervises one Condition Based Monitoring Specialist and one Rotating Equipment Specialist. It provides technical leadership for equipment strategy, troubleshooting, reliability improvements, and capital replacement projects addressing obsolescence.

The supervisor works closely with the Specialist, Millwrights, and Maintenance Supervisor, and collaborates with Operations, Maintenance, Process Engineering, Capital Projects, corporate technical networks, contractors, and vendors. The role is accountable for safe, efficient operation and the integrity of rotating equipment assets and protective systems in support of production targets. It also leads reliability work during turnarounds and outages, develops direct reports, and ensures assigned reliability objectives are achieved.

The position operates in a manufacturing environment with both indoor and outdoor work and exposure to weather, temperature extremes, noise, moving mechanical parts, electrical current, scaffolding and heights, heat, chemicals, fumes, dust, gases, oils, and potentially poor ventilation. Respirator and gas-mask use is required. Physical demands include occasional lifting or moving up to 20 pounds and frequent exertion up to 10 pounds; indoor work may involve sedentary activity. The employee must be able to see written documents and computer screens, adjust focus, and perceive and distinguish sounds at normal speaking levels.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering; Mechanical Engineering is preferred.
• At least 8 years of rotating equipment, maintenance, or reliability engineering experience in refining, petrochemical, chemical, or manufacturing industries.
• Strong leadership, mentoring, and team-development skills.
• Strong computer skills, including proficiency with MS Office and SAP.
• Advanced knowledge of turbines, centrifugal pumps, positive-displacement pumps, reciprocating compressors, fans, and auxiliary rotating equipment systems.
• Knowledge of vibration analysis, oil analysis, lubrication, and condition-monitoring technologies.
• Strong understanding of reliability-centered maintenance, predictive maintenance, and precision-maintenance practices.
• Working knowledge of rotating equipment design, repair practices, and applicable industry standards.
• Knowledge of Process Safety Management principles and Management of Change processes.
• Experience with Root Cause Failure Analysis methodologies and reliability investigations.
• Experience with capital projects, equipment specifications, and reliability-improvement initiatives.
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills and the ability to influence across organizational levels.
• Demonstrated ability to supervise, mentor, and develop technical personnel.
• Strong mechanical aptitude, troubleshooting capability, and safety-focused leadership.
• Strong organizational, prioritization, problem-solving, and data-analysis abilities; ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Ability to delegate work, hold team members accountable, resolve conflict, and demonstrate urgency and ownership.

Nice To Haves

• Previous leadership, supervisory, or team-lead experience.
• Experience supervising or leading condition-monitoring and predictive-maintenance programs.

Responsibilities

• Uphold safety policies and standards, support INEOS’s 20 Principles of Safety, and promote safe and environmentally compliant rotating equipment operation.
• Maintain the integrity and reliability of plant assets and protective systems, and help define and maintain appropriate operating envelopes.
• Support Process Safety Management and environmental efforts, including Process Hazard Analyses, Management of Change, risk assessments, and incident investigations.
• Lead investigations into equipment deviations and reliability events, develop corrective actions, and drive Management of Change activities related to rotating equipment.
• Participate in developing and improving standard operating procedures, maintenance procedures, and training materials.
• Ensure timely completion of assigned training, audits, PHA action items, and incident corrective actions.
• Communicate safety expectations, reliability standards, and operating discipline to direct reports and cross-functional teams.
• Lead site rotating equipment reliability and condition-monitoring programs, including vibration analysis, oil analysis, lubrication, and predictive maintenance.
• Directly supervise, mentor, and develop one Condition Based Monitoring Specialist and one Rotating Equipment Specialist; set priorities, assign work, and ensure execution of objectives.
• Manage rotating equipment reliability strategies to meet production targets and minimize downtime, with emphasis on long-term performance issues.
• Identify and execute rotating equipment scope for turnaround activities and provide technical support during upset conditions, startups, shutdowns, and turnarounds.
• Provide technical leadership and troubleshooting for turbines, pumps, compressors, gearboxes, fans, and auxiliary systems.
• Coordinate work among Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, contractors, and specialty service providers.
• Lead Root Cause Failure Analysis investigations and implementation of corrective actions.
• Benchmark and implement best-in-class reliability practices and precision maintenance improvements.
• Track MTBF, MTBR, bad-actor equipment, and reliability KPIs; develop and communicate performance metrics and identify optimization opportunities while minimizing cost and waste.
• Develop long-range reliability strategies and capital replacement plans, and maintain equipment bills of materials and procedures.
• Provide technical input to capital projects, equipment specifications, design reviews, and commissioning of new rotating equipment installations.
• Manage maintenance strategies, preventive-maintenance programs, spare-parts strategies, and reliability-centered maintenance initiatives.
• Serve as a technical mentor and reliability resource for engineers, specialists, maintenance personnel, and operations teams; develop and deliver rotating equipment and condition-monitoring training.
• Participate in an on-call schedule for weekends, evenings, and holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager