Rotating Equipment Engineer

Hargrove Engineers & Constructors•Plaquemine, LA

About The Position

The Rotating Equipment Engineer performs complete designs for small and large mechanical engineering assignments using theoretical knowledge and practical design methods, under general supervision. The role serves as a rotating equipment subject-matter expert, supporting equipment evaluation, performance monitoring, maintenance, troubleshooting, reliability improvements, and repair planning. The engineer works closely with Maintenance, Operations, and Engineering teams, including support for turnarounds, shutdowns, equipment investigations, project reviews, and cost-improvement initiatives.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science or Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited university.
At least 3 years of relevant industrial experience in mechanical engineering.
Knowledge of design standards and codes.
Knowledge, application, and specification of piping materials, including development of piping material and procurement specifications.
Knowledge of good design practices for sizing piping systems, including compressible-fluid piping systems.
Ability to perform flexibility and stress analysis of moderately complex piping systems.
Ability to specify criteria for and select piping specialty items.
Ability to design moderately complex process and utility piping systems.
Knowledge of manual valve sizing, use, and application.
Knowledge of piping supports and restraints and their application.
Ability to identify needs and specify safety valves and devices that maintain piping-system mechanical integrity.
Ability to identify needs and specify steam traps and liquid drainers.
Ability to estimate piping-related construction quantities from conceptual documents.
Knowledge of other disciplines’ deliverables to coordinate design efforts.
Knowledge and application of company engineering design and CAD drafting standards.
Knowledge of discipline-specific methods, practices, and techniques for engineering, designing, and constructing process and manufacturing projects.
Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent presentation skills.
Virtual team skills and cross-divisional relationships sufficient to provide interoffice execution support under general supervision.
Ability to sit, stand, or walk for long periods of time.

Nice To Haves

Professional Engineering registration is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

Evaluate rotating equipment and support performance monitoring and maintenance repairs.
Analyze equipment reliability performance and develop improvement strategies in collaboration with Maintenance and Operations teams.
Support scheduled turnarounds and unplanned unit shutdowns as needed.
Assist operating units with day-to-day equipment troubleshooting in the assigned area.
Manage reviews, modifications, and additions of rotating-equipment preventive maintenance tasks in the CMMS system.
Support or lead equipment failure investigations with Maintenance, Operations, and Engineering teams.
Develop repair timelines for critical equipment undergoing routine and major maintenance work.
Represent maintenance and reliability interests at project kickoff meetings and communicate impacts to the maintenance team.
Develop and implement maintenance procedures and processes as needed.
Steward the maintenance work process by reviewing KPIs and metrics.
Lead cost-improvement initiative projects.