Senior Staff Engineer, Rotating Equipment

Venture Global LNG • Point Celeste, LA

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About The Position

Venture Global LNG is a long-term, low-cost provider of American-produced liquefied natural gas. The company's two Louisiana-based export projects service the global demand for North American natural gas and support the long-term development of clean and reliable North American energy supplies. Using reliable, proven technology in an innovative plant design configuration, Venture Global's modular, mid-scale plant design will replace traditional designs as it allows for the same efficiency and operational reliability at significantly lower capital cost. We are seeking a Senior Staff Engineer, Rotating Equipment to join our team in Point Celeste, LA at our Plaquemines Parish Facility in Louisiana. This role reports to the Director, Operations Engineering and will be responsible for developing and progressing the Ready for Operations (RFO) activities, ensuring seamless transition of the facility from EPC to the operations phase.

Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor's degree in Engineering or other relevant technical discipline is required.
• Mechanical Engineering focus is preferred.
• A Professional Engineering License is preferred.
• A minimum of ten to fifteen (10-15) years' experience working in a senior engineering capacity, with Rotating and Mechanical equipment in an industrial setting in engineering or operations.
• Oil and Gas experience is required, with preference in LNG applications, however, petrochemical, NGL, cryogenic natural gas processing, or other hydrocarbon processing experience may be acceptable.
• Extensive knowledge of gas turbines (Frames & Aero-derivatives) and compressors (including compressor performance) is required.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of CMMS Systems.
• RCFA tools for conducting failure analysis.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a resident company Subject Matter Expert, providing advice and guidance on Rotating Equipment system engineering issues.
• Provide daily-to-day Rotating Equipment and Mechanical systems support to the Maintenance & Operations teams to ensure continued operability of plant equipment.
• Providing advanced diagnostic support, to allow rapid production recovery, in the event of equipment failure and forced plant outage.
• Provide Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) leadership during RCFA exercises.
• Wrap up summaries (with causes and recommendations) and present to concerned parties.
• Provide interpretation and evaluation services to analysis and recommendations from the Reliability Technicians on predictive programs.
• Provide support to the Maintenance team for Turnaround planning and execution.
• Support availability tracking and improving the overall reliability for plant equipment.
• Responsible for evaluating the workflow process, identification of critical spares, spare parts storage and preservation requirements for Rotating Equipment systems throughout the plant.
• Lead initiatives to drive fine-tuning & improvements in existing Maintenance practices to achieve a cost-effective.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Oil and Gas Extraction
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree