Job Title: Rotating Equipment Engineer

Department: Mechanical - Rotating Equipment

Location: Port Arthur Refinery

BASIC FUNCTION:

Provide technical support to the Mechanical, Production and Project departments in the Port Arthur Complex. Develop reliability standards, predictive and preventative maintenance techniques, equipment repair or upgrade scopes, and failure analysis and recommendations.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide technical support to maintenance department regarding repair process and options. Provide technical support to operations regarding performance, application, start-up/run/shutdown procedures, etc. Provide technical support to project group during design, installation and commissioning of new and revamped equipment.
• Monitor operating performance of rotating equipment to ensure availability is maximized, performance is up to expected levels, and cost of operations, repair, and ownership is minimized.
• Conduct failure analysis on rotating equipment malfunctions. Perform root cause analysis of failures, including all repair or replacement options and best economic recommendation.
• Develop equipment repair/upgrade scopes to increase reliability or performance & decrease future repair expenses. Stay abreast of technology changes & sponsor economic new technology options.
• Monitor progress in the shop and field of repairs/upgrades to conventional and major equipment. Author and promote MOC documentation as required.
• Develop and audit refinery reliability standards and preventive/predictive maintenance procedures in order to reduce future repair expenses and maximize equipment availability.
• Ensure that refinery quality and safety initiatives are carried out in daily activities
• This position is the technical resource for both operations and maintenance personnel in diagnosing rotating equipment performance or repair issues. Performance issues can be related to throughput, hydraulic performance, vibration and noise, or availability. Solutions can range from determining a simple misoperation or oversight to detailed engineering specifics of the equipment. The Rotating Equipment Engineer is expected to be able to determine what resource is needed to solve the dilemma and provide that resource. For repair issues, this position develops and presents options available, which can range from in-kind parts replacement to selecting and specifying new technology and equipment.
• To function in the consultant role described above, the Rotating Equipment Engineer must develop and maintain a large body of contacts both internal and external to Total. This includes TOTAL's DAT rotating equipment group, OEM parts and shop services representatives for every brand of equipment utilized in the complex, external independent shops, aftermarket parts replicators, diagnostic equipment manufacturers and consultants, peers within the petrochemical manufacturing industry, and specialty service providers.
• Work is assigned directly through the Rotating Equipment Engineering Supervisor , or indirectly by request from the rotating equipment analysts, the mechanical planner, other maintenance supervisors, or Operations Superintendents or Process Supervisors. Work is divided between traditional reliability type work, such as predictive and preventative maintenance routines and failure analysis, and project/technical engineering type work, such as equipment upgrades, performance issues, and turnaround coverage.
• Decisions arrived at on equipment issues are made in the form of recommendations to the Rotating Equipment Engineering Supervisor, who in turn jointly issues recommendations to the mechanical, capital, or operational internal customers within the company. Statistics and histories of rotating equipment are maintained within the Reliability group as a shared duty with the supervisor and the three area analysts.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• Minimum 7 years experience with refinery rotating equipment, demonstrates expertise in solving engineering type problems with rotating equipment.
• Knowledge and experience with API/ANSI standards associated with rotating equipment, performance testing and re-engineering, mechanical seal specifications and upgrades, lubrication, vibration testing and analysis techniques, alignment methods and tolerances, foundation installations and repairs, equipment procurement scopes and analysis.
• Experienced in reading and understanding P&ID's, technical specifications, and mechanical engineering techniques and procedures.
• Working knowledge of associated piping and instrument systems, electric motors, machining techniques, and heat transfer methods.
• Vibration Institute certification Level I, II, or III or equivalent is a plus.
• Tribology (lubrication) certification (CLS) is a plus.
• Computer skills: Familiar with computer systems used in normal engineering work plus SAP, Microsoft Office programs, AutoCad, calendar systems, Internet retrieval of vendor information, and process data retrieval systems.
• The Rotating Equipment Engineer is expected to be able to travel when required to witness outside shop work and stay current on technological developments. The ability to work on and around live process equipment is essential. Off-schedule hours are expected when required by the job and also during process unit outages.

Interested candidates, please send your resume and salary requirements by e-mail (WORD.doc attachment preferred) to recruiting.portarthur@total.com for consideration. Please indicate the Job Title on your subject line.

Note: Candidates will be required to present proof of identity and citizenship or right to work in the U. S. to comply with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.

No agencies or phone inquiries, please.

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