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The successful candidate will provide technical leadership for specifying, selecting, reviewing, and procuring rotating mechanical equipment for industrial projects. Working closely with multidisciplinary teams, clients, and equipment suppliers, you will deliver safe, reliable, and practical engineering solutions from initial design through construction and commissioning.\nSkills and Responsibilities:\nResponsibilities:\nLead rotating equipment engineering activities, ensuring deliverables meet project scope, technical requirements, budgets, and schedules.\nPrepare and review equipment specifications, mechanical datasheets, material requisitions, technical bid evaluations, and procurement recommendations.\nSpecify and evaluate pumps, compressors, turbines, fans, blowers, drivers, and associated auxiliary systems.\nReview vendor drawings, performance curves, calculations, equipment layouts, inspection and test plans, and final equipment records.\nEvaluate equipment selection, operating ranges, efficiency, materials, sealing arrangements, lubrication systems, and maintenance requirements.\nAssess pump hydraulic performance, including net positive suction head requirements, minimum flow provisions, and suitability for specified operating conditions.\nReview compressor performance and operating limits, coordinating requirements for capacity control, anti-surge protection, and associated systems with relevant disciplines and suppliers.\nApply relevant industry codes, standards, client specifications, and project requirements to rotating equipment design and procurement.\nCoordinate equipment interfaces with process, piping, civil, structural, instrumentation, and electrical engineering disciplines.\nReview equipment package requirements, including drivers, couplings, guards, baseplates, seals, lubrication systems, and condition monitoring.\nResolve technical queries, review supplier deviations, and assess engineering changes.\nParticipate in design reviews and risk assessments, addressing equipment safety, reliability, constructability, operability, and maintainability.\nSupport factory acceptance testing and review mechanical running tests, performance tests, and vibration acceptance results.\nProvide technical support during equipment installation, alignment, testing, commissioning, and startup.\nSupport troubleshooting, equipment performance assessments, and root cause investigations, recommending practical improvements.\nMentor junior and intermediate engineers and review engineering deliverables within assigned responsibilities and authority.\nCommunicate engineering progress, technical risks, and recommended solutions to project managers and clients.\nMaintain complete engineering records and follow project quality assurance and document control procedures.\nIn addition to the responsibilities listed herein, the employee may be required to perform other ad-hoc tasks as needed or directed by the supervisor or management. These tasks will be within the reasonable scope of the employee's skills, capabilities, and role within the organization. The intent of this provision is to allow for flexibility and adaptability in meeting the dynamic needs of the organization, ensuring that operational requirements can be met efficiently. All such tasks will be assigned considering the employee's current workload and with respect to their professional development.\nYour knowledge/skills, education, and experience:\nKnowledge/Qualification/Training/Certification:\nBachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.\nProfessional Engineer designation with APEGA required.\n10+ years of relevant mechanical engineering experience, including substantial experience with rotating equipment for industrial projects.\nDemonstrated experience with centrifugal and positive displacement pumps, compressors, and associated auxiliary systems.\nExperience with turbines, fans, blowers, and packaged rotating equipment is an asset.\nStrong working knowledge of relevant API, ASME, and ISO standards for rotating equipment and associated systems.\nStrong understanding of equipment performance curves, operating envelopes, pump hydraulics, cavitation, and equipment selection.\nWorking knowledge of mechanical seals, bearings, couplings, lubrication systems, vibration monitoring, and machinery protection.\nExperience preparing equipment specifications, evaluating supplier proposals, and reviewing vendor deliverables.\nAbility to interpret equipment drawings, piping and instrumentation diagrams, process datasheets, and machinery performance data.\nFamiliarity with vibration analysis and rotordynamic reports, including the ability to identify when specialist assessment is required.\nExperience in oil and gas, petrochemical, chemical processing, or comparable industrial facilities is an asset.\nFactory acceptance testing, installation, commissioning, startup, or troubleshooting experience is an asset.\nCommunication:\nExcellent command of the English language in both oral and written communication.\nAbility to explain technical requirements and recommendations clearly to clients, suppliers, and multidisciplinary teams.\nStrong technical report writing, documentation, and presentation skills.\nAbility to communicate project priorities, technical concerns, and progress effectively.\nBehavior/ Core Competencies:\nDemonstrates ownership, accountability, and sound professional judgment.\nMaintains a strong commitment to safety, sustainability, quality, and ethical conduct.\nWorks collaboratively and builds constructive relationships across disciplines.\nTakes a practical, proactive approach to technical problem-solving.\nManages competing priorities while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.\nProvides technical leadership and supports the development of others.\nAdapts effectively to changing project requirements and priorities.\nHSSEQ:\nThe Employee shall observe the Health, Safety, Sustainability, Environment and Quality rules of the Company; 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