Rotating Equipment Engineer

We are seeking a Rotating Equipment Engineer for a 6 month contract engagement with a client of ours in the Vancouver area. This role works closely with Operations, Maintenance, Technical Services, Projects, and contractors to identify reliability risks, investigate equipment failures, improve asset strategies, and drive sustainable reliability improvements . Responsibilities include failure elimination, bad actor management, condition monitoring, lifecycle planning, day-to-day operations support, and turnaround support.


Advantages
- 6 month contract opportunity
- Excellent hourly rate
- Opportunities for career advancement

Responsibilities
-Equipment Reliability and Failure Elimination
-Investigate rotating equipment failures and reliability concerns.
-Conduct root cause failure analyses and develop corrective action plans.
-Identify and eliminate recurring equipment issues and bad actors.
-Monitor equipment health and reliability performance trends.
-Provide technical recommendations to improve equipment availability and maintainability.
-Support risk mitigation efforts for critical rotating assets.
-Own and steward rotating equipment asset care strategies.
-Develop and maintain preventive and predictive maintenance requirements.
-Optimize maintenance intervals based on operating history and equipment performance.
-Develop and improve equipment standards, procedures, and best practices.
-Support machinery lifecycle planning and equipment obsolescence management.
-Support and improve vibration monitoring programs.
-Support lubrication and oil analysis initiatives.
-Promote mechanical seal reliability improvements.
-Analyze condition monitoring data and recommend corrective actions.
-Collaborate with machinery technicians, Operations personnel, and vendors to improve equipment
performance.
-Develop rotating equipment scopes for turnarounds and planned outages.
-Provide field support during major overhauls and repairs.
-Participate in design, constructability, maintainability, and reliability reviews for capital projects.
-Ensure design-for-reliability principles are incorporated into equipment upgrades and new installations.
-Maintain a strong field presence and promote safe work practices.
-Participate in toolbox meetings, safety meetings, and incident investigations.
-Support Process Safety Management initiatives and refinery reliability programs.
-Collaborate across disciplines to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence.


Qualifications
-Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.
-Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation or eligibility is required.
-Minimum 5 years of experience in rotating equipment reliability, maintenance, or engineering in petrochemical, oil and gas, or heavy industrial environment.
-Technical diploma, journeyperson certification, or equivalent industry experience.
-Minimum 10 years of practical experience with rotating equipment maintenance, troubleshooting, and reliability improvement.

Preferred Experience
 Centrifugal pumps and compressors.
 Reciprocating compressors.
 Steam turbines.
 Mechanical seals and seal systems.
 Lubrication and oil analysis programs.
 Vibration analysis and machinery diagnostics.
 Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA).
 Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM).
 API and other applicable rotating equipment standards.

Summary
If you would like to be considered for this opportunity please forward your resume via email to Nick Paraskeva [email protected]

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