Job Description
Engineering Supervisor – Rotating Equipment
Location: Lake Charles, LA
The Engineering Supervisor – Rotating Equipment will lead and supervise a group of rotating equipment engineers. Provide leadership and technical support for maintaining the rotating equipment throughout the refinery. This position leads the effort in reliability engineering for rotating equipment to improve equipment availability, reduce maintenance costs, increase MTBF, increase equipment on-line performance, and develop reliability analysis programs.
Minimum Qualifications
- B.S Degree in Mechanical, Chemical, or Civil Engineering
- Minimum eight (8) years of refinery experience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills at all levels of the organization required
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and work in a team-oriented environment
- Valid driver’s license
Job Duties
- Leads and assists in ensuring that refinery equipment and processes are monitored daily and prompt trouble-shooting expertise is provided to maintain process optimization
- Sets goals for department to make overall improvements in equipment and process reliability
- Develops solutions to complex problems which require ingenuity and creativity. Leads and/or participates in multi-discipline teams to develop refinery reliability solutions.
- Leads a team of mechanical rotating equipment engineers to improve the performance and reliability of rotating equipment reliability performance
- Ensures all Rotating Equipment Group technical staff prioritizes safety first in all work activities
- Plans and directs work, provides training, facilitates interaction with other work groups, establishes goals and objectives, and sets performance criteria. Leads and coordinates engineering work assignments and workload; selects, leads and coordinates reliability projects and programs
- Ensures and/or provides day to day support to Operations and Maintenance for rotating equipment. Provides emergency response for rotating equipment issues in the refinery
- Works with the Manager of Reliability to set the rotating equipment goals for the year including program and project prioritization, and maintains the Mechanical Integrity programs for rotating equipment
- Participates as a member or leader on the Corporate Rotating Equipment Tech Team
Eligibility Requirements:
The Maritime Transportation Security Act requires all persons who will need unescorted access to a regulated facility to have a valid Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC), issued in accordance with the rules established by the United States Coast Guard and the Transportation Security Administration. Candidates selected for employment must meet eligibility criteria to obtain a TWIC card.
