Sr. Engineer, Rotating Equipment Reliability

Job Summary

The Senior Rotating Equipment Reliability Engineer is responsible for enhancing the long-term performance and reliability of critical rotating equipment such as pumps, compressors, fans, gas turbines, gearboxes, and related systems.

This role focuses on preventing equipment failures by leveraging condition monitoring, implementing robust asset strategies, and driving defect elimination efforts.

Hence, key responsibilities include enhancing the early detection of equipment degradation through improved condition monitoring programs, preventing failures through optimized asset strategies, and eliminating chronic/high-cost equipment failures by determining and addressing their root causes. 

Success in this role requires building cross-functional alignment to ensure shared understanding, commitment, and support for reliability-focused initiatives.

Additionally, the Senior Rotating Equipment Reliability Engineer serves as a champion for reliability best practices and actively mentors others to build a proactive, reliability-centered culture across the organization.

Location/Travel Information

This position is currently based in Freeport, TX, with plans to relocate to our headquarters in Downtown Houston in Q2 2026. It will also require frequent travel to company facilities in Freeport and other off-site locations as needed. This position requires the incumbent to hold a valid, unexpired driver license at all times in order to perform the essential functions of the job. 

Duties/Responsibilities

• Complies with and enforces safety rules and expectations


• Ensures compliance with all local, state, and federal regulations and company requirements


• Leads or facilitates root cause analyses and cross-functional problem-solving initiatives


• Ensures proposed solutions address causes of equipment reliability issues


• Applies reliability tools (e.g., FMEA, Weibull Analysis, Reliability Growth, Risk Assessment, Pareto Analysis) to drive improvements


• Utilizes the Pareto Principle to identify and drive focus on high-impact issues


• Champions and trains others on reliability concepts, tools, and work processes


• Develops and optimizes asset strategies based on asset criticality


• Drives implementation of the site reliability strategy


• Maintains alignment with Facilities Engineering to ensure strategies address real-time issues


• Demonstrates and champions mindsets and behaviors that unpin a strong reliability culture


• Develops, implements, and continuously improves condition monitoring programs and standards


• Leads implementation of new reliability and condition monitoring technologies


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Essential Functions

• Develops and utilizes KPIs to report on the health and effectiveness of reliability and condition monitoring programs


• Utilizes systems (e.g., Meridium, GE, Cordant APM) to manage asset strategies and health


• Increases effectiveness and value of virtual 3rd-party machine health and monitoring services


• Synthesizes data from multiple sources to uncover failure patterns, trends, & high-impact risks


• Identifies and addresses spare parts gaps for critical equipment


• Initiates, defines, justifies, and supports the execution of strategic initiatives and capital projects to improve equipment reliability


• Proactively gathers and synthesizes data from multiple sources to uncover failure patterns, trends, and high-impact risks

Minimum Qualification/Work Experience

Required
Education:

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  Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline

  
  

Experience:

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  10+ years of in-plant experience in reliability, maintenance, or rotating equipment engineering (petrochemicals, refining, or LNG)

  
  


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  Hands-on experience with rotating equipment: pumps, compressors, turbines, gearboxes

  
  


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  Skilled in reliability tools: RCA, FMEA, Weibull analysis

  
  


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  Proficient with CMMS (e.g., SAP) and reliability software (e.g., Meridium, GE, Cordant APM)

  
  


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  Experience developing and optimizing asset strategies

  
  

Certifications:

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  None required, but familiarity with condition monitoring and reliability best practices expected

  
  

Preferred
Education:

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  Master’s Degree in Mechanical or Reliability Engineering or related field

  
  

Experience:

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  15+ years total (8+ years in-plant) with increasing responsibility in reliability roles

  
  


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  Leadership in cross-functional reliability initiatives

  
  


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  Experience with condition monitoring programs (e.g., thermography, vibration, oil analysis)

  
  

Certifications:

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  CMRP (Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional – SMRP)

  
  


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  CRE (Certified Reliability Engineer – ASQ)

  
  

Required Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Strong leadership and technical abilities are required.


• An acute sensitivity to safety issues in a hazardous environment.


• Exceptional written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.


• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of an organization and with individuals and groups from different disciplines, industries and governmental agencies.


• Able to work with a culturally diverse group of technical individuals whose skills cover the range required to engineer, operate and maintain the LNG terminal and Liquefaction production facilities.


• Possess the personality and ability to relate to and to establish a mutually respectful relationship with 1) management, 2) peers and 3) the various facility level workers (Plant Manager, plant supervision and plant workers) whom are all responsible for ensuring good operations.


• Organized and able to manage multiple activities and programs in timely fashion and with a high degree of accuracy. Able to meet work deadlines.


• Exceptional problem solving and analytical skills.


• Accomplished public speaker. Computer savvy including Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel, Access, Project and PowerPoint.

HSE Roles and Responsibilities

Support the policies, efforts, and programs of Freeport LNG Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) Management System.  Actively participate in the HSE Management System Policies.  Ensure that HSE concerns are given priority in all activities completed within their area of responsibility.  Implement routine inspections to ensure safe operating conditions.

Work Authorization/Security Clearance (if applicable)

• Transportation Worker Identification Card

Working Conditions and Physical Expectations

• Must be able to wear all necessary PPE equipment to perform job functions.


• Possible exposure to hot, cold, wet, humid or windy weather conditions.


• Possible exposure to moving mechanical parts and electrical circuits.


• Possible exposure to constant, or intermittent sounds of a pitch level sufficient to cause marked distraction.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Able to drive to other Company work locations as required.


• Able to move throughout all areas of the facility.


• Able to stand and/or sit continuously and perform job functions for a full shift.


• Able to use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.


• Able to walk, stand, bend, stoop, kneel, reach, twist, lift, push, pull, climb, balance, crouch, handle and move items weighing up to 20 lbs. without assistance.


• Has visual acuity corrected to perform job functions.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.


• While performing the duties of this role, the incumbent will be required to talk and hear.


• May be required to enter confined spaces.