Rotating Equipment Engineer – Vancouver

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.