The Basic Function of a Senior Reliability Specialist is to perform condition monitoring (vibration, oil analysis, routine monitoring) on all rotating equipment and be responsible for first call response to rotating equipment troubleshooting. Also provide routine equipment data acquisition and diagnostic analysis, and issue recommendations regarding equipment performance, repairs and upgrades. Supervise and provide technical direction to contract personnel during installations and turnarounds. The primary function of the Reliability Specialist is to maximize equipment MTBF and availability.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for assigned Areas of the refinery
- Respond to routine and emergency troubleshooting requests from Operations and Maintenance personnel
- Coordinate meetings to develop extraordinary work scopes on critical rotating equipment.
- Ensure the refineries quality and safety initiatives are carried out in daily activities
- Interface with all groups in the refinery, particularly with Operations and Maintenance
- Monitors assigned portion of 1000+ pieces of equipment including pumps, fans, steam turbines, mixers, motors, compressors, and gearboxes
- Responsible to support and provide back fill for all plant Areas when designated technicians are off and for after hour call outs on all rotating and reciprocating equipment in the refinery. The refinery rotating equipment budget is approximately $5M/yr
- Provide repair scopes and upgrade recommendations through findings on all rotating and reciprocating equipment
- Possess knowledge of and practice applicable HSE rules, procedures, and practices – actively look for opportunities to correct equipment HSE deficiencies during rounds.
- Obtain equipment vibration information, analyze data, and submit recommendations to Operations and Maintenance
- Provide supervision to contract personnel and technical direction to mechanical personnel during installation/repairs of rotating or reciprocating equip
- Identify and follow through on reliability enhancement recommendations
- Develop detailed work scopes on all rotating and reciprocating
- Initiate maintenance work orders on required repairs based on analysis and findings
- Work special projects as assigned or as customers require
- Submit equipment upgrades on all rotating and reciprocating equipment for improving run life and increasing the refinery overall MTBF
Required Skills:
- Have the experience & knowledge to diagnose equipment problems through vibration data analysis, and develop the means in which to rectify those problems
- Have the ability to understand the intricacies of rotating equipment and their subsystems
- Work autonomously with little direct supervision while relying on Engineering support as needed
- Be sufficiently mobile to accomplish data collection including ladder climbing, etc.
Qualifications / Required Experience:
- BS in Engineering or minimum 2-year mechanical trade school and 10+ years of field experience with rotating equipment
- Training and/or experience in vibration data collection and analysis and reciprocating compressor health diagnosis
- Must have computer experience including establishing and editing vibration equipment databases, SAP
- Vibration Level 2 certification or equivalent is a plus
- Must have the desire and interest in vibration and beta analysis to stay abreast of the ongoing changes in vibration technologies.
- Visit OEM and Non-OEM repair facilities and provide technical direction on equipment repairs
- Work assigned stand-by weekend duty that entails overseeing any and all mechanical
- Must be able to work off-shift hours and respond to callout
