Job Family Group:
Engineering Group
Job Description:
As a Senior Rotating Equipment Engineer at bp, you will provide rotating equipment expertise for safe, reliable and efficient operation, combining troubleshooting, life-cycle stewardship, condition monitoring, reliability improvement, turnaround support and project assurance.
What you will deliver
Standard accountabilities:
- Provide timely frontline engineering support for normal operations, startup, shutdown, plant upset and equipment performance issues, with clear, documented recommendations.
- Apply risk management to identify, assess, communicate and reduce safety, integrity, reliability, production and cost risks. Participate in applicable risk assessments and hazard reviews and steward actions to closure.
- Lead or provide discipline expertise to incident investigations and Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), including immediate-cause analysis where required. Convert findings into sustainable corrective actions.
- Own or support discipline equipment strategies. Use operating history, condition monitoring, failure data and reliability insights to develop, verify and optimize maintenance tasks, intervals and SAP PM build.
- Identify bad actors, vulnerabilities, obsolescence and single-point failures and develop prioritized defect-elimination and life-cycle solutions.
- Provide technical assurance for Management of Change, brownfield modifications, equipment replacement and project deliverables. Ensure decisions and deviations are risk assessed, justified and documented.
- Provide discipline input to turnaround, outage and site project modification scoping and execution, including technical scope definition, prioritization, workpack readiness, field execution support, commissioning/startup support and post-event learning.
- Monitor equipment, system or process health and convert data into actionable insights for Operations, Maintenance, Reliability and leadership.
- Maintain fit-for-purpose engineering records, calculations, drawings, strategies and technical reports in accordance with applicable standards.
- Coach engineers and technicians, share lessons and good practices, and strengthen engineering capability and continuous improvement.
Role-specific accountabilities:
- Provide technical support for gas turbines, steam turbines, compressors, pumps, electric motors and auxiliaries including lube-oil, anti-surge, starting, sealing and instrumentation systems.
- Assure vibration-analysis and condition-monitoring programmes and interpret machinery-health data.
- Provide assurance for dry-gas seals, mechanical seals and rotating package performance, maintenance and repair decisions.
- Manage technical interfaces with OEMs and contractors.
- Drive performance of OEMs, contractors and Long-Term Service Agreement (LTSA) providers. Monitor technical performance, contractual obligations, service quality, repair outcomes and continuous improvement opportunities.
- Develop and maintain strategic relationships with OEMs, repair facilities and technical specialists to support equipment reliability, obsolescence management, operational troubleshooting and long-term asset integrity.
- Develop long-term asset strategies including obsolescence management, major equipment replacement planning, life-extension assessments and capital reliability improvement opportunities.
What you will need to be successful
In addition to a Bachelor's degree or higher in mechanical engineering, it is essential that the successful candidate also demonstrates:
- At least 15 years in major projects and/or oil and gas operations; gas-turbine and LNG operations experience is preferable.
- Application of API, ISO, ANSI and NFPA standards for rotating equipment.
- Design and operating experience for gas turbines, steam turbines, compressors, pumps and electric motors.
- Experience with dry-gas and mechanical seals, vibration analysis, condition monitoring and rotating auxiliaries.
- Experience in turnarounds, maintenance, startup and shutdown; OEM/contractor management; equipment lists, P&IDs, PFDs, wiring and control-logic diagrams.
- Experience in HSSE and quality management; able to work office and site based.
Additionally, it would be ;beneficial to have:
- Ability and understanding of the architecture of System 1 EVO.
- Experience in Gas Turbine Frame-7EA and LM 6000 aero derivative turbine
- Experience in applying digital technologies, advanced analytics or predictive-maintenance tools on equipment reliability improvement.
- Membership of a relevant professional engineering institution.
Why Join Us?
At bp, we provide the following environment and benefits to you:
- A company culture where we respect our diverse and unified teams, where we are proud of our achievements and where fun and the attitude of giving back to our environment are highly valued
- Possibility to join our social communities and networks
- Learning opportunities and other development opportunities to craft your career path
- Life and health insurance, medical care package
- And many other benefits!
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform crucial job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Don’t hesitate to get in touch with us to request any accommodations!
Travel Requirement:
Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role
Relocation Assistance:
This role is not eligible for relocation
Remote Type:
This position is a hybrid of office/remote working
Skills:
Asking for Feedback, Asking for Feedback, Basic care of rotating equipment, Centrifugal compressors, Centrifugal Pumps, Coaching, Collaboration, Combustion equipment emissions, Communication, Compressor shaft end seals and support systems, Condition Monitoring of Equipment, Conflict Management, Controls and control systems, Creating a high performing team, Defect Elimination, Delegation, Empowering Others, Equipment criticality assessment, Gas Turbines, Giving Feedback, Goal Setting, hoses and tubing, Inclusive Leadership, Influencing, Installation of rotating equipment {+ 13 more}
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Legal Disclaimer:
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.
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