Rotating Equipment Engineer Supervisor

Company:

Interested in joining a winning team? A team whose employees share in the ownership of the business and are empowered to make a difference?

Organizational context
and job purpose

INEOS Organization:

INEOS is a global manufacturer of petrochemicals, specialty chemicals and oil products. It comprises 15 businesses each with a major chemical company heritage. Its production network spans 65 manufacturing facilities in 16 countries throughout the world. INEOS products make a significant contribution to saving life, improving health and enhancing standards of living for people around the world. Its businesses produce the raw materials that are essential in the manufacture of a wide variety of goods: from paints to plastics, textiles to technology, and medicines to mobile phones - chemicals manufactured by INEOS enhance almost every aspect of modern life.

Business Context:

INEOS Oxide is one of the most diverse, dynamic and successful businesses within INEOS. We operate 5 manufacturing sites in Europe and North America (Antwerp BE, Köln DE, Lavéra FR, Plaquemine US, Bayport, US). We produce a broad range of 200+ products which spread across five key value chains (Ethylene Oxide, Propylene Oxide, Oxoalcohols, Acetic Acid, and ENB), and on many of our products we are the European market leader. Our total manufacturing capacity is above 3 million tonnes per annum generating an annual EBITDA of ~300 M€. INEOS Oxide is an energetic business which is growing actively on a global level, with projects to extend our production base to new sites in North America and Asia in addition to continued investment on our existing platforms. We are committed to resourcing the Procurement team accordingly to deliver on this ambitious growth agenda.

Purpose of the Job:

The Rotating Equipment Engineer Supervisor is responsible for leading the site rotating equipment reliability and condition monitoring programs to improve equipment availability, optimize mean time between failures, drive safe and environmentally compliant operations, and develop the technical capabilities of the rotating equipment reliability team. This position requires the individual to perform the responsibilities of a rotating equipment engineer, and supervises one Condition Based Monitoring Technician and one Rotating Equipment Specialist. This role specializes in providing technical leadership for rotating equipment strategy, troubleshooting, reliability improvements, and capital replacement initiatives. Additionally, they will work on capital replacement projects to address obsolescence.  During a typical day they will work with the Specialist, Millwrights and Maintenance Supervisor.

The candidate is responsible for safe and efficient operation of rotating equipment using established operating discipline, procedural compliance and engineering standards.  This engineer is responsible for maintaining these assets and their protective systems to meet the production targets set by the business. This role provides direct supervision, mentoring, and technical development for one Condition Based Monitoring Specialist and one Rotating Equipment Specialist. The supervisor is expected to drive accountability, prioritize workload, develop team capabilities, and ensure reliability objectives are achieved.

The position requires strong leadership and strategic collaboration with Operations, Maintenance, Process Engineering, Capital Projects, Corporate Technical Networks, contractors, and vendors to resolve equipment issues, implement reliability improvements, and lead turnaround and outage activities.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Accountabilities:

SHE

• Adhere to and uphold all safety policies and standards
• Support INEOS’s 20 Principles of Safety
• Maintain safe and efficient operation of the rotating equipment using established operating disciplines and procedures.  Ensure that safety and environmental compliance is achieved.
• Support PSM and Environmental efforts including Process Hazard Analyses (PHAs), Management of Change process, Risk Assessments and incident investigations.
• Maintain plant assets and protective systems integrity. Ensure rotating equipment assets and protective systems maintain integrity and reliability.
• Lead investigations into equipment deviations and reliability events and develop corrective actions.
• Participate in development and improvement of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), maintenance procedures, and training materials.
• Initiate and drive Management of Change activities related to rotating equipment systems.
• Ensure completion of assigned training, audits, PHA action items, and incident corrective actions in a timely manner.
• Cascade safety expectations, reliability standards, and operating discipline through direct reports and cross-functional teams.
• Assist in defining and maintaining the correct operating envelopes.  Investigate when deviations occur and propose solution to mitigate.

Manufacturing Excellence

• Lead the site rotating equipment reliability and condition monitoring programs.
• Supervise and develop one Condition Based Monitoring Specialist and one Rotating Equipment Specialist.
• Establish priorities, assign work, and ensure execution of reliability objectives and predictive maintenance activities.
• Lead and optimize vibration analysis, oil analysis, lubrication, and condition monitoring programs to advance site reliability goals and align with best practices.
• Manage equipment reliability strategy to ensure plant production targets are met and downtime is minimized. 
• Focus on identifying and resolving long-term reliability issues impacting rotating equipment performance.
• Lead efforts to identify and execute rotating equipment scope during Turnaround activities.
• Provide technical leadership and troubleshooting for turbines, pumps, compressors, gearboxes, fans, and auxiliary systems.
• Strategically optimize work activities between Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, contractors, and specialty service providers.
• Lead and facilitate Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) investigations and implementation of corrective actions.
• Benchmark and implement best-in-class rotating equipment reliability practices and precision maintenance improvements.
• Track equipment MTBF, MTBR, bad actor equipment, and reliability KPIs to identify optimization opportunities while minimizing cost and waste.
• Develop and communicate reliability performance metrics for critical rotating equipment assets.
• Develop long-range rotating equipment reliability strategies, capital replacement plans, and maintain equipment BOM/procedures.
• Lead technical input for capital project development, equipment specifications, design reviews, and commissioning activities for new rotating equipment installations.
• Manage the development of maintenance strategies, PM programs, spare parts strategies, and reliability centered maintenance initiatives.
• Provide technical expertise to operations during upset conditions, startups, shutdowns, and Turnarounds.
• Participate in on-call schedule for weekends, evenings, and holidays.
• Serve as a technical mentor and reliability resource for engineers, specialists, maintenance personnel, and operations teams.
• Develop and deliver rotating equipment and condition monitoring training for maintenance and engineering personnel.

Skills/Competencies:
Level of Education & Experience in general

• BS in Engineering, Mechanical Engineer preferred.
• Minimum 8+ years of rotating equipment, maintenance, or reliability engineering experience in refining, petrochemical, chemical, or manufacturing industries.
• Previous leadership, supervisory, or team lead experience preferred.
• Experience supervising or leading condition monitoring and predictive maintenance programs preferred.

Technical Skills

• Strong leadership, mentoring, and team development skills.
• Strong computer skills with proficiency in MS Office and SAP.
• Advanced Knowledge of turbines, centrifugal pumps, positive displacement pumps, reciprocating compressors, fans, and auxiliary rotating equipment systems.
• Knowledge of vibration analysis, oil analysis, lubrication, and condition monitoring technologies.
• Strong understanding of reliability centered maintenance (RCM), predictive maintenance, and precision maintenance practices.
• Working knowledge of rotating equipment design, repair practices, and applicable industry standards.
• Knowledge of Process Safety Management (PSM) principles and Management of Change processes.
• Experience with Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) methodologies and reliability investigations.
• Experience with capital projects, equipment specifications, and reliability improvement initiatives.

Behavioral Skills

• Exceptional communication skills, both oral and written.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence across all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated ability to supervise, mentor, and develop technical personnel.
• Strong mechanical aptitude and troubleshooting capability.
• Safety-focused leader and role model.
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills.
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Strong problem-solving and data analysis abilities.
• Ability to delegate work, hold team members accountable, and resolve conflict effectively.
• Results-driven with strong sense of urgency and ownership.

Outside 

Light Work:  Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects

• The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions:  Protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes.
• The worker is subject to outside environmental conditions:  No effective protection from the weather.
• The worker is subject to both environmental conditions:  Activities occur inside and outside.
• The worker is subject to extreme cold:  Temperatures below 32 degrees F for periods of more than one hour.
• The worker is subject to extreme heat:  Temperatures above 100 degrees F for periods of more than one hour.
• The worker is subject to noise:  There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above the ambient noise level.
• The worker is subject to hazards:  Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals.
• The worker is subject to atmospheric conditions:  One or more of the following conditions that affect the respiratory system or the skin:  fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases, or poor ventilation.
• The worker is subject to oils:  There is air and/or skin exposure to oils and other cutting fluids.
• The worker is required to wear a respirator.
• The worker is required to don a gas mask.

Inside: 

• Sedentary Work:  Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.  Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.Subject to inside environmental conditions:  Protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changesEmployee must have the ability to see written documents, computer screens, and to adjust focus.Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction.   Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make discriminations in sound.

Performance Indicators

• Achieve SHE metric targets for safety and environmental performance.
• Meet or exceed plant production and equipment reliability targets.
• Improve rotating equipment MTBF and reduce unplanned downtime.
• Achieve compliance targets for AsCare, 20 Principles, MOC, and PSM requirements.
• Successful execution and improvement of vibration, oil analysis, and condition monitoring programs.
• Completion of assigned action items from PHAs, audits, incidents, and reliability investigations.
• Achievement of department and personal annual performance objectives.
• Development and performance improvement of direct reports.
• Successful execution of Turnaround rotating equipment scope and reliability initiatives.
• Reduction in rotating equipment bad actor failures and recurring equipment issues.
• Improvement in predictive maintenance effectiveness and reliability KPI performance.
• Achieve SHE metric targets for safety and environmental incidents

Our culture is one of honesty and integrity with an emphasis on safety, health and environmental performance.  On our team, people are acknowledged for embracing new practices that help create real value for customers.