Senior Rotating Equipment Machinery Engineer - QuEST Global Engineering Services

Quest Global is an organization at the forefront of innovation and one of the world’s fastest growing engineering services firms with deep domain knowledge and recognized expertise in the top OEMs across seven industries. We are a twenty-five-year-old company on a journey to becoming a centenary one, driven by aspiration, hunger and humility.

We are looking for humble geniuses, who believe that engineering has the potential to make the impossible, possible; innovators, who are not only inspired by technology and innovation, but also perpetually driven to design, develop, and test as a trusted partner for Fortune 500 customers.

As a team of remarkably diverse engineers, we recognize that what we are really engineering is a brighter future for us all. If you want to contribute to meaningful work and be part of an organization that truly believes when you win, we all win, and when you fail, we all learn, then we’re eager to hear from you.

The achievers and courageous challenge-crushers we seek, have the following characteristics and skills:
 

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Senior Engineers play a pivotal role in the successful operation of the plants and are responsible for initiating and leading improvements to unit performance in safety, production, and reliability.
• In this role, he/she will serve as a mentor to other engineers and provide technical coaching and training to operations and mechanical personnel. You will look around corners for solutions and provide data-driven recommendations based on industry standards. You will think strategically, execute thoughtfully, and collaborate across many teams, levels, and situations.
• As part of an integrated facility including Refinery and Chemical plants, Machinery Engineers have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of rotating equipment, including extruders, hyper-compressors, turbo-expanders, steam turbines and cogen facilities. In addition, they are part of a larger engineering organization so get to collaborate with other machinery and non-machinery engineers.
• Work in a team environment with other engineering disciplines, operations and mechanical personnel
• Proactively seek improvements directed at increasing plant reliability
• Specify new rotating equipment to comply with industry and company design practices
• Ensure safe, cost effective, operable rotating equipment and associated systems are provided and maintained to meet current business unit needs
• Have leadership capabilities with strong organizational, communication, and team working skills, through a combination of formal training and/or experiences
• Provide quality control and design reviews of new projects that involve rotating equipment
• Periodically review rotating equipment thermodynamic and mechanical performance
• Have experience with machinery monitoring and troubleshooting including bearings, seals and auxiliary support systems and vibration analysis
• Lead RCFA development
• Provide assistance in the field during plant startups, shutdowns or upsets
• Deliver guidance to the business units on prioritization of machinery related work
• Have a demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority
• Be able to provide off-hours support of abnormal and non-routine operation

Required Skills (Technical Competency):

• Engagement in Turnaround related activities, including planning and execution
• Familiarity with compressors and steam turbines, including their control and protective systems
• Experience with machinery involved in the manufacturer of Low- and High-Density Polyethylene

Physical Requirements & Work Environment:

• Mostly Office Environments, Occasional Shop Floor involvement.
• Substantial amounts of telephone and computer work.
• Heavily Regulated Industries with strict adherence to procedures.
• Flexibility to meet business deadlines by staying late or arriving early.
• Typical 8 hour days plus lunch / 40 hour weeks / core (required) hours are 9AM to 4PM
• Ability to use personal transportation to visit customer locations.

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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.