Engineer, Rotating Equipment

NextDecade - Brownsville, TX

Full-time - Senior

Brownsville, TX

Oil and Gas Extraction

About the position

NextDecade is seeking a full-time Engineer, Rotating Equipment to support long-term operations for the Rio Grande LNG facility located near Brownsville, Texas. The position is based in Brownsville; however, it may require travel to and from Houston. The incumbent will report to the Manager, Rotating Equipment in the Operations Department, under the leadership of the Sr. Manager Facilities Engineering, Sr. Director of Engineering and Vice President of Operations. The Engineer, Rotating Equipment is a senior member of the Rotating Equipment engineering team and may be required to backfill the Manager, Rotating Equipment during periods of absence. The role has no direct reports. Peer level personnel will include other members of the engineering team across all facilities disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering support for Frame 7 gas turbine driven compressor packages, centrifugal and other pumps, cryogenic pumps, diesel engines, fans, blowers, air compressors, and expanders.
• Proactive technical monitoring of rotating equipment, condition and performance monitoring of rotating equipment, quality assurance activities for rotating equipment.
• Provide rotating equipment engineering support for both day-to-day plant operations and long-term reliability and availability targets.
• Drive continuous improvement in rotating equipment (safety, cost, availability) through maintenance strategy optimization, root cause failure analysis, bad actor analysis, management of change, and debottlenecking.
• Provide quality control over high risk rotating equipment maintenance activities.
• Prepare turnaround scopes and review all turnaround and maintenance work packs.
• Ensure an MOC process is followed through the implementation of changes on rotating equipment and packages.
• Develop and ensure adherence to all discipline specifications, standards, procedures, and guidelines.
• Provide integral interaction and support for other intercompany teams, such as Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, Quality, Process Safety Management (PSM), and Health, Safety, Security and Environmental (HSSE).

Requirements

• B.S. or higher in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• 10+ years of rotating equipment engineering experience.
• 5+ years of operations rotating equipment engineering experience, preferably in LNG.
• Willingness to travel, domestically & internationally, as needed (approximately 10-15%).

Nice-to-haves

• Advanced skills in troubleshooting and problem-solving rotating equipment issues.
• Intermediate skills in application of LNG facility applicable industry standards, regulatory codes, and recommended practices.
• Define and implement QA/QC programs for rotating equipment.
• Maintenance optimization for rotating equipment.
• Root cause investigations.
• Managing LNG facility rotating equipment, including turbines, compressors, pumps, engines, expanders, and fans.
• Condition and performance monitoring of rotating equipment.
• Basic skills in turbomachinery control systems including MkVIe, Opticomp antisurge control, and PLCs.
• Process Safety Management (PSM) and operational risk management.
• Management of Change (MOC).
• Managing interfaces and working closely with Project and Operations teams during detailed design, construction, commissioning, startup, and post-startup operations.