Rotating Equipment Engineer, Ferndale Refinery

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The Rotating Equipment Engineer is a staff position within the Technical Services Department’s Reliability Group. This position leads rotating equipment reliability improvements to maximize system availability and minimize loss profit opportunities and minimize cost of ownership. Provides rotating equipment technical expertise to pump and turbine maintenance, operations, projects, and overall mechanical integrity programs. Supports the safe and reliable operation of Ferndale Refinery. 
 

Responsibilities May Include:

• Apply rotating equipment technical expertise to support maintenance, operations, projects, turnarounds, and other mechanical integrity activities
• Participates and promotes all aspects of the refinery safety program. Visibly demonstrates commitment to the workplace safety and health of employees and contractors through personal engagement and sound decisions
• Complies with all refinery site and corporate personal safety requirements, policies, and the Ferndale Refinery Mechanical Integrity Manual
• Routinely communicate the status and condition of equipment
• Communicate and manage to resolution, emerging high-risk pump, and compressor issues
• Provides Technical support during in-plant and off-site repairs/rebuilds of refinery rotating equipment
• Provides technical support, troubleshooting, training, and maintenance support for all rotating equipment applications
• Specifies new equipment for purchase as needed in accordance with API, Phillips 66 Refining Engineering Practices (REP), and P66 Required Standards
• Provide technical support for the vibration monitoring program and GE/Bently Nevada 3500 Protection/System 1 Performance Monitoring systems
• Actively involved with operations and maintenance planning groups in scheduling of equipment repairs within assigned process units
• Developing, executing, and sustaining an effective preventive/predictive maintenance program for rotating equipment
• Monitors history and condition of rotating equipment to determine and prioritize major maintenance scopes and requirements, including obsolescence aspects. Provide business case justifications as required to support required budgeting and timings
• Participates in corporate Rotating Equipment Network efforts for knowledge sharing, developing best practices, and reviewing REP standards
• Lead root cause failure investigations for rotating equipment
• Develop scope of repairs for major maintenance and ensure high standards of QA/QC
• Participates in expense and capital budget development. Actively promotes cost control and budget awareness within the team
• Complete PSM requirements for rotating equipment such as PHA’s, MOC’s, PSI updates, etc.
• Overseeing of equipment criticality ranking and 'bad actor list' and developing/implementing projects to improve reliability
   

Required Qualifications:

• Legally authorized to work in the job posting country
• Possess a valid Driver’s License
• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Engineering or equivalent
• 7 or more years of experience in maintenance and/or engineering
• 5 or more years of experience with rotating machinery
• Willing to travel up to 5% of the time. (training/conferences)
• Participate in the on-call pool providing off hours support
• Willing and able to obtain a Transportation Worker Identification Card (TWIC)
• Must be willing and able, with or without reasonable accommodation, to comply with the following:
  • Travel up to 5% of the time
  • Participate in the on-call pool providing off hours support
  • Work extended hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and holidays
  • Transport articles up to 50 pounds
  • Work safely near large, hot, high-speed machines
  • Climb ladders and stairs up to 200 feet in height
  • Work around chemicals, including acids and bases
  • Work around hydrocarbons under high pressure and heat
  • Work outside in harsh weather conditions
  • Wear fire retardant clothing and personal protective equipment (such as steel-toe shoes, ear and eye protection)
  • Maintain face daily so that a respirator/face mask can seal properly (some examples include being free of facial hair and/or clean shaven)

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10 or more years of experience with rotating equipment in the refining, chemical, or petrochemical industry
• Working knowledge of API and PIP Rotating Equipment Standards
• Direct experience with new equipment installation and commissioning
• Trained in Root Cause Failure Analysis or Latent Cause Analysis techniques

The Ferndale Refinery is located on Puget Sound in Ferndale, Washington, approximately 20 miles south of the U.S.-Canada border. Facilities include crude distillation, naphtha reforming, fluid catalytic cracking, alkylation and hydrodesulfurization units. It processes a variety crude oils, including Alaskan North Slope, Canadian and other foreign and U.S. shale crudes, primarily delivered via marine vessel and pipeline. Within the refinery is a rail car crude oil receiving facility with a capacity of 30,000 BPD. This offloading facility, owned by Phillips 66 Partners, makes the receipt of additional crude by rail car possible. The refinery produces a high percentage of transportation fuels. Other products include residual fuel oil, which is supplied to the northwest marine bunker fuel market. Most refined products are distributed to customers by pipeline and barge to major markets in the northwestern United States.

Benefits

At Phillips 66, we are proud to offer attractive and high-quality benefits which we refer to as Total Rewards. Additional information on Total Rewards .

This position is eligible for the Phillips 66 geographic differential pay program.  Details and terms to be conveyed in offer of employment.

Compensation

The base pay range for this role is $120,600 - $168,000 depending on a candidate's relevant work experience and education.

Phillips 66 has more than 140 years of experience in providing the energy that enables people to dream bigger and go farther, faster. We are committed to improving lives, and that is our promise to our employees and our communities. We are sustained by the backgrounds and experiences of our diverse teams, which reflect who we are, the environment we create and how we work together. We have been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign, U.S. Department of Labor and the Military Times for our continued commitment to inclusive practices and policies in the hiring and retention of those in the LGBTQ+ community and military veterans. Our company is built on values of safety, honor and commitment. We call our cultural mindset Our Energy in Action, which we define through four simple, intuitive behaviors: We work for the greater good, create an environment of trust, seek different perspectives and achieve excellence.

Learn more about Phillips 66 and how we are working to meet the world's energy needs today and tomorrow, by visiting phillips66.com. 

To be considered

In order to be considered for this position you must complete the entire application process, which includes answering all prescreening questions and providing your eSignature on or before the requisition closing date of 02/04/2025.

Candidates for regular U.S. positions must be a U.S. citizen or national, or an alien admitted as permanent resident, refugee, asylee or temporary resident under 8 U.S.C. 1160(a) or 1255(a)(1).  Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.