Machinery Engineers Lead (MFG)

About the position:

The Machinery Engineering lead position is a technical discipline position and working supervisor role responsible for a team of rotating equipment engineers delivering technical solutions for operations support, project support, and design requests from Australia's Business Unit and the 5 US Manufacturing Refineries.

Key Responsibilities:

• This front-line leadership position provides guidance, coaching and mentors a team of rotating equipment engineers and analysts in machinery engineering support for the safe, reliable operation and maintenance of rotating and reciprocating machinery and machinery systems for the 5 Chevron Manufacturing facilities and the LNG facilities in the Australian Business Unit

• Support includes all phases of machinery engineering from concept development, scoping, selection, manufacturing, technical audit, final acceptance, start-up, troubleshooting, and failure analysis

• Equipment includes pumps, centrifugal, reciprocating, and axial compressors, expanders, steam and gas turbines, motors, generators, gears, fans, gearboxes and support systems (control systems, vibration monitors and protection systems)

• Understand and apply Rotating Equipment Reliability (RER) philosophies of machinery surveillance, protection, design review, quality control/assurance, and record keeping

• Support all phases of machinery engineering from concept development, scoping, selection, manufacturing, technical audit, final acceptance, start-up, troubleshooting, and failure analysis

• Work with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and RER personnel to increase machinery Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF), minimize down time, and increase Solomon Mechanical or Operational availability

• Prepare, review, and approve machinery or component purchase specifications. This may include preparation of engineering, operating, maintenance or reliability standards, policies and instructions within the refinery

• Provide technical review and approval of vendor calculations/drawings and technical reports

• Spearhead resolution of quality issues during equipment manufacturing, witness and approve factory acceptance test results on behalf of the company to ensure compliance with Chevron Engineering Standards (CES)

• Lead machinery initiatives and studies to improve plant safety and reliability

• Participate in resolution of all operational and reliability issues as may occur during start-up and during normal plant operation

• Participate in troubleshooting complex machinery problems, develop alternatives, and work with RER team members and others to propose and implement solutions for long-term reliability

• Answer technical inquiries, make technical recommendations, improve design tools, and develop design procedures

• Promote adherence to CES for new or modified equipment and ensure the CES Governance Process is followed for any deviations

• Evaluate gaps in CES and recommend changes; facilitate local review of new or revised standards prior to implementation; aid in the deployment and interpretation of CES

• Participate on Global Manufacturing and Corporate Best Practices teams

• Interface with Global Manufacturing and Corporate Best Practice teams for sharing of lessons-learned and to investigate new technology or new applications of existing technology

• Communicate technical ideas ta wide range of groups and facilitate meetings of cross-functional teams

• Responsible for preparing and delivering training courses to less experienced engineers, RER, Operations, Maintenance, etc. and mentoring of others

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 1 year of previous supervisory or leadership experience

• Previous experience with a minimum of 5 years of experience focused on rotating equipment in operating facilities, design for major capital projects and operations and maintenance environment including activities related to equipment design, preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance, and troubleshooting

Chevron ENGINE supports global operations, supporting business requirements across the world. Accordingly, the work hours for employees will be aligned to support business requirements. The standard work week will be Monday to Friday. Working hours are 8:00am to 5:00pm or 1.30pm to 10.30pm.

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Bengaluru, Karnataka

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