Rotating Equipment Maintenance Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Iowa.

📋 Description

• Oversee and engage in the maintenance of rotating equipment.

• Provide suggestions to enhance maintenance and overhaul costs for equipment.

• Collaborate with and lead maintenance efforts, whether involving OEMs or not, to boost equipment reliability and availability.

• Direct and assist with onsite overhauls and repairs of significant rotating machinery, particularly GOX compressors.

• Work alongside operations and engineering teams to address and mitigate recurring equipment challenges.

• Develop and revise policies, procedures, job plans, overhaul tactics, inspections, and troubleshooting guidelines for rotating equipment.

• Analyze preventive and predictive maintenance data, such as vibration, oil, temperature, and mechanical inspection results.

• Engage with intercompany specialists, vendors, and OEMs.

• Take part in risk evaluations for large rotating equipment.

• Suggest essential spare parts and inventory quantities.

• Assess new and refurbished critical spare parts.

• Organize equipment refurbishments and rotor/wheel balancing at vendor locations or machine shops.

• Participate in Root Cause Analyses (RCAs) and Pre-Startup Safety Reviews (PSSRs).

• Offer technical assistance to field locations regarding troubleshooting, inspection techniques, and repair methods.

• Support maintenance schedules and budgets for facilities and zones.

• Adjust maintenance strategies based on RCA, FMEA, and industry benchmarks.

• Develop, review, and authorize overhaul and maintenance job plans in CMMS.

⛳️ Requirements

• Willingness to travel 50% of the time.

• Ability to work remotely.

• Over 10 years of technical experience in the operation, troubleshooting, and design of rotating equipment.

• In-depth knowledge of compressors, turbines, pumps, and fans utilized in air separation, CO2, and H2 manufacturing processes.

• Comprehensive understanding of oxygen compression equipment, including oxygen cleanliness standards.

• Expertise in lubrication practices.

• Proficient in word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and project planning software.

• Strong planning and organizational abilities.

🏝️ Benefits

• Extensive family benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance.

• 14-week paid benefit for childbirth.

• 401(k) Retirement Plan with company matching contributions.

• Tuition assistance and reimbursement programs.

• Paid holidays.

• Vacation and sick leave.

• Floating holidays.

• Leave for jury duty and funeral/bereavement purposes.

• Benefits commence after 30 days of employment.

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

• Pre-tax commuter transportation benefit.

• Discounted college tuition for eligible dependents of employees.

• Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.

• Parental leave.

• Short-term and long-term disability insurance.