Machinery Engineer

at  Chevron

Total Number of Openings
1
Chevron is accepting online applications for the position Machinery Engineer through June 2nd, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. (PDT).
The Machinery Engineer position is part of the Richmond Refinery’s Reliability &; Integrity organization and reports to the Reliability and Machinery Engineering Team Lead. The team consists of 10-12 reliability and machinery engineers and is a key contributor in achieving the refinery’s goals of safe and reliable operation.

Responsibilities for this position may include but are not limited to:

• Work to detect and prevent machinery failure through the use of predictive and preventative techniques.
• Develop bad actor resolutions, repair and maintenance strategies, and design alternatives that address health, safety, environmental, reliability, operability, and maintainability issues.
• Improve technical tools and work processes.
• Ensure rotating equipment records are documented accurately and completely with emphasis on root cause identification, scope of repairs, and detailed records of internal or external inspections.Ensure engineering design adheres to Refinery, industry, regulation, and Corporate specifications.
• Consider Total Cost of Ownership when selecting new equipment, components, or support systems.
• Provide support to Maintenance, Technical and Operations personnel on critical field jobs, and manage these jobs or their critical parts as needed.Provide support to Maintenance, Technical and Operations personnel on development and review of machinery repair checklists, preventive or predictive maintenance checklists, and maintenance or operating procedures as necessary.
• Effectively use the Incident & Investigation Reporting system to identify behavior and work process improvement opportunities, root causes, and effective corrective actions that will help eliminate incidents and injuries.
• Support the Rotating Equipment Re-work, Spare Run, and Kit-box Restocking processes.
• Lead machinery root cause failure analysis efforts using support tools such as 5-Why and Taproot.
• Use in advanced machinery monitoring techniques and systems to support condition based and predictive monitoring of rotating machinery (System1, Adre, compressor performance modeling etc.)
• Actively participate in the planning and execution of TAs, both planned and unplanned.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or Data Science
• 5+ years of experience in a complex process facility such as a refinery

Preferred Qualifications:

• Vibration Institute CATII or equivalent
• 10+ years of experience in a complex process facility such as a refinery

Relocation Options:
Relocation may be considered.
International Considerations:
Expatriate assignments may be considered for candidates already living in the United States.
Applicant must be able to use current US work authorization or able to apply for TN or E-3 Visa (no new visa applications in other cases).

Regulatory Disclosure for US Positions

• The compensation and reference to benefits for this role is listed on this posting in compliance with applicable law. Please note that the compensation and benefits listed below are only applicable for U.S. payroll offers.
• The anticipated salary range for this position is $114,500 – $261,500. The selected candidate’s compensation will be determined based on their skills, experience, and qualifications.
• Chevron offers competitive compensation and benefits programs which includes, but is not limited to, variable pay, health care coverage, retirement plan, protection coverage, time off and leave programs, training and development opportunities and a range of allowances connected to specific work situations. Details are available at http://hr2.chevron.com/.

• Work to detect and prevent machinery failure through the use of predictive and preventative techniques.
• Develop bad actor resolutions, repair and maintenance strategies, and design alternatives that address health, safety, environmental, reliability, operability, and maintainability issues.
• Improve technical tools and work processes.
• Ensure rotating equipment records are documented accurately and completely with emphasis on root cause identification, scope of repairs, and detailed records of internal or external inspections.Ensure engineering design adheres to Refinery, industry, regulation, and Corporate specifications.
• Consider Total Cost of Ownership when selecting new equipment, components, or support systems.
• Provide support to Maintenance, Technical and Operations personnel on critical field jobs, and manage these jobs or their critical parts as needed.Provide support to Maintenance, Technical and Operations personnel on development and review of machinery repair checklists, preventive or predictive maintenance checklists, and maintenance or operating procedures as necessary.
• Effectively use the Incident & Investigation Reporting system to identify behavior and work process improvement opportunities, root causes, and effective corrective actions that will help eliminate incidents and injuries.
• Support the Rotating Equipment Re-work, Spare Run, and Kit-box Restocking processes.
• Lead machinery root cause failure analysis efforts using support tools such as 5-Why and Taproot.
• Use in advanced machinery monitoring techniques and systems to support condition based and predictive monitoring of rotating machinery (System1, Adre, compressor performance modeling etc.)
• Actively participate in the planning and execution of TAs, both planned and unplanned