Senior Specialist, Rotating Equipment

at  Nutrien

Nutrien is a leading provider of crop inputs and services, and our business results make a positive impact on the world. Our purpose, Feeding the Future, is the reason we come to work each day. We’re guided by our culture of care and our core values: safety, inclusion, integrity, and results. When we say we care, we mean it. We’re creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels safe, has a sense of belonging, trusts one another, and acts with integrity.
Through the collective expertise of our nearly 26,000 employees, we operate a world-class network of production, distribution, and ag retail facilities. We efficiently serve growers’ needs and strive to provide a more profitable, sustainable, and secure future for all stakeholders. Help us raise the expectation of what an agriculture company can be and grow your career with Nutrien.
Reporting to the Senior Manager, Rotating Equipment, the Senior Specialist, Rotating Equipment will be a a self-starter with strong decision-making, critical thinking, and communication skills to act as a technical subject matter expert in rotating equipment. The successful candidate for this role will possess excellent attention to detail, high concentration, and the ability to build strong collaborative relationships.

• Model our core value of safety by enabling a culture in which you actively contribute to a safe work environment
• Monitor rotating equipment incidents at Nutrien to identify trends and put forth proposals to further investigate trends, including development and completion of action plans;
• Apply specialized subject matter expertise to influence products, service, or processes that impact the whole business unit or across multiple facilities
• Provide specialized technical support and advice related to rotating equipment for the following:
• Specification and design
• Design reviews (specifications, data sheets, drawings, etc.)
• Quality assurance support for equipment purchase and repair, including review of inspection test plans and witnessing inspection and factory acceptance testing of new equipment (when required)
• Maintenance (including participation in root cause failure analysis)
• Outage support for work on critical rotating equipment
• Repair solutions
• Troubleshooting and
• Operation
• Outage support (e.g., turnaround) includes reviewing and providing feedback on outage plans prior to the outage, and providing expertise in identifying deficiencies and developing repair plans during disassembly of equipment
• Operational support includes providing assistance on questions regarding the health of the equipment, based on site monitoring activities, and recommending engineering solutions and repair plans to address performance deficiencies
• Interface with Original Equipment Manufacturer engineers and experts on rotating equipment design, operational deficiencies, in-shop repair plans, and improvements
• Act as liaison between sites and vendors to escalate issues, particularly when issues are common to multiple sites
• Contribute to the growth of Nutrien’s rotating equipment mechanical integrity program by leading the development of internal design and in-service equipment practices as follows
• Identify recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices (RAGAGEP), including standards, codes, best practices, engineering tools, and technology applications, to meet Nutrien’s compliance, safety, and reliability objectives
• Act as lead author on Nutrien practices which build on the above RAGAGEP, including historizing internal knowledge and experience by collaborating with site rotating equipment expertise
• Reviewing and providing feedback on practices written by other team members
• Provide support to implement Nutrien’s rotating equipment mechanical integrity program
• Contribute to industry knowledge base as Nutrien’s representative on the Process Industry Practices Machinery Function Team (participation in other industry organizations is also encouraged)
• Teach rotating equipment concepts to junior engineers, process operators, and maintenance technicians
• Research and stay abreast of new rotating equipment technology and seek opportunities to apply new technology (e.g. energy efficiency)
• Monitor industry experience and incidents to develop mitigation plans for affected facilities
• Serve as a “go to person” for less experienced mechanical engineers and maintenance technicians and/or may lead task forces