Primary Services

Overview

The Rotating Equipment Inspector will utilize mechanical inspection, welding, NDT, and pressure equipment experience to ensure equipment reliability in a major operating facility. This role involves hands-on work with rotating equipment and requires knowledge of industry practices and standards.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot rotating equipment issues and abnormal operating conditions identified by Operations and Maintenance.
• Review shift reports, maintenance notifications, and equipment-related issues requiring technical follow-up.
• Assist in prioritizing daily rotating equipment maintenance and reliability activities.
• Evaluate equipment repairs and participate in 5-Why and other failure cause analyses.
• Develop equipment repair specifications, scopes, and Inspection Test Plans.
• Establish and execute quality assurance hold and witness points for equipment repairs.
• Monitor equipment health using tools such as PTM Hub, PI Vision, and SmartConnect.
• Develop maintenance and operator instructions supporting safe and reliable equipment operation.
• Support MOC and PSSR field assurance activities and escalate technical concerns to the appropriate engineer.
• Provide machinery-related procedural assurance and reliability recommendations to Operations and Maintenance.
• Support RCM continuous improvement and preventive maintenance change requests.
• Develop and detail rotating equipment scopes for shutdown and turnaround activities.
• Review and correct equipment Bills of Material within GSAP/CMMS and submit inventory requests as needed.
• Support non-business-hour troubleshooting when rotating equipment issues require technical response.

Requirements

• Experience in mechanical, piping, equipment inspection, or related industrial inspection work.
• Experience applying PEI practices and common industry codes and standards.
• Hands-on knowledge of welding, NDT methods, and pressure testing.
• Demonstrated competency with Permit to Work (PTW), Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), and construction HSSE requirements.
• Experience troubleshooting, inspecting, or supporting repairs of rotating equipment.
• Knowledge of equipment repair scopes, inspection requirements, and quality assurance practices.
• Experience with failure analysis, reliability, or equipment condition monitoring preferred.
• Experience with CMMS/maintenance systems and equipment BOMs preferred.
• Familiarity with industrial production processes and the interaction between rotating machinery and process operations preferred.