Entry-Level Rotating Equipment PM Engineer
The Entry-Level Rotating Equipment PM Engineer supports the Reliability organization by maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving rotating equipment and related processes. This role collaborates closely with maintenance, operations, and engineering teams to enhance asset management, conduct reliability analyses, and support maintenance activities including turnarounds and failure investigations. It offers a development opportunity for recent graduates or those with equivalent experience to grow as a subject matter expert in rotating equipment within industrial environments.
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What You’ll Do
The Confidential Client is seeking an Entry-Level Rotating Equipment PM Engineer to support reliability and maintenance activities at their Plaquemine, LA facility. This is an early-career position ideal for recent mechanical engineering graduates or candidates with equivalent hands-on experience who want to develop rotating-equipment and reliability skills in a heavy industrial environment.
- Serve as a developing Subject Matter Expert (SME) for rotating equipment (pumps, compressors, turbines, motors): evaluation, performance monitoring, and repair support.
- Conduct equipment reliability analyses and help implement improvement strategies with Maintenance and Operations.
- Participate in scheduled turnarounds and support unplanned unit shutdowns as needed.
- Troubleshoot day-to-day equipment issues and provide technical support to operating units.
- Review, update, and maintain preventive maintenance tasks and routines in the CMMS.
- Support equipment failure investigations and root-cause activities.
- Assist in developing repair timelines and coordinating maintenance activities during routine and major work.
- Join project kickoff meetings to communicate maintenance implications and input on maintainability.
- Help develop and document maintenance procedures and standard work.
- Track and report maintenance KPIs and support continuous improvement and cost-reduction initiatives.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering preferred; recent graduates encouraged to apply.
- Equivalent industry experience in rotating equipment or maintenance engineering will be considered.
- Basic familiarity with maintenance processes in chemical, petrochemical, refining, or industrial manufacturing settings is a plus.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
- Mechanical aptitude, analytical mindset, and strong problem-solving skills.
- Clear verbal and written communication skills; ability to work cross-functionally with operations, maintenance, and engineering teams.
- Eagerness to learn reliability engineering and rotating equipment best practices.
Compensation & Location
- Location: Plaquemine, LA (on-site)
- Estimated salary (from source): $69,799 per year — actual pay may vary based on experience and internal pay bands.
Why This Role?
- Hands-on exposure to rotating equipment reliability and CMMS at an industrial-scale facility.
- Mentorship opportunities with maintenance and reliability engineers.
- Strong early-career growth potential into reliability, maintenance engineering, or project roles within the manufacturing/refining sector.
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