Sr. Rotating Equipment Engineer

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Answer technical queries and attend customer meetings for technical clarification.
• Review service-center inspection reports and recommend repair methods, failure causes, and upgrades; guide complex strip-down, assembly, setting, commissioning, and troubleshooting.
• Conduct root cause failure analysis using customer data and site reports; prepare detailed reports with analysis and recommendations.
• Measure and analyze equipment performance on site using a vibration analyzer, ultrasonic flow meter, or thermodynamic methods; prepare assessment reports.
• Coordinate with Sulzer factories and overseas engineering teams for technical information and support.
• Develop repair and retrofit proposals with Sales, Tendering, and Engineering.
• Arrange drawings, bills of material, and specifications for detailed equipment modification and upgrade engineering.
• Conduct or supervise reverse engineering using conventional measuring tools and 3D scanning.
• Support company growth initiatives and Warranty investigations, troubleshooting, and technical reporting.

Qualifications and requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and 10+ years of rotating equipment industry experience.
• Experience with centrifugal pumps and turbomachinery for Water, Power, and Oil & Gas industries; knowledge of industry processes, practices, and standards.
• Proficiency in rotating equipment design and selection software; design, drafting, 2D/3D CAD, and computer skills.
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• Ability to travel frequently to customer sites; estimated travel is 30% to 40% nationally and internationally, with assignments from one day to two weeks.
• Communication and influencing, customer relationship management, time management, adaptability and initiative, attention to detail, technical and commercial acumen, and project management.

Travel and site work

• The role includes on-site equipment assessments and frequent customer-site visits, with estimated national and international travel of 30% to 40%.

Employer information

• Sulzer describes itself as an engineering company focused on innovation and solutions supporting a sustainable society.