Mechanical Engineer - Sr. Rotation Equipment Engineer
Date: Jun 4, 2025
Location:
Overland Park, KS, US US
Company: Black & Veatch Family of Companies
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Company : Black & Veatch Corporation
Req Id : 109158
Opportunity Type : Staff
Relocation eligible : No
Full time/Part time : Full-Time
Project Only Hire : No
Visa Sponsorship Available: No
Why Black and Veatch
Black & Veatch allows you to lend your talent and perspective to humanity's biggest challenges in a flexible environment where you are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities. We offer competitive compensation; 401K match and benefits that start day 1.
Our hybrid environment allows you to balance your work and personal life. At Black & Veatch, you own your career with purpose and meaning. You are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities at every step of your career journey. Bring your big ideas knowing you are safe to be who you are and speak up with concerns or questions and put your diverse talents and perspectives to use.
The Opportunity
As a Senior Rotating Equipment Engineer your role is to provide leadership and expertise in rotating equipment. You will have a broad set of skills which will include various equipment such as centrifugal and positive displacement compression, combustion turbines, and pumping equipment and other oil and gas, chemical and industrial rotating equipment.
The Team
Black & Veatch Operations develops, deploys, and maintains global resources and capabilities that guide execution and process excellence across the organization. The foundation of Black & Veatch Operations provides the ability to move where your skills are needed and allows for a collaborative and innovative culture offering greater challenges and career development opportunities.
Key Responsibilities
Evaluate, select, specify, and engineer rotating equipment systems suitable for design needs for a reliable, cost effective and efficient operation.
Select and implement appropriate design for machinery auxiliary systems such as mechanical seal systems, lube oil systems, steam turbine auxiliary systems and combustion turbine auxiliary systems.
Coordinate with equipment manufacturers to select the most technically acceptable design solutions.
Utilize leading and current technologies in development of designs.
Prepare equipment cost estimating and manhours for FEED phase.
Prepare rotating equipment data sheets, technical specification for bid and purchase.
Perform bid clarifications / meetings with bidders and prepare technical bid evaluations/summary for equipment.
Review, interpret, and include client technical specifications in the bid & purchase specifications.
Lead and coordinate meetings with internal disciplines, external consultants, client, contractors, subcontractors, and vendors.
Participate in client project meetings. Conduct meetings with rotating equipment team working on the project
Assist juniors to develop their rotating equipment skills.
Perform Pre-Inspection meetings, shop surveillance, attend inspections & testing on rotating equipment and auxiliary systems in vendor's shop.
Participate in design and model reviews, Hazop reviews, constructability review etc.
Perform vendor drawing reviews.
Develop construction subcontracts for rotating equipment and other mechanical equipment.
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience
Licensed as a Professional Engineer in USA and/or Professional Engineer in Canada
Experience working in LNG and gas processing projects
Experience working in Ammonia and Urea plant projects
Experience working in Hydrogen generation and compression projects
Experience in selecting and working with all types of pumps in oil & gas and chemical process and ammonia industries.
Experience in selecting and working with centrifugal and PD gas compressors in oil & gas and ammonia industries.
Experience in working with Industrial & Aeroderivative type combustion turbines for mechanical drive and generators.
Experience in working with steam turbines for mechanical drive and generators.
Experience in working with refrigeration compressors and combustion turbines.
Experience in working with liquid & gas expanders and pumps in cryogenic service.
Experience in hydrogen compressor applications.
Experience with machinery control system requirement, compressor anti-surge protection and performance PLC systems, turbine governor & overspeed trip PLC systems and machine health monitoring systems.
Experience in purchasing equipment to API 610, 611, 612, 613, 614, 616, 617, 618, 619, 682, 692, 671, 677, 673, 674, 675, 676, 685, 686, 541, 546 standards.
Experience in purchasing equipment to NEMA SM23, IEEE 841, ASME PTC 10, ASME PTC 22, ASME PTC 6 Codes & Standards.
Familiar with static equipment & heater API standards and ASME codes.
Experience is specifying equipment for NACE service and can interpret NACE MR 0175 & NACE MR 0103 standards.
Experience is attending rotating equipment performance and mechanical run tests in vendor's shop and well versed in interpreting the test data.
Experience in writing Rotating Equipment API overlay specifications.
Experience in material and component selection for rotating equipment.
Experience with working on projects from early conceptual to detailed engineering and on to project start-up and operations support.
Experience in the role of lead Rotating Equipment Engineer on larger projects.
Have mentoring skills and work with and encourage junior staff.
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
Experience to handle multiple jobs/projects.
Excellent organizational skills and time management skills.
Having the following experience will have added advantage:
Experience in the role of Mechanical Lead Engineer on projects.
Experience in rotating equipment installation, commissioning & start-up support at site.
Experience in working in offshore fixed platform and floating vessel projects.
Experience in workshare with global engineering execution model.
Minimum Qualifications
Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering from either a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing
Minimum of 8 years related work experience
All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.
Certifications
Most positions - depending on the nature of work performed as defined by the division - will typically require incumbents to have professional registration or licensure in their designated home office country, or be in active pursuit* of such registration
Work Environment/Physical Demands
Normal office environment with a hybrid work schedule: 3 days in office and 2 days remote
Salary Plan
ENG: Engineering
Job Grade
131
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