Your Job INVISTA has an immediate opening for a
Global Senior Rotating Machinery Engineer.
This role creates value as a key contributor for driving safety, environmental, and operational excellence from a corporate level, with a strong emphasis on mentoring and enhancing plant site capabilities. This is a strategic position requiring travel to various plant sites.
Join our team and bring your subject matter expertise and passion for coaching and developing others to transform the way we do business!
Our Team A cross-functional group of engineering professionals supporting operational excellence and projects worldwide, the INVISTA Global Engineering Team brings together discipline experts in fixed equipment, rotating equipment, piping, instrumentation and electrical systems.
The Global Engineering team provides support to all INVISTA sites. While the preferred location for this position is our Houston area office, there is flexibility to work from another US location. This position is eligible for relocation.
Travel requirements range from 25% up to 50%, depending on business and site needs, with flexibility largely determined by the individual. This position offers a blended office/remote work arrangement.
What You Will Do - Mentor Site Engineers and Technicians to develop skills in rotating machinery reliability and maintenance.
- Visit plant sites to build relationships and strengthen local expertise.
- Provide technical support and subject matter knowledge to solve site problems.
- Demonstrate critical and economic thinking, engineering, and data analysis for equipment reliability.
- Lead strategic improvements to asset performance management aligned with business goals.
- Implement programs supporting transition to condition-based maintenance.
- Offer expert advice for complex engineering challenges and encourage continuous learning.
- Collaborate with peers and leaders to integrate new technologies while upholding risk standards.
- Promote environmental, health, and safety through mechanical integrity programs.
- Coach personnel in reliability strategies and project justification.
- Conduct root cause analyses and recommend corrective actions.
- Analyze and summarize data to provide technical recommendations.
- Identify and implement new technologies for operational stability.
- Assess and manage production risks at sites.
- Address technical issues and guide economic decisions with a diverse team.
- Troubleshoot using innovative problem-solving approaches.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) - Fifteen (15) or more years' experience in a rotating machinery engineering role within a petroleum refinery or chemical manufacturing facility
- Experience mentoring and skill development in an engineering context
- Willing and able to travel up to 50% of the time
- This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship
What Will Put You Ahead - Leadership experience in a petrochemical plant or engineering repair facility
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
- Experience leading programs that influence responsibilities of an organization (availability, PSM, MI, safety, etc.)
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Hiring Philosophy All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .
Who We Are As a Koch company, INVISTA has a long history of working to make the world around you a better place. From parts for the automotive industry to medical equipment, airbags, food packaging, and clothing, our ingredients in the nylon 6,6 and polypropylene value chains help bring many of life's essential products to market.
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
Our Benefits Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
Equal Opportunities Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here , aquí , or tu ).
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