Rotating Equipment Inspector

Basic Function

The Rotating Equipment Inspector serves as the primary field resource for day-to-day rotating equipment reliability execution and repair quality assurance. This position supports refinery operations and maintenance teams by providing technical oversight of pumps, compressors, turbines, fans, blowers, gearboxes, seals, and other rotating equipment throughout the equipment lifecycle.The Rotating Equipment Inspector acts as the liaison between Operations, Maintenance, the Machine Shop, vendors, and Reliability Engineering to ensure equipment issues are properly identified, repairs are executed to quality standards, startups are successful, and repeat failures are eliminated.This role is responsible for driving improvements in equipment reliability, repair quality, equipment availability, and mean time between failures (MTBF) while enabling Rotating Engineers to focus on major machinery reliability, reliability strategy, capital projects, and long-term improvement initiatives.

Job Duties

Equipment Reliability Support

• Monitor the health and performance of refinery rotating equipment.
• Investigate equipment performance concerns and abnormal operating conditions.
• Respond to field reliability issues and support troubleshooting efforts.
• Assess equipment condition using operating data, vibration information, process conditions, and repair history.
• Identify bad actors and recurring failure mechanisms.

Notification and Work Management

• Review and validate rotating equipment notifications.
• Ensure notifications contain sufficient technical detail to support effective planning and repair.
• Own rotating equipment work requests prior to planner assignment.
• Review equipment operating data, pump curves, repair history, and previous failure information to support repair decisions.
• Assist in prioritization of reliability-related work activities.

Repair Scope Development and Oversight

• Participate in equipment teardown inspections.
• Develop and review repair scopes for routine rotating equipment repairs.
• Work with Maintenance and Machine Shop personnel to determine repair requirements.
• Review vendor repair recommendations and repair reports.
• Escalate complex technical issues to Rotating Engineering.
• Provide technical recommendations to improve repair quality and reliability.

Quality Assurance / Quality Control

• Monitor repair execution activities.
• Verify equipment repairs meet refinery reliability standards.
• Review repair documentation and inspection reports.
• Support quality control activities for in-house and outsourced repairs.
• Participate in repair reviews to identify opportunities for reliability improvement.

Startup and Commissioning Support

• Support equipment installation and commissioning activities.
• Participate in startup and return-to-service field reviews.
• Verify adherence to startup procedures and best practices.
• Identify and communicate startup risks that could lead to premature equipment failure.
• Support troubleshooting efforts during start-up and commissioning.

Reliability Improvement

• Support MTBF and reliability improvement initiatives.
• Participate in root cause investigations and failure analyses.
• Support implementation of corrective actions.
• Maintain and document repair history information.
• Identify opportunities for equipment upgrades and reliability improvement projects.
• Participate in turnaround planning and execution support activities.

Training and Collaboration

• Provide technical coaching to Operations and Maintenance personnel.
• Conduct equipment reliability awareness training.
• Participate in vendor-supported training and technical reviews.
• Foster collaboration among Operations, Maintenance, Machine Shop, and Engineering teams.
• Promote best practices related to rotating equipment reliability and repair quality.

Special assignments or tasks may be assigned by the supervisor at their sole discretion.

Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience in refinery, petrochemical, chemical, power generation, pipeline, or heavy industrial rotating equipment maintenance and reliability.
• Demonstrated experience with pumps, mechanical seals, compressors, turbines, fans, blowers, and gearboxes.
• Experience troubleshooting rotating equipment failures.
• Experience reviewing repair reports, equipment inspections, and maintenance documentation.

Education Level

One of the following:

• Associate degree in Mechanical Technology, Industrial Technology, Reliability Technology, Engineering Technology, or related field; OR
• Journey-level rotating equipment maintenance experience; OR
• Equivalent combination of education and refinery rotating equipment experience

Preferred:

• Previous refinery or petrochemical rotating equipment specialist, machinist, reliability technician, rotating equipment engineer, inspector, or maintenance supervisor experience.
• Experience working with API rotating equipment standards.

Required Skills

Technical Leadership

• Strong troubleshooting capability
• Sound mechanical judgment
• Ability to interpret equipment performance data
• Strong understanding of rotating equipment failure mechanisms

Communication and Collaboration

• Ability to work effectively with Operations, Maintenance, Vendors, and Engineering
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to influence without direct authority

Continuous Improvement

• Commitment to improving reliability performance
• Data-driven decision making
• Strong ownership mentality
• Focus on long-term reliability solutions rather than short-term fixes

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

The Rotating Equipment Inspector will be evaluated on:

• MTBF improvement of assigned equipment
• Reduction in repeat failures
• Startup success rate
• Notification quality metrics
• Repair quality and warranty performance
• Timely completion of reliability action items
• Operations and Maintenance customer feedback
• Participation in bad actor elimination initiatives
• Reliability improvement project support

Prferred Skills:

• Centrifugal pumps
• Positive displacement pumps
• Mechanical seals and seal support systems
• Steam turbines
• Centrifugal compressors
• Reciprocating compressors
• Lubrication systems
• Couplings and alignment
• Vibration analysis fundamentals
• Precision maintenance practices
• Root cause failure analysis methodologies
• Rotating equipment repair practices
• Equipment reliability principles
• Reliability-centered maintenance (RCM)
• API 610, API 611, API 612, API 617, API 618, and API 682 standards

Supervisory/Managerial Responsibility

None. May provide guidance or training to less experienced personnel.

Work Conditions

Office and field-based with up to 5% travel by land and air. Work environments include petroleum refineries, warehouses, outdoor conditions, and confined spaces. Exposure to chemicals, rotating equipment, and electrical hazards is possible. Subject to all weather and road conditions.

Benefits

HF Sinclair offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the well-being of our employees and their families. Our benefits include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Medical Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Paid Time-Off
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with match
• Educational Reimbursement
• Parental Bonding Time
• Employee Discounts

We are committed to fostering a supportive and inclusive work environment, ensuring our employees have the resources needed to thrive professionally and personally.

Benefit eligibility is governed by official plan documents, for more details visit Total Rewards.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to routinely work in refinery process units, maintenance shops, and outdoor environments.
• Ability to climb stairs, ladders, and elevated structures.
• Ability to wear required personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Ability to perform field inspections in varying weather conditions.

Must be able to stand, walk, sit, twist, stoop, crouch, kneel, talk or hear, make visual inspections, make precise hand and finger movements, reach or grasp, lift and/or carry up to 40 lbs, push and/or pull up to 40 lbs, climb up to 180 ft, perceive color differences, and wear personal protective equipment (beards not permitted). Must be able to operate and drive company vehicles and maintain a valid driver’s license and insurance.

Our One HF Sinclair Culture:

At HF Sinclair, we are united through our One HF Sinclair Culture, which is underpinned by our five core values of Safety, Integrity, Teamwork, Ownership and Inclusion. Developed to empower our people, our five core cultural values are at the heart of everything we do and extend to how we engage our stakeholders. These values influence our decisions, shape our behaviors and keep us connected across the entire organization.

We maintain a true Safety culture for our employees, communities, environments and customers. Our goal is to make sure everyone returns home safely each day. We have a long-standing commitment to Integrity and ethical behavior and do what is right for our employees, investors, communities and the environment. We encourage employees to Step Up and Stand Out by championing a culture of Teamwork and Ownership. We foster a culture of Inclusion by encouraging diversity of experiences, viewpoints and backgrounds. What makes each of us different, together makes us stronger.

About HF Sinclair Corporation

HF Sinclair Corporation, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is an independent energy company that produces and markets high-value light products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, renewable diesel and lubricants and specialty products. HF Sinclair owns and operates refineries located in Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Wyoming, Washington and Utah. HF Sinclair provides petroleum product and crude oil transportation, terminalling, storage and throughput services to our refineries and the petroleum industry. HF Sinclair markets its refined products principally in the Southwest U.S., the Rocky Mountains extending into the Pacic Northwest and in other neighboring Plains states and supplies high quality fuels to more than 1,750 branded stations and licenses the use of the Sinclair brand to more than 350 additional locations throughout the country. HF Sinclair produces renewable diesel at two of its facilities in Wyoming and also at its facility in New Mexico. In addition, subsidiaries of HF Sinclair produce and market base oils and other specialized lubricants in the U.S., Canada and the Netherlands, and export products to more than 80 countries.

Equal Opportunity Employer

HF Sinclair Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other prohibited ground of discrimination.