Rotating Equipment (Cryogenic) Engineer (FULL TIME REMOTE)

SUMMARY OF THE JOB Mention the work context influencing the complexity of the job, key challenges and the key expected objectives to be worked on and results achieved.
  The Rotating Equipment (Cryogenic) Engineer will be responsible for developing a fit-for purpose and competitive rotating equipment strategy.

• (S)He will be executing Rotating Equipment Engineering on projects, in compliance with all applicable safety and technical standards,
• (S)He will support the teams to integrate the rotating equipment strategy in the country’s project.
• (S)He will be  responsible for the cost effective implementation together with procurement.
• (S)He will be the design authority for rotating equipment for projects
• (S)He will be contributing to the evaluation and promotion of new rotating equipment and technologies, and to the improvement of relevant technical standards.

MAIN ACTIVITIES / RESPONSIBILITIES Describe the main activities of the job indicating the degree of responsibility and autonomy. Use an action verb to highlight its value added. Include activities related to Health & Safety, people leadership, participation in committees etc.

The Rotating Equipment Engineer is in charge of:

• H&S:
  • Contributes actively to improve Health and safety Standards for Engineering in projects for the group.
  • Ensures Health & Safety values, safety and security policies and standards are maintained and integrated into all project engineering activities, including safety in design, safety in construction, etc.
  • Contributes to change culture in project health and safety.
• Proposing, in relevant technical field, safe, innovative and optimized solutions allowing to reduce CAPEX costs and to improve operating performances (uptime, quality and power consumption),
• Identifying and managing technical interfaces with existing facilities,
• Executing rotating equipment and auxiliaries engineering (basic design, preparation of technical specifications for tendering, review and evaluation of technical offers, clarification with bidders, review of detailed design, …) on projects,
• Incorporating all applicable safety and technical standards on technical scope of the projects,
• Participating and contributing to the design reviews (safety in design, operability and maintainability),
• Contributing to technical qualification of equipment suppliers and erection contractors,
• Providing support and expertise to the project teams for equipment inspection and FAT, for trouble shooting during construction and commissioning, 
• Providing “post mortem” inputs on relevant technical field on each project and sharing them,
• Conducting a technological watch with suppliers and proposing new technologies,
• Proposing continuous improvement of relevant technical standards and tools,
• Capitalizing new experiences into projects,
• Exchanging and sharing regularly with CIP experts on instrumentation, control, and automation matters.
• The Rotating Equipment Engineer shall exercise his/her expertise mainly in large size CCUS projects (> 100 Million CHF)
• The Rotating Equipment Engineer has to handle his/her activities on several Projects in parallel and depending on priorities also work on cement plant projects,
• He/she shall be able to operate in a multicultural and multi expertise team in several locations.

  JOB DIMENSIONS
Sales revenue, EBIT, budget managed, volumes, number of direct & indirect reports and/or any financial dimension related to the job whether the impact is direct or indirect:

• CCUS portfolio CAPEX: CHF 2 Bln up to 2030
• 5 MTPA CO2 abated

List of direct reports:

• None (to be defined)

Key interfaces, stakeholders and relationships:

• N+1: Head of Engineering
• N+2: Head of PME/Head of CCUS-CAPEX
• Project Mechanical engineers in country project teams
• Design and EPC Contractors on CCUS projects

  PROFILE REQUIRED
Level of education/qualifications normally required:

• Bachelor/Master Degree in Mechanical engineering

Specific work experience:

• ideally up to 15 years of experience in project environment in process industry with rotating equipment in cryogenic applications (LNG, Liquid O2, Liquid Nitrogen, demethanizer, de-ethanizers)

Technical / functional skills:

• Knowledge in process plant design and equipment, engineering, commissioning or maintenance,
• Experience with Large Cryogenic Equipment 
• Knowledge of technical standards in various systems,
• Trouble shooting.

Behavioural competencies: 
(Are there specific behaviours essential for this job?)

• Listening, communication and negotiation skills,
• Ability to interact with different levels in the organization and with people abroad,
• Flexibility, adaptability to changing environment in various countries,
• Cost consciousness,
• Critical mindset,
• Rigor, open minded for innovation and for change.

Leadership and managerial abilities:

• Leadership by influencing and technical authority
• Ability to manage heavy workload,
• Proven experience in management of priorities,
• Autonomy while conducting audits and site assessment in remote/adverse conditions,
• Cooperating spirit with PM&E/Project/Country teams, but challenging them.

Language skills:

• Any language widely spoken in the group.
• Combined with the capability to professionally communicate and negotiate in English.

Mobility requirements (time spent travelling internationally, nationally etc.):

• Frequent travels in project/supplier premises and construction sites. Open to travel to areas that could have adverse living conditions, limited infrastructure and accessibility.

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