Machinery Specialist

  • Rosemount
  • Flint Hills Resources
Your Job

FHR Pine Bend is seeking qualified professionals to join our Machinery Asset Management team as a Machinery Specialist. The Machinery Specialist plays a crucial role in the plant's uptime by driving equipment availability through effective machinery anomaly diagnosis, equipment troubleshooting (pumps, compressors, and turbines) and cost-effective repair scoping. The machinery specialist provides valuable input for decision making, leveraging failure probabilities and range of outcomes to it key operations customers.

Benefits Package Includes:
  • Flexible Scheduling (This role is eligible a 9/80 or 4-10's work schedule)
  • 401K Automatic Contribution along with competitive match
  • 3 weeks' paid vacation
  • Tuition Reimbursement


What You Will Do
  • Lead problem solving and diagnosing efforts in collaboration with other work groups (including maintenance, operations, monitoring, engineering, and external resources as needed) to help develop a proactive path forward for equipment issues; this includes equipment upgrades, troubleshooting, and maintenance rebuild scopes.
  • Provide technical support to both operations and maintenance personnel around machinery programs including predictive (PdM) maintenance, lubrication, alignment, and precision repair practices including machinery specs/standards.
  • Ensure organizational effectiveness by advancing PBM® principles and culture


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
  • Five (5) years or more of rotating equipment or machinery reliability experience in a manufacturing, industrial, or military environment
  • Experience with reliability programs (Analysis, RCA, PdM, preventative maintenance, lubrication, equipment installation and repair)


What Will Put You Ahead
  • Experience with condition monitoring techniques including vibration analysis
  • Experience in troubleshooting general purpose rotating equipment (pumps, turbines)
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering
  • 10 (ten) years or more of reliability experience in a manufacturing, industrial, or military environment
  • Certification in Vibration Analysis
  • Lubrication Level I certification
  • Certified Maintenance Reliability Professional (CMRP) or Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE)


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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, Flint Hills Resources is an industry-leading refining company making the oil and transportation products that keep the world moving. We make a large supply of fuel for gas stations and airports in addition to transporting crude oil, natural gas liquids and refined products through 4,000+ miles of pipeline -delivering energy to farmers, manufacturers and families. Our team champions innovation and excellence to help power modern life.

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.