Rotating Equipment Planner

Rotating Equipment Planner

PEMEX Deer Park is a highly complex refinery located 18 miles east of Houston in Deer Park, TX. It is part of the Pemex group, a fully integrated oil company in the Americas, working across the entire value chain: exploration, production, industrial processing/refining, logistics, and marketing. The refinery’s rated capacity is 340,000 barrels per day and has the feed flexibility to process multiple grades of crudes to produce the high-quality transportation fuels the world needs. The Pemex site is co-located with other 3rd party chemical facilities, allowing for further integration and optimization of the refinery and its products. Pemex Deer Park provides a diverse and inclusive work environment that employs approximately 1000 employees with another 1200 contractors on site. We set high performance and ethical behavior standards and offer challenging and fulfilling job opportunities in several fields. We take great pride in our ability to ensure the health and safety of our workers and the environment while being a good neighbor and positively impacting the local community where we work.

Best-in-Class Benefits and Perks:

We value our employees’ time and efforts. Our commitment to your success is enhanced by competitive compensation depending on experience and an extensive benefits package including:

• Comprehensive health coverage: Medical, dental, and vision insurance provided.
• Robust retirement planning: 401(k) plan available with employer matching.
• Financial security: Life and disability insurance for added protection.
• Flexible financial options: Health savings and flexible spending accounts are offered.
• Well-being and work-life balance: Paid time off and Flexible Working Schedule, including limited ability to work remotely.

Plus, we work to maintain the best environment for our employees, where people can learn and grow with the company. We strive to provide a collaborative, creative environment where everyone feels encouraged to contribute to our processes, decisions, planning, and culture.

As a Rotating Equipment Planner, you will plan and execute jobs in the rotating equipment discipline, supporting base maintenance, major maintenance, turnarounds, and capital projects as needed. You will work closely with multiple operating area teams to enhance operational safety and equipment availability. In this role, you will be a technical resource, providing expertise to rotating equipment advisors, maintenance foremen, and millwrights for troubleshooting and repairing rotating equipment. Additionally, you will develop and deliver training programs to maintenance and operational personnel to improve their knowledge and skills in rotating equipment and related systems.

To succeed as the Rotating Equipment Planner, you should have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, related field, or equivalent technical experience in rotating equipment maintenance and planning.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in rotating equipment maintenance, planning, and execution within the oil and gas, refinery, or petrochemical industry.
• Strong knowledge of turnaround planning, project management, SAP work order, and cost management systems.
• Experience with contractor management, purchase orders, and ensuring budget, schedule, and QA standards adherence.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot, analyze, and improve rotating equipment performance, with experience in root cause failure analysis and equipment repair processes.

Your responsibilities as the Rotating Equipment Planner will also include:        

• Plan, cost, and execute all rotating equipment activities during turnarounds, ensuring projects progress on schedule and within budget while managing work orders and contractor costs in SAP.
• Oversee purchase order (PO) creation, changes, and cost predictability, and authorize timesheets for assigned contractors to ensure efficient resource management.
• Remove barriers to ensure high craft productivity, drive KPI compliance, and address issues related to productivity, schedule attainment, and work permit delays.
• Manage critical spare parts, ensure adherence to QA plans, review and approve equipment repair reports, and ensure compliance with company specifications and standards.
• Support root cause failure analysis, share lessons learned and best practices with Pemex Engineering and Production Unit Managers, and maintain technical documentation per company policy.

Join Us in Shaping the Future of Energy!

Join our refinery team, where precision, safety, and innovation fuel daily. Apply now and become a key player in keeping our refinery operations running at peak performance! 

We are an equal opportunity employer that welcomes and encourages diversity in the workplace. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.