Maintenance Method Engineer - Rotating Equipment

As a Maintenance Method Engineer - Rotating Equipment , you will be responsible for defining, optimizing and implementing maintenance strategies and methods for critical rotating equipment, including pumps, compressors, turbines and associated auxiliary systems .
Your main responsibilities will include:

- Define and update maintenance methods, procedures and job plans for rotating equipment.

- Prepare comprehensive work packs , including job steps, required resources, tools and spare parts.

- Support maintenance teams during complex technical interventions.

- Analyze equipment performance and recommend corrective or reliability improvement actions.

- Lead or contribute to Root Cause Failure Analysis - RCFA following significant equipment failures.

- Develop and monitor reliability indicators including MTBF, MTTR and equipment availability .

- Implement and improve preventive, predictive and reliability-centered maintenance – RCM strategies.

- Support predictive maintenance activities including vibration analysis, thermography and oil analysis .

- Contribute to spare parts strategies and inventory optimization .

- Interface with OEMs, equipment suppliers and specialized service providers .

- Ensure maintenance activities comply with applicable HSE, quality and regulatory requirements .

- Participate in technical risk assessments, continuous improvement activities and, where required, HAZOP reviews .

- Review plant design during the preparation phase to ensure adequate accessibility and maintainability of rotating equipment.

- Review spare-parts lists, special tools and maintenance facilities to ensure operational readiness prior to plant start-up.

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering or a related discipline .

- Minimum 5 years of experience within a petrochemical plant, refinery or power plant environment .

- At least 3 years of experience in Maintenance Methods, Rotating Equipment Maintenance or Reliability Engineering .

- Strong technical knowledge of pumps, compressors, turbines and auxiliary systems .

- Proven experience with preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance and RCM .

- Experience performing or supporting RCFA, troubleshooting, vibration analysis and/or lubricant oil analysis .

- Familiarity with CMMS systems such as SAP PM or Maximo , including maintenance planning and spare-parts management.

- Good knowledge of applicable industry standards, particularly API, ISO and ASME .

- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

- Ability to prepare technical documentation, maintenance procedures and structured work packs.

- Strong awareness of HSE requirements related to rotating-equipment maintenance.

- Professional fluency in French and English is required.

- Turkish language skills would be considered an advantage.

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Location: Fully remote

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Working schedule: 5 days per week

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Expected start date: Between 15 September and 1 October 2026

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Initial duration: 6 months

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Languages: French and English required

IOTA Group is looking for an experienced Maintenance Method Engineer - Rotating Equipment to support a leading international energy services company on the Ceyhan PDH-PP Project .

This is a fully remote assignment , supporting maintenance preparation and reliability activities for critical rotating equipment within a major petrochemical project.

Originally posted on Himalayas