FIXED & ROTATING EQUIPMENT MANAGER

Location: Martinez, California
Employment: Full-Time | Permanent
Salary: $127,000 – $270,000 USD, commensurate with experience, education, scope of responsibility, and internal equity

THE OPPORTUNITY

IN DEMAND Recruitment & Consulting Inc. is currently assisting our client in their search for an experienced Fixed & Rotating Equipment Manager for their refinery operations in Martinez, California.

This is a senior technical leadership opportunity responsible for the reliability, integrity, and performance of the site’s fixed and rotating equipment. As a member of the Extended Leadership Team (ELT), you will lead a specialized engineering team while partnering closely with Operations, Maintenance, Technical Services, and Capital Projects to improve equipment performance, reduce operational risk, and support safe and reliable refinery operations.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Lead and provide technical direction to Fixed Equipment, Corrosion & Materials, and Rotating Equipment Engineers and Field Specialists.
• Manage staffing, succession planning, technical development, performance, coaching, resource allocation, and departmental budgets.
• Develop and execute long-term asset integrity and reliability strategies for fixed and rotating equipment.
• Lead programs involving corrosion management, condition monitoring, fitness-for-service (FFS), vibration analysis, machinery reliability, and equipment risk assessment.
• Establish and monitor KPIs related to asset health, reliability, risk reduction, and team performance.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, industry codes, and engineering standards.
• Provide senior technical guidance to site leadership and promote a culture of Shared Stewardship of Assets.
• Partner with Operations, Maintenance, Capital Projects, and Business Services to improve equipment availability and plant performance.
• Provide technical leadership for capital projects, turnaround scopes, and major reliability improvement initiatives.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on reducing operational risk and improving plant online factor.

WHAT YOU BRING

• B.S. in Engineering, with Mechanical Engineering preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of direct fixed and/or rotating equipment engineering experience within refining, petrochemical, or chemical processing environments.
• Minimum 5 years of formal supervisory or management experience leading engineering teams.
• Strong technical knowledge of damage mechanisms, API 579 fitness-for-service, vibration analysis, asset integrity, and machinery reliability.
• Experience managing engineering resources and departmental operating budgets.
• Demonstrated experience supporting major turnarounds (TAR), equipment reliability programs, and capital project scopes.
• Strong ability to collaborate across Engineering, Maintenance, Operations, and Capital Projects.
• Valid driver’s license and active TWIC® card or ability to obtain one.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT

This position combines senior engineering leadership with regular field involvement throughout the refinery. Candidates must be comfortable working outdoors, climbing stairs and ladders, working at heights, and entering compact or permit-required confined spaces.

The position also requires availability for off-hours emergency response and duty rotations, with extended or modified schedules during major turnarounds and outages.

WHY THIS ROLE IS IN DEMAND

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced refinery equipment and reliability leader to take ownership of a critical engineering function within a complex operating facility. You will have significant influence over asset integrity, equipment reliability, technical standards, and long-term plant performance while leading and developing a highly specialized engineering team.

For an engineering leader with deep fixed and/or rotating equipment expertise who enjoys solving complex reliability challenges and partnering directly with Operations and Maintenance, this is an opportunity to make a measurable impact on refinery safety, reliability, and operational performance.