Ascendperformancematerials

Ascendperformancematerials

Principal Rotating Equipment Specialist - Corporate

Pensacola, FL · Principal

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 28 days ago
SAPRecruitingCustomer SuccessMechanical DesignMedical DevicesLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingCritical ThinkingMentoring

About the role

  • Eliminate systemic reliability issues through precision maintenance, Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), and bad actor elimination programs.
  • Strengthen reliability culture and operational discipline across the organization.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the network of site rotating equipment engineers through technical leadership, coaching, mentorship, and influence without direct supervisory responsibility.
  • Develop, optimize, and deploy corporate rotating equipment standards, specifications, and reliability programs.
  • Lead long-term rotating equipment reliability improvement planning across manufacturing facilities.
  • Engineering Expertise & Support
  • Support equipment selection, design reviews, repair strategies, overhaul planning, and shop inspections.
  • Lead and support Root Cause Failure Analysis investigations for significant equipment failures.
  • Support capital projects to ensure rotating equipment decisions align with corporate standards, applicable codes, and industry best practices.

Requirements

  • BS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience.
  • 15+ years of rotating equipment or reliability engineering experience in chemical, petrochemical, manufacturing, or related industries.
  • Proven application of reliability improvement methodologies, industry standards, and recommended engineering practices.

Skills

  • Deep understanding of Recognized and Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practices (RAGAGEP).
  • Experience with compressors, pumps, turbines, blowers, governors, centrifuges, extruders, pelletizers, and bulk solids handling equipment.
  • Proficiency with predictive maintenance technologies including vibration analysis, lubrication analysis, thermography, and ultrasound.
  • Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, schematics, and performance curves.
  • Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving capabilities.
  • Strong business acumen with the ability to evaluate economic justification for engineering decisions and communicate financial impacts.
  • Strong communication skills, disciplined work habits, and a customer-focused mindset.
  • Proficiency with SAP or similar maintenance and asset management systems.
  • Deploy advanced reliability technologies that improve equipment performance and operational competitiveness.

Company info

  • Ascend Performance Materials is the premium provider of high quality chemicals, fibers and plastics. With world scale integrated manufacturing facilities we are able to develop new products from our core technologies, and provide flexibility to respond to the expanding needs of customers. Ascend has global sales and distribution facilities across the globe and six manufacturing facilities globally. As a privately-held company, our people do big things and make big decisions, often much earlier in their careers than at larger companies. Ascend Performance Materials offers team members the opportunity to contribute in big, meaningful ways-all within a stable and growing business.
  • Why work at Ascend?
  • Our vision is to be the recognized leader in the nylon 6,6 value chain, creating new possibilities with PA66 for everyone, everywhere, every day. We achieve that through living our Ascend values.
  • We care. We operate safely with high integrity for our employees, our customers and our communities. Our people are our greatest assets, and our Total Rewards Program extends beyond traditional benefits to include access to on-site medical clinics at our U.S. facilities, a global wellness rewards program and Performance Matters, an employee-driven recognition plan. Our Commitment to Zero demonstrates our belief that is it possible to operate with zero personal injuries, zero process safety incidents and zero environmental releases. And the Ascend Cares Foundation, led by Ascend employees, supports Ascend families in times of need, provides inspiring opportunities ​​for community engagement and facilitates community leadership.
  • We exist for our customers; they drive our actions.
  • Their success is our success.
  • Ascend Performance Materials is the premium provider of high quality chemicals, fibers and plastics.
  • With world scale integrated manufacturing facilities we are able to develop new products from our core technologies, and provide flexibility to respond to the expanding needs of customers.
  • Ascend has global sales and distribution facilities across the globe and six manufacturing facilities globally.
  • As a privately-held company, our people do big things and make big decisions, often much earlier in their careers than at larger companies.
  • Ascend Performance Materials offers team members the opportunity to contribute in big, meaningful ways-all within a stable and growing business.
  • Our vision is to be the recognized leader in the nylon 6,6 value chain, creating new possibilities with PA66 for everyone, everywhere, every day.
  • We achieve that through living our Ascend values.
  • We operate safely with high integrity for our employees, our customers and our communities.
  • Our people are our greatest assets, and our Total Rewards Program extends beyond traditional benefits to include access to on-site medical clinics at our U.S. facilities, a global wellness rewards program and Performance Matters, an employee-driven recognition plan.
  • Our Commitment to Zero demonstrates our belief that is it possible to operate with zero personal injuries, zero process safety incidents and zero environmental releases.
  • And the Ascend Cares Foundation, led by Ascend employees, supports Ascend families in times of need, provides inspiring opportunities ​​for community engagement and facilitates community leadership.
  • Customer-focused.
  • Our plastics and chemicals are building blocks that help make everyday essentials safer and more sustainable, and we constantly strive to develop new and innovative products to meet the future needs of our customers.
  • And that customer focus doesn't only apply to the marketplace - it also applies to how we treat our colleagues and our fellow community members.
  • Better every day.
  • We invest in our people and our processes to improve every day.
  • A2E, our continuous improvement program, guides the way we do business.
  • And this way of problem solving applies not only to our manufacturing practices but also to our commitment to developing our people.
  • You'll see it during your career at Ascend in our leadership development, skills training and mentoring programs
  • We think broadly and lead proactively in a constantly evolving organization and industry.
  • Agility doesn't mean simply working quickly - it means critical thinking, creative problem solving and novel approaches to everyday challenges.
  • All together, with a common set of goals and an eye toward the future.
  • We don't accept silos.
  • We look for ways to share across departments, sites and geography.

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