Lead Machinery Diagnostics Engineer

**Job Description**:
**Lead Machinery Diagnostics Engineer**

**Do you enjoy enhancing the performance and reliability of essential equipment?**

**Would you like to help shape and implement our Bently Nevada Diagnostics Services?**

**Join our Team**

Our Team offers a plant-wide, holistic suite of computerized machine condition monitoring and protection services. We help our customers and partners to achieve outstanding levels of reliability through our innovative technical designs and platforms. Our portfolio of pioneering technology products works seamlessly to provide on-site, real-time data solutions.

**Partner with the best**

You will be providing customers service solutions to address their critical rotating machinery assets, protection, monitoring system

As a Machinery Diagnostics Engineer, you will be responsible for:

- Providing leadership, technical direction, and assistance to the customer, user, and other field personnel in the diagnostic and long-term maintenance of Bently Nevada equipment and customers’ rotating machinery
- Performing installations, commissioning, and troubleshooting of Bently Nevada Hardware and Software Products and Solutions at customer locations
- Diagnosing machinery problems based upon available data i.e. vibration, process, performance data, maintenance records, customer communications, etc.
- Completing timely standard service reports with documentation of findings / recommendations
- Reacting to customer required travel in a timely manner, while bringing all required service equipment
- Identify proper installation of permanently installed transducers and monitors and be able to install transducers.
- Properly install temporary shaft, casing, optical, and laser-based transducers to acquire additional machinery data, and professionally use MDS data acquisition instruments to acquire field data, this includes ADRE408, Scout, System 1®
- Successfully extract machinery data plots from MDS data acquisition instruments and System 1®.
- Recognize good versus bad machinery vibration data, coupled with the ability to evaluate the overall quality of a data set.
- Recognize and quantify the severity of machinery vibration data in accordance with applicable industry standards (e.g., API, ISO).
- Hands on experience with Field-balancing of critical machinery like steam & gas turbines, generators, compressors, and pumps.
- Perform a simple two-channel impact test using an impact hammer and an appropriate accelerometer to determine natural frequencies of structures, rotors, piping, and machinery support systems.
- Perform and interpret Operating Deflection Shapes (ODS) and basic modal analysis.
- Collect data for torsional analysis.
- Adhere to BH HSE at all work sites, and conduct fieldwork in compliance with all applicable regulations, and customer requirements.

**Fuel your passion**

To be successful in this role you will:

- Graduate engineer from an accredited institution with a 4-year technical degree. A BSc or MSc degree in Mechanical Engineering is preferred.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in Machinery Diagnostics Services Field Services.
- Have availability to travel up to 70% of the time, as required.
- Have knowledge or experience with mechanical vibration, rotating machinery vibration and/or diagnostics, rotor dynamic analysis, machinery balancing and alignment.
- Willing to work at customer plant sites for extended hours and travel widely within the geographic region with short notice.
- Previous background in Systems & Instrumentation work, operating plant experience, OEM experience, or industrial co-op program is highly desirable.
- Ability to work in arduous temperature environments, heights, and perform all tasks wearing required Personnel Protective Equipment (PPE).
- Ability to handle the physical strength and agility requirements of the job in accordance with specific job descriptions.
- Ability to interpret and understand machinery mechanical and electrical system drawings and specifications.
- Strong command of oral and written communication in English language, plus formal presentations.
- Strong command of oral and written communication in English language, plus formal presentations.
- Certified Vibration Analyst level 2 or higher from an accredited Institute is preferred.
- Previous background in Systems & Instrumentation work, operating plant experience, OEM experience, or industrial co-op program is highly desirable.
- Valid driving license and passport.
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills. Ability to influence others and lead small teams. Lead initiatives of moderate scope and impact. Ability to coordinate several projects simultaneously. Effective problem identification and solution skills. Proven analytical and organizational ability.

**Work in a way that works for you**

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, w