Rotating Equipment Inspector

• Pennsylvania, United States of America
• Job Family Group:

• Production and Manufacturing Downstream
• Worker Type:

• Regular
• Posting Start Date:

• October 9, 2026
• Business Unit:

• Downstream and Renewables
• Experience Level:

• Experienced Professionals
• Job Description:

What’s the role

Shell is seeking a Rotating Equipment Inspector to join its team in Monaca, PA.

The Rotating Equipment Inspector works in conjunction with Site Technical Engineering to provide Rotating Equipment assurance to the Area Production Team. The Inspector is responsible for first point of contact for troubleshooting of rotating equipment issues from maintenance and operations, including non-business hours. The Rotating Equipment Inspector reports to the unit Technical Unit Supervisor.

Generally, the Rotating Equipment Inspector manages short-to-medium term rotating equipment topics in the production team such as Intelatrac responses, operator instructions, maintenance instructions, Maintenance Execution (ME) Notification responses, MTBR metrics, 5-Why Failure Cause Analysis, MOC PSSR field assurance, execution of proactive technical monitoring, development of repair scopes, and general day-to-day operating business. The Inspector escalates concerns to the Site Technical Engineering.

The Inspector may participate in design review for discipline MOCs but is generally not a Technical Authority. The Inspector builds ITP (Inspection Test Plans) for equipment repairs and may work with the Engineer for day-to-day activities that pertain to vital or essential equipment. The Rotating Equipment Inspector should achieve general knowledge of production processes and how the machinery interfaces with those processes.

Accountabilities:

• •Read and respond to rotating equipment-related issues in operations shift reports
• •Review equipment maintenance notifications from the previous day
• •Attend the morning Production Team Meeting. Assist in prioritizing daily activities for the area rotating equipment team
• •Troubleshoot abnormal conditions and respond to operations and maintenance requests for engineering or equipment issues. Review equipment repairs, assist in failure analysis of equipment, and issue failure reports
• •Collaborate in the development of equipment repair specifications and scopes, including setting quality assurance hold and witness points and executing those holds and witnesses
• •Review equipment health using Proactive Technical Monitoring Hub, PI Vision, SmartConnect, and other monitoring tools
• •Provide training and feedback to operations and maintenance personnel to improve personal safety, process safety, cost, efficiency, and reliability, including updating critical documents within Shell’s management systems. Provide assurance to operations machinery-related procedures
• •Perform continuous improvement activities, including entry of proactive monitoring change requests
• •Provide input to and detailing of work scopes developed by the Site Engineering team for outages and turnarounds and support maintenance coordination for that scope
• •Correct and review equipment Bills of Material (BOMs) in GSAP/CMMS and submit New Inventory Requests (NIRs) to correct BOM discrepancies
• •Daily short-to-medium term threat proactive monitoring
• •Daily Intelatrac exception review
• •Semi-weekly unit field walks at a minimum
• •Support operations and maintenance craft personnel through informal training as needed
• •Maintain vibration measurement KPIs and perform monthly vibration monitoring reviews
• •Mitigate or initiate corrective actions for vibration alerts
• •Perform monthly lubrication condition report reviews and initiate actions to correct lubrication deficiencies
• •Perform monthly MTBR and equipment failure compilation and review

What you bring

• •Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer
• •Bachelor’s degree or associate degree preferred
• •At least 8 years of mechanical equipment experience, experience in a petrochemical facility is preferred but similar experince will be considered.
• •Experience with extruders is a plus
• •Experience in rotating equipment troubleshooting, failure analysis, reliability improvement, and/or equipment health monitoring using digital reliability tools
• •Experience with vibration monitoring, lubrication management, and/or reliability-centered maintenance (RCM)/preventive maintenance (PM) optimization.
• •Experience supporting Management of Change (MOC), Pre-Startup Safety Reviews (PSSR), turnaround planning, and/or shutdown (STO) scope development
• •Ability to effectively partner with operations and maintenance teams to drive equipment reliability and performance.
• •Experience providing technical guidance, training, and reliability assurance support

What we offer

The base salary range for this position is $103,000 - $155,000 per year. Individual pay will be based on various factors, such as relevant work experience, education, certifications, skill level, seniority, and internal equity.

For regular full-time or regular part-time employees of the Company (participating companies as listed in the Summary Plan Description), insurance coverage options include medical, dental, vision coverage, life Insurance, Business Travel Accident Insurance, and Occupational Accidental Death Benefit programs. Employees also participate in a company pension plan and a 401(k) plan. Paid leave includes up to 6 weeks of paid vacation time, up to 11 paid holidays, and parental leave offering 16 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents, and 8 weeks of paid leave for non-birthing parents.

Additionally, employees are eligible for short-term disability leave for up to 26 weeks at 100% or 50% of base pay as well as Long-Term Disability insurance. Shell also offers other compensation such financial reimbursement for adoption, wellness, education, and personal learning expenses, and some roles are eligible for discretionary long-term incentives. For interns, eligible benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, Business Travel Accident Insurance, and Occupational Accidental Death Benefit programs; participation in a 401(k) plan; and paid leave for up to 11 paid holidays. Additional information on Shell’s US benefit programs can be found at https://www.shell.us/careers/about-careers-at-shell/rewards-and-benefits.html .

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

• •Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together
• •Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead
• •Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices
• •Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise
• •Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself
• •Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working
• •Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.
• •Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents
• •Join an organization working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply
• •Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams
• •Gain access to a wide range of training and development programs

We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world’s most diverse and inclusive c