Senior Machinery Engineer

Senior Machinery Engineer

The Chevron Engineering and Innovation Excellence Center (ENGINE) in Bengaluru India brings together the resources and expertise of the Chevron global network with talent in India to enhance agility and technological innovation to optimize solutions for the world’s current and future energy challenges. As one of the leading energy providers worldwide, Chevron is involved in the production of crude oil and natural gas, manufacturing of transportation fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals, and additives, and the development of enabling technologies.

Chevron's vision is to be the global energy company most admired for its people, partnerships, and performance. With a clear purpose to develop affordable, reliable, ever-cleaner energy that enables human progress, we believe human ingenuity has the power to solve any challenge and overcome any obstacle. Meeting the world’s growing energy needs requires the pursuit of innovations and advancements that deliver a better future for all.

About the position

The Senior Machinery Engineer is part of the ENGINE Operations R&I Machinery Engineering team within Chevron’s ENGINE Center and provides machinery engineering consulting services to Chevron Business Units, including joint venture refineries across various pieces of machinery equipment, including but not limited to centrifugal and positive displacement pumping systems, reciprocating compressor systems, and the design of onshore and offshore lifting devices.

Key Responsibilities

• Provides technical support for gas turbines, centrifugal and positive displacement pumping systems, reciprocating compressor systems, and the design of onshore and offshore lifting devices.

• Consults on pump and mechanical seal selection and performance evaluation.

• Consults on reciprocating compressor performance evaluation and operational troubleshooting.

• Reconciles Chevron Engineering Standards requirements versus industry standards and provides work to draft engineering standard revisions.

• Contributes to Machinery Research & Development projects.

• Influences and collaborates with customers to solve technical problems with the best risk-based solution

• Supports project concept development, scoping, equipment selection, application evaluation, supplier selection, writing specifications, performing bid analysis, designing equipment, facilitating testing, assisting with field startup, performing troubleshooting, using and implementing digital solutions, and leading failure analysis.

• Supports machinery fleet reliability and performance optimization though the collection, quality control and analysis of operational reliability data. Works with monitoring team to incorporate equipment health and performance data with operational reliability trends. Assist with the identification of improvement opportunities and best practices to share across the fleet.

• Support the collection and management of machinery parts and service bulletin tracking systems. Track and optimize the life of machinery capital spare parts.

• Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in an Oil and Gas operating facility.

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from a recognized (AICTE) university.

• Extensive knowledge of machinery design theory, sizing, and application to support early concepts engineering.

• Extensive experience in rotating equipment operation, maintenance, system optimization and machinery condition monitoring analysis.

• Field experience in an operating environment.

• Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Rotodynamic analysis software.

• Vibration Analyst Certification, Level I or II.

• Oil & gas or petrochemical experience, or experience working with a machinery fabricator

• Experience with reliability analysis or applied statistics to drive business improvements.

• Chevron ENGINE supports global operations, supporting business requirements across the world. Accordingly, the work hours for employees will be aligned to support business requirements. The standard work week will be Monday to Friday. Working hours are 8:00am to 5:00pm or 1.30pm to 10.30pm.

• What we can offer you

• Everything we do at Chevron is guided by our values and our commitment to The Chevron Way (opens in new window).

• Have the opportunity to take part in world-leading energy projects, advance your professional development and expand your career within an inclusive and collaborative workplace.

• Join a workplace where innovation, collaboration and safety are at the core of how we work.

• Work in thoughtfully designed environments that support focus, well-being, and innovation enhanced by digital tools that enable seamless collaboration.

• Grow through structured learning, mentorship, and opportunities to contribute to impactful projects that align with Chevron’s values and business priorities.

• Access comprehensive benefits (opens in new window) that support your health, well-being, and work-life balance.

• Engage with emerging technologies and digital solutions that are shaping the future of energy and enterprise.