Mechanical/Rotating Equipment Lead
Role: Mechanical/Rotating Equipment Lead
Location: Port Harcourt
VURIN Ltd. – Where Significance Meets Opportunity!
VURIN Ltd. is a dynamic and forward-thinking organisation operating in the oil and gas sector, committed to delivering significant value through technical excellence, disciplined execution and strong business partnerships. Recognised as a Great Place to Work, we foster a culture built around empowerment, collaboration and excellence.
The Role
The Mechanical/Rotating Equipment Lead will provide technical leadership and authority for rotating machinery, mechanical systems, repair methods and reliability improvement across VURIN’s engineering, project, maintenance and service activities.
The role will oversee technical requirements for pumps, compressors, generators, engines, valves and associated mechanical systems, ensuring equipment decisions and interventions are based on sound engineering, OEM requirements, approved procedures, competent execution and appropriate inspection and testing evidence.
The role will also lead equipment failure diagnosis, repair and overhaul strategies, condition assessment and reliability improvement, ensuring equipment is safely and properly returned to service while converting lessons from failures and repairs into improved equipment performance and technical capability.
What You’ll Do
Mechanical & Rotating Equipment Technical Leadership
- Provide technical direction for rotating machinery and mechanical systems across projects, maintenance and service activities.
- Establish appropriate technical requirements for pumps, compressors, generators, engines, valves and associated mechanical equipment.
- Review equipment condition, operating information, inspection findings and failure history to determine appropriate technical action.
- Define repair, overhaul, inspection, alignment, testing and release-to-service requirements.
- Review technical packages, work scopes and repair recommendations for technical adequacy and completeness.
Failure Diagnosis, Repair & Reliability
- Lead technical investigations into equipment failures, repeat failures and significant mechanical defects.
- Apply root-cause and failure-analysis methods to identify failure mechanisms and contributing conditions.
- Assess vibration, temperature, leakage, noise, wear and other available equipment condition indicators.
- Determine corrective and preventive actions based on identified failure modes and equipment risk.
- Convert failure and repair findings into practical reliability improvements and lessons learned.
Maintenance, Installation & Execution Quality
- Establish technical requirements for preventive, corrective and reliability-focused maintenance activities.
- Review equipment installation requirements, including alignment, torqueing, mechanical fit-up and associated quality checks.
- Define pre-commissioning, commissioning and functional testing requirements for mechanical equipment
- Ensure pressure, hydrostatic, pneumatic and other required testing is appropriately specified and evidenced.
- Verify that maintenance and repair work is executed by competent personnel using approved methods and suitable tools and equipment.
Technical Packages, OEM & Vendor Interface
- Review technical inputs for mechanical and rotating equipment work packages within delegated authority.
- Interface with OEMs, specialist vendors, workshops and service providers on equipment diagnosis, repair and technical requirements.
- Evaluate vendor recommendations against equipment condition, OEM requirements, approved specifications and VURIN’s technical needs.
- Review vendor reports, test results and technical documentation for completeness and technical acceptance.
- Resolve technical queries and equipment-related interfaces affecting project or maintenance execution.
Equipment Performance, Technical Assurance & Capability
- Monitor equipment performance, availability, repeat failures and breakdown trends to identify reliability priorities.
- Establish appropriate technical checks for critical equipment and known recurring-failure assets.
- Review inspection findings, condition-monitoring information, calculations and test results relevant to equipment decisions.
- Lead and develop Mechanical/Rotating Engineers, Specialists and Technicians through coaching, technical guidance and knowledge sharing.
- Capture lessons learned and recommend improvements to equipment practices, technical standards, tools and training.
Requirements
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Industrial Engineering or another relevant engineering discipline.
- Relevant professional or technical qualification in rotating equipment, reliability, maintenance or asset integrity is an advantage.
- Relevant training in Root Cause Analysis, Condition Monitoring, Rotating Equipment Maintenance or Failure Analysis.
Experience
- Minimum 8–12 years’ relevant experience in mechanical and rotating equipment engineering, maintenance, reliability or technical services.
- Strong experience with pumps, compressors, generators, engines, valves and associated mechanical systems.
- Experience within Oil & Gas, Energy Services, Industrial, Marine or other technically controlled environments.
- Demonstrated experience in equipment failure diagnosis, repair, overhaul and reliability improvement.
- Practical experience in alignment, torqueing, inspection, testing, commissioning and release-to-service activities.
- Experience working with OEMs, vendors, workshops, Operations, HSEQ, Engineering and client representatives
Knowledge & Proficiency
- Rotating equipment and mechanical systems
- Pumps, compressors, generators and engines
- Equipment reliability and failure analysis
- Condition monitoring and maintenance
- Inspection, testing and commissioning
- OEM requirements and technical procedure
Skills & Competencies
- Equipment fault diagnosis and failure analysis
- Reliability improvement and problem-solving
- Technical review and engineering assessment
- Equipment inspection and testing
- Technical reporting and documentation
- Technical leadership and stakeholder coordination
Benefits
- Competitive salary and benefits
- HMO and leave allowance
- Professional training and development opportunities
- Opportunity to provide technical leadership across critical energy-sector equipment and projects
- Exposure to complex mechanical, rotating equipment and reliability challenges
- Opportunity to strengthen VURIN’s equipment reliability and technical capability
- Collaborative and high-performance work environment.