Machinery Diagnostics & Condition Monitoring Engineer

Overview

The Machinery Diagnostics & Condition Monitoring Engineer is part of the Reliability Engineering team in the Chevron ENGINE center. The role is responsible for advanced diagnostics, failure investigations, and reliability improvement of critical and complex rotating equipment across Oil & Gas operations.

What you'll do

• Perform advanced machinery diagnostics and failure investigations on critical and complex rotating equipment, including Gas Turbines, Centrifugal and Reciprocating Compressors, Steam Turbines, Turbo Expanders, Blowers, and Pumps.
• Execute in-depth vibration and condition-based diagnostics to identify early-stage faults, abnormal operating behavior, and degradation mechanisms.
• Support major equipment overhauls, commissioning, startup, and post-overhaul condition assessments.
• Collaborate with operations, maintenance, and engineering teams to drive and implement actions.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to condition monitoring engineers and junior diagnostics staff.
• Deliver high-quality diagnostic reports with clear recommendations focused on risk reduction, reliability improvement, and operational availability.
• Drive value delivery through proactive diagnostics, early fault detection, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Be flexible to support Reliability Rotating Equipment workflows (Condition Monitoring, Preventive Maintenance Optimization, History Briefs, Lubrication Analysis & Management, BOP offline Vibration Management etc.).
• Contribute to standardization of diagnostics methodologies, best practices, and knowledge sharing.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.
• Minimum 10+ years of overall experience, including at least 8+ years of specialized experience in Machinery Diagnostics and Condition Monitoring.
• Demonstrated expertise in diagnosing and monitoring complex rotating machinery, including gas turbines, centrifugal and reciprocating compressors, steam turbines, turbo expanders, blowers, and pumps.
• Proven experience working with complex, high-energy machinery within the oil & gas, refining, petrochemical, LNG, or power generation industries.
• Vibration Analyst Category II (VCAT II) certification is mandatory.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience in rotating equipment overhauls, field troubleshooting, and machinery diagnostics.
• Vibration Analyst Category III (VCAT III) certification.
• Machinery Lubrication Analyst Level II (MLA II) certification.
• Formal training in Machine Diagnostics Methodology from Baker Hughes / GE Oil & Gas, or equivalent recognized training.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
• Standard work week is Monday to Friday.
• Working hours are 8:00am to 5:00pm or 1:30pm to 10:30pm, aligned to global business requirements.
• Chevron is unable to sponsor employment visas or consider individuals on time-limited visa status for this position.
• Total number of openings: 1.