Engineer, Reliability, Rotating Equipment, Ponca City Refinery

Phillips 66 & YOU - Together we can fuel the future

As an Engineer, Reliability, Rotating Equipment , you will be the go-to expert ensuring critical assets operate safely, efficiently, and in compliance with industry standards. You'll combine hands-on problem-solving with strategic thinking to improve equipment performance and support long-term reliability goals. This position offers the opportunity to work on complex systems, collaborate across disciplines, and make a tangible impact on the refinery's operational success.

What You'll Do

• Responsible for technical expertise to support the reliability of rotating equipment at the refinery with a special emphasis on unique specialized valves.
• Lead the design, installation, and maintenance of mechanical systems, ensuring compliance with standards and regulations.
• Assess equipment criticality and develop asset strategies to improve reliability and operational performance.
• Monitor key reliability indicators, analyze data, and implement solutions to reduce downtime and increase availability.
• Troubleshoot complex technical issues and perform root cause analyses to drive continuous improvement.
• Communicate reliability concerns and share solutions across teams to support improvement initiatives.
• Provide cost estimates and oversee reliability projects from conception through commissioning.
• Ensure compliance with management of change processes and support turnaround activities when needed.
• Respond to unexpected emergencies and after-hour callouts as required.
• Develop engineering drawings, specifications, and test procedures while maintaining knowledge of industry best practices.

What You'll Bring - Required

• Legally authorized to work in the job posting country
• Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering discipline
• 3 or more years of professional engineering experience in Energy, petrochemicals, industrial, or similar industry
• Valid driver's license
• Must be willing and able, with or without reasonable accommodation, to comply with the following:
  • Travel up to 5%
  • Operate company vehicle on site premises and / or public roads up to 15%
  • Work extended hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and holidays, and perform occasional duties
  • Transport articles up to 50 pounds
  • Climb ladders and stairs up to 200 feet
  • Work safely near large, hot, high-speed machines, around chemicals and hydrocarbons under high pressure and heat, and in harsh weather conditions
  • Wear fire retardant clothing and personal protective equipment
  • Maintain face daily for proper respirator/face mask seal (some examples include being free of facial hair and/or clean shaven)

What Makes You Stand Out - Preferred

• 5 or more years of experience working as a Reliability or Discipline Engineer in refining or petrochemical industry
• Experience with SAP and Reliability Software (i.e. APM, Meridium)
• Experience developing Cause Maps and leading Root Cause Analysis teams

Compensation Range


This position has a base salary range of $127,800 - $156,200.

At Phillips 66, we are committed to pay transparency and competitive, equitable compensation. Each role is assigned a salary grade with a defined pay range, benchmarked against industry peers. Where a candidate offer falls within the posted range depends on the candidate's experience, skills, and alignment with the role's requirements. Offers are made to ensure internal equity and market competitiveness. Our compensation programs are designed to reward performance and support career growth.

The Ponca City Refinery is located in Ponca City, Oklahoma, approximately 95 miles northwest of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Its facilities include crude distilling, naphtha reforming, fluid catalytic cracking, alkylation, hydrodesulfurization and delayed coking units. The refinery processes a mixture of light, medium and heavy crude oil delivered via pipeline from Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, the U.S. Rockies and Canada. Infrastructure improvements have enabled the delivery of locally produced crude oil by pipeline and truck. The refinery produces a high percentage of transportation fuels and anode-grade petroleum coke. Refined products are primarily distributed to customers by company-owned and common carrier pipelines to markets throughout the Midcontinent region.

Total Rewards


At Phillips 66, providing access to high quality programs and care for you and your family is important to us. Maintaining a culture of well-being - physical, emotional, social, and financial - is essential for a high-performing organization. When we are at our best, we are poised to deliver exceptional results - personally and professionally. Benefits for certain eligible, full-time employees include:

• Annual Variable Cash Incentive Program (VCIP) bonus
• 8% 401k company match
• Cash Balance Account pension
• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits with an annual company contribution to a Health Savings Account for employees on HDHP
• Total well-being programs and incentives, including Employee Assistance Plan, well-being reimbursement, and backup family care services

Learn more about Phillips 66 Total Rewards .

Phillips 66 has more than 140 years of experience in providing the energy that enables people to dream bigger and go farther, faster. We are committed to improving lives, and that is our promise to our employees and our communities. We are sustained by the backgrounds and experiences of our diverse teams, which reflect who we are, the environment we create and how we work together. We have been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign, U.S. Department of Labor and the Military Times for our continued commitment to inclusive practices and policies in the hiring and retention of those in the LGBTQ+ community and military veterans. Our company is built on values of safety, honor and commitment. We call our cultural mindset Our Energy in Action, which we define through four simple, intuitive behaviors: We work for the greater good, cultivate an environment of trust, seek different perspectives and pursue excellence.

Learn more about Phillips 66 and how we are working to meet the world's energy needs today and tomorrow, by visiting phillips66.com.

To be considered


In order to b e considered for this position you must complete the entire application process, which includes answering all prescreening questions and providing your eSignature on or before the requisition closing date of 08/31/2026 .

Candidates for regular U.S. positions must be a U.S. citizen or national, or an alien admitted as permanent resident, refugee, asylee or temporary resident under 8 U.S.C. 1160(a) or 1255(a)(1). Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

Phillips 66 is an Equal Opportunity Employer