Kyle Willner joined Equity as a Senior Engineer with the Mechanical & Structural Engineering Team. Kyle brings over a decade of experience in mechanical engineering with a focus on pressure equipment design, fabrication, evaluation, reliability, and repair. His expertise includes ASME pressure equipment design calculations and fitness-for-service evaluations, utilizing both design-by-rule and design-by-analysis methods to develop cost-effective, safe, and reliable pressure equipment solutions.
Kyle actively contributes to industry standards through ASME committee work as a member of the ASME VIII SG Heat Transfer Resource Development Group. His project portfolio includes new equipment design, fitness-for-service evaluations, and addressing complex engineering challenges across the refining, petrochemical, energy, and HVAC sectors.
Prior to joining Equity, Kyle worked as a Mechanical Engineer at a major energy company for over a decade, working both at a large petrochemical facility and in the corporate engineering office. Most recently, Kyle worked several years as a Mechanical Engineer for a pressure vessel / heat exchanger manufacturer. His duties included providing engineering support for new equipment design, fitness-for-service evaluations, RBI plans, and maintenance/repair plans; this support occurred during facility turnarounds, unplanned shutdowns, and routine day-to-day operations.