2027 Entry Level Mechanical Engineer – Leadership Technical Orientation Program (LTOP)

Linde; Chesterton (IN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Linde in Chesterton, Indiana, seeks an entry-level Mechanical Engineer for its Leadership Technical Orientation Program (LTOP). The 52-week curriculum provides broad exposure to plant operations across multiple product lines, with start around July 1, 2027.

You will gain hands-on experience with start-ups, shutdowns, maintenance, and project planning, while developing cross-functional leadership and practical skills in process equipment, energy optimization, and compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering with GPA 3.0+ preferred.
• Zero to three years of internship or cooperative education experience.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration.
• Willing to travel up to 25% and relocate as needed.
• Proficient in MS Office; analytical skills for technical and operational challenges.

Responsibilities

• Participate in a 52-week structured curriculum across multiple product lines and plant operations.
• Engage in hands-on operational activities: start-ups, shutdowns, maintenance, training, troubleshooting.
• Operate process equipment via control systems and in the field.
• Monitor efficiency and energy usage; optimize operating modes.
• Support QA, regulatory compliance, and project execution within budgets and schedules.
• Collaborate with process engineering, controls, maintenance, safety, and operations with mentored leadership development.

Skills

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Adaptability

Detail orientation

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor of Mechanical or Chemical Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

2027 Entry Level Mechanical Engineer – Leadership Technical Orientation Program (LTOP)

Chesterton, IN, United States | req33513

What you will enjoy doing*

• You will participate in a fifty‑two‑week structured curriculum designed to give broad exposure to plant operations across multiple product lines including air separation, hydrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, helium, rare gases, and standard plants. The estimated start date for the 2027 LTOP program will be on or around July 1, 2027
• You shall engage in hands‑on operational activities such as start‑ups, shutdowns, maintenance, project planning, training, troubleshooting, safety program execution, and daily plant support
• In this role you will operate process equipment both through the control system and in the field including motors, compressors, pumps, instrumentation, and utilities such as electrical, water, steam, and instrument gas
• Take responsibility for monitoring efficiency, assessing energy consumption, optimizing operating modes, and implementing changes to improve overall plant performance
• Additionally, support quality assurance programs, ensure regulatory compliance, assist distribution and operations personnel, and execute projects consistent with budgets and operating schedules
• Furthermore, collaborate with process engineering, project engineering, controls, maintenance, reliability, safety, and operations teams while gaining mentored leadership development throughout the program

What Makes You Great

• You will hold a Bachelor of Mechanical or Chemical Engineering with a grade point average of 3.0 or higher strongly preferred
• You shall bring zero to three years of experience supported by internship or cooperative education roles that demonstrate strong technical capability
• In addition you should communicate effectively, build productive cross‑functional relationships, and adapt quickly to shifting operational needs
• Demonstrate the ability to manage multiple priorities, solve problems independently, and drive tasks to completion with strong attention to detail
• Additionally, show proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint while applying analytical skills to technical and operational challenges
• You are willing and able to travel up to twenty‑five percent to assigned plant sites and training locations and open to relocation as required for program assignments

Why you will love working with us

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2025 sales of $34 billion. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain, decarbonize and protect our planet.

Linde serves a variety of end markets such as chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining. Linde’s industrial gases and technologies are used in countless applications, enabling space exploration and launch technologies, delivering ultra‑high‑purity and specialty gases for semiconductor manufacturing, providing life‑saving medical oxygen and enabling clean hydrogen production and carbon capture to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Linde also delivers state‑of‑the‑art gas processing solutions to support customer growth, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions.

What we offer you!

At Linde, the sky is not the limit. If you’re looking to build a career where your work reaches beyond your job description and betters the people with whom you work, the communities we serve, and the world in which we all live, at Linde, your opportunities are limitless. Be Linde. Be Limitless.

Linde offers competitive compensation and an outstanding benefits package. Enjoy access to health, dental, disability, and life insurance, paid holidays and vacation, 401(k) matching, pension benefits, an employee discount program, and opportunities for educational and professional growth. Additional compensation may vary depending on the position and organizational level. Build your future with us while making an impact every day!

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other reason prohibited by applicable law.

Linde Inc. acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. The company is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.

• The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Therefore employees assigned may be required to perform additional job tasks required by the manager.