Maintenance Mechanical Engineer - Manufacturing Plant Maintenance

Arrow Specialties USA, LLC; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Arclin’s Spruance Manufacturing Plant in Richmond, VA invites a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer to join our dayshift team. You will lead mechanical engineering support, act as the technical authority on failures, and drive reliability improvements across equipment and maintenance processes.

You’ll perform field assessments, participate in root-cause analyses, and collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, and engineering to deliver safe, high-quality maintenance and project inputs.

Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical Engineering or related field required.
• 0–5 years of manufacturing, maintenance, reliability experience.
• Experience with mechanical equipment in manufacturing/industrial environments preferred.
• Experience using SAP and reliability tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide mechanical engineering support for production and maintenance issues.
• Act as technical authority for equipment failures, repair methods and restoration strategies.
• Conduct field assessments and translate observations into corrective actions.
• Support root-cause investigations and reliability improvement actions.
• Develop and review mechanical procedures, SOPs and job plans.
• Contribute to capital projects, turnarounds and equipment improvements.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Root-cause analysis

Reliability engineering

Technical writing

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SAP

Emerson AMS

Lubrication management software

Condition-monitoring programs

Job description

Mechanical Maintenance Engineer - Manufacturing

Position: Full Time, Salaried, (Exempt role with annual bonus incentive)

Schedule: Days - With possible on call for troubleshooting

Location: Spruance Manufacturing Plant Site

5401 Jefferson Davis Highway, Richmond, Virginia 23234

www.ARCLIN.com

Mechanical Maintenance Engineer: Resolve equipment issues. Strengthen reliability. Improve mechanical performance.

The role

The Mechanical Maintenance Engineer leads mechanical engineering support for plant issues affecting production and equipment performance over the short and medium term. The role serves as the technical expert for resolving equipment-based and repair-technique-based issues that affect facility availability and maintainability. The engineer provides subject matter expertise during equipment-failure and root-cause investigations, supports Mechanical Integrity Quality Assurance, contributes maintenance input to projects and turnarounds, and performs regular field assessments of mechanical equipment.

This role reports to the Spruance Maintenance Technical Leader in support of Continuous Manufacturing Maintenance / Reliability

What you will own

MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT SUPPORT

• Provide mechanical engineering support for plant issues that affect production, equipment availability and maintainability.
• Serve as the technical authority for mechanical equipment failures, repair methods and restoration strategies.
• Perform regular field assessments of mechanical equipment and translate observations into corrective actions, work scopes or reliability improvements.
• Collaborate with internal and external subject matter experts to define work scopes, evaluate options and drive practical solutions.

FAILURE ANALYSIS & RELIABILITY

• Serve as a subject matter expert in equipment failures and repair techniques during root-cause investigations.
• Apply root-cause analysis, risk-assessment principles, reliability engineering principles, statistical analysis and reliability modeling as appropriate.
• Provide input to the Reliability Bad Actors List and help prioritize corrective actions based on risk, production impact, cost and asset utilization.
• Use available maintenance and condition-monitoring information to identify recurring failure patterns and improve equipment strategies.
• Provide input to the Mechanical Integrity Quality Assurance process and support compliance with applicable mechanical integrity requirements.

PROCEDURES & WORK QUALITY

• Develop and sustain the maintenance procedure-use approach for mechanical work.
• Perform technical reviews of maintenance procedures, Standard Practices and Standard Operating Procedures.
• Serve as a technical resource during procedure creation and revision; create and review job procedures and checklists.
• Initiate the applicable Management of Change process when mechanical procedures, repair methods, equipment configurations or technical requirements change.
• Define clear scopes of work and provide technical direction that supports safe, repeatable and high-quality maintenance execution.

PROJECTS, TURNAROUNDS & IMPROVEMENT

• Provide maintenance input to project activities and serve as the maintenance representative for capital projects involving mechanical equipment.
• Develop turnaround scopes and support turnaround planning, execution and closeout activities.
• Use economic-evaluation tools to compare repair, replacement and improvement options.
• Improve bills of material and equipment information in SAP to support planning, maintenance and reliability.
• Align mechanical maintenance recommendations with site maintenance goals, cost expectations, asset-utilization objectives and the Arclin Maintenance Work Process.

What you bring

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline required.
• Zero to five years of manufacturing, maintenance, reliability or related experience required.
• Experience supporting mechanical equipment in a manufacturing or industrial environment preferred.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Knowledge of mechanical equipment, equipment-failure mechanisms, repair techniques and maintainability principles.
• Skill in creating and reviewing technical procedures, Standard Practices, Standard Operating Procedures, job procedures and checklists.
• Working knowledge of SAP, including bill-of-material improvement, and other maintenance information systems.
• Knowledge of risk-assessment principles, root-cause analysis, scope development and economic-evaluation tools.
• Knowledge of maintenance work processes, reliability networks, maintenance cost, asset utilization and goal alignment.
• Knowledge of reliability engineering principles, including statistical analysis and reliability modeling.
• Strong field-observation, analytical, technical writing and cross-functional communication skills.

PREFERRED RELIABILITY TOOLS & PROGRAMS

• Experience using Emerson AMS for machinery health, asset monitoring, vibration or predictive-maintenance workflows.
• Experience with Lube-It or comparable lubrication-management software and lubrication reliability programs.
• Experience with condition-monitoring, vibration-analysis, oil-analysis, ultrasound, infrared thermography or other predictive and reliability programs.
• Experience translating reliability-program findings into work orders, equipment strategies, corrective actions and measurable performance improvement.

How the role will work

INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY

Invest time and energy in learning equipment behavior, failure mechanisms and emerging reliability practices to deliver better technical outcomes.

FUNCTIONAL SKILL

Apply sound mechanical engineering judgment, field knowledge and maintenance experience to solve equipment problems and strengthen execution.

RESILIENT EXECUTION

Stay focused under production pressure, equipment failures and organizational change while maintaining technical rigor and follow-through.

ACTIVE LISTENING & COLLABORATION

Recognize knowledge gaps, welcome input and work with Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, Engineering and suppliers to understand issues and drive solutions.

Success in this role looks like

• Mechanical equipment issues are evaluated promptly and resolved with technically sound repair strategies.
• Root-cause investigations produce practical corrective actions that reduce repeat failures and production impact.
• Mechanical procedures, job scopes, bills of material and technical records support safe and repeatable work execution.
• Projects and turnarounds receive timely maintenance and reliability input.
• Field assessments and reliability-program data are converted into prioritized equipment improvements.

VITAL BEYOND MEASURE | This role strengthens safe, reliable production by combining mechanical engineering judgment, field presence and disciplined problem-solving.

With ~4,000 team members across more than 30 global manufacturing facilities, we operatewith the scale to make a global impact and the agility to solve complex challenges at the molecular level. Rooted in scientific discovery and innovation, Arclin’s materials redefine performance across industries—from Firepoint®’s patented intumescent technologythat helps stall flames and save livesto the iconic Kevlar® and Nomex® brands trustedto protect those who serve,strengthen aerospace and industrial systems, and perform where reliability and safety are top of mind.

As we expand our mission-critical materials portfolio and shape the next era of performance technologies, we’re looking for people who want to grow, lead, and solve the challenges others can’t. Together, we’ll advance the innovations that keep the world moving. Because at Arclin, our people are trulyVital Beyond Measure.

Arclin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability or any other protected class. If you need a reasonable accommodation to search or apply for a position, please contact our Talent Acquisition team for additional information.

Learn more about Nomex, Kevlar and Kevlar EXO by clicking on these links. www.Arclin.Com

Arclin offers a comprehensive pay and benefits package and is proud to offer a comprehensive, integrated total rewards package, which includes competitive pay and benefits.