Mechanical Engineer

Socket.dev; Toledo (OH); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is seeking a Mechanical Engineer for our Toledo, OH HBI location to maximize equipment availability through maintenance engineering support and reliability initiatives.

Responsibilities include designing equipment, leading reliability projects, analyzing data, and applying industry standards, with emphasis on CMMS usage and cross-functional collaboration. This on-site role requires plant experience and strong problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• 3+ years of plant-level maintenance mechanical engineering experience in the petrochemical, metals, or mineral processing industry.
• Knowledge of machinery design, statistics and project management.
• Proficiency with CMMS and reliability data analysis.
• Experience with predictive technologies (NDE/NDT, oil analysis, vibration analysis, thermography, ultrasonics, motor circuit analysis).
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to work at heights and in plant environments.

Responsibilities

• Design mechanical equipment and systems including piping, vessels, rotating equipment, and conveyors.
• Lead and support reliability improvement initiatives.
• Monitor equipment health and reliability performance.
• Apply API, ASME, ANSI, and NACE standards.
• Conduct root cause analyses and equipment failure investigations.
• Utilize predictive maintenance technologies to assess condition.
• Review maintenance data to optimize preventive maintenance programs.
• Provide troubleshooting and technical guidance to operations and maintenance teams.
• Develop capital project justifications, budgets, and cost-saving initiatives.
• Coordinate with third-party reliability service providers.
• Establish best practices to improve profitability and unit performance.
• Analyze equipment history to improve critical maintenance metrics.
• Write work orders and input to execution of field work.
• Direct and coordinate work for new equipment installations or testing.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Maintenance engineering

CMMS

Predictive maintenance

Project management

Troubleshooting

Communication

Equipment design

Education

Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Location: Toledo, OH

Cleveland-Cliffs has an immediate opportunity for a Mechanical Engineer at our Toledo, OH HBI location. The Mechanical Engineer is responsible for providing maintenance engineering support to ensure plant equipment availability is maximized. This position will be responsible for support to the operation through analysis of equipment health and recommending strategies to increase the time between overhauls. This role serves as a technical resource for planning, scheduling, and execution of mechanical maintenance. This position will be responsible for supporting plant reliability using knowledge of mechanical systems to troubleshoot and decrease lost opportunities.

Summary of Responsibilities

• Designing and specifying mechanical equipment and systems such as piping, vessels, rotating equipment, and conveyors.

• Leading and supporting reliability improvement initiatives.

• Monitoring equipment health and plant reliability performance.

• Applying industry standards and codes (API, ASME, ANSI, and NACE).

• Conducting equipment failure investigations and Root Cause Analyses (RCA).

• Utilizing predictive maintenance technologies, including vibration analysis, oil analysis, thermography, ultrasonics, NDE/NDT inspection methods, and motor circuit analysis.

• Reviewing maintenance data and CMMS information to optimize preventive maintenance programs.

• Supporting operations and maintenance teams with troubleshooting and technical guidance.

• Managing equipment reliability strategies and equipment resisters.

• Developing capital project justifications, budgets, and cost-saving initiatives.

• Coordinate with third-party reliability service providers.

• Establish Key Processing "Best Practices" to improve profitability, including; operating conditions, hardware change recommendations, monitoring process conditions, and unit performance reporting/comparison (benchmarking).

• Analyze operational and maintenance equipment history to deliver improvements in critical maintenance related metrics and KPI’s.

• Write work orders and provides input to execution of work where required.

• Direct and coordinate the work performed by operating employees as required for new equipment installations or testing to ensure conformity to engineering design and specifications.

• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.

• 3+ years of plant-level maintenance mechanical engineering experience with mechanical systems in the petrochemical, metals, or mineral processing industry.

• Knowledge of machinery design, statistics and project management required.

• Excellent computer skills with high proficiency while working within the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) and utilizes its functionality to correlate the data for reliability analysis.

• Experience in predictive technologies such as NDE/NDT, oil analysis, vibration analysis, thermography, ultrasonics, and motor circuit analysis.

• Effectively communicate both orally and through written text.

• Ability to read and constructively influence personnel in cross functional groups.

• Ability to work under minimal supervision and effectively manage multiple/changing priorities.

• Demonstrated equipment troubleshooting skills.

• Demonstrated skills with capital justification, budget development, expenditure and controls.

• Occasionally lifting up to 25lbs.

• Mobility required. Must be able to handle stairs and long periods of work on your feet.

• Routinely exposed to plant environment including noise, dust, dirt and vibrations, extreme climate changes / changes in weather.

• Ability to work at heights.

• Applicants for this position must be currently legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is the largest flat-rolled steel company and the largest iron ore pellet producer in North America. The Company is vertically integrated from mined raw materials, direct reduced iron, and ferrous scrap to primary steelmaking and downstream finishing, stamping, tooling, and tubing. We offer an excellent total compensation package including competitive pay with variable compensation opportunities, health insurance, retirement plan, education assistance, paid time off and more.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to [e-mail] or call 1-[phone] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Do not email your application materials to this email address. Application materials sent to this email address will not be considered.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is an equal opportunity employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability. We are a drug-free workplace and conduct pre-employment screening as a condition of employment.