Mechanical Engineer

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.; Toledo (OH); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. in Toledo, OH is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to provide maintenance engineering support, maximize equipment availability, and analyze health to extend time between overhauls.

This role serves as a technical resource for planning, scheduling, and execution of mechanical maintenance. Key duties include designing and specifying mechanical equipment, leading reliability initiatives, monitoring equipment health and KPIs, applying API/ASME/ANSI/NACE standards, and conducting

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• 3+ years of plant-level maintenance mechanical engineering experience in metals/mining.
• Knowledge of machinery design, statistics, and project management.
• Strong CMMS experience for reliability analysis.
• Experience with NDE/NDT, oil analysis, vibration analysis, thermography, ultrasonics, motor circuit analysis.
• Effective written and verbal communication.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams.
• Able to work with minimal supervision and manage multiple priorities.
• Occasional lifting up to 25 lbs.
• Mobility to navigate plant environment and work on feet; heights.
• Authorized to work in the United States full-time.

Responsibilities

• Design and specify mechanical equipment and systems.
• Lead reliability improvement initiatives.
• Monitor equipment health and reliability performance.
• Apply API/ASME/ANSI/NACE standards.
• Conduct RCA and failure investigations.
• Utilize predictive maintenance technologies.
• Review maintenance data and CMMS to optimize PM.
• Support operations with troubleshooting and guidance.
• Manage reliability strategies and capital projects.
• Coordinate with third-party reliability services.
• Establish best practices to improve profitability.
• Analyze equipment history to improve KPIs.
• Write work orders and input to execution.
• Direct and coordinate work for new installations or testing.

Skills

CMMS proficiency

Predictive maintenance

Vibration analysis

NDE/NDT

Oil analysis

Thermography

Ultrasonics

Motor circuit analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Reliability improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree 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 KPIs.

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