Mechanical Engineer

AK Steel Corporation; Toledo, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Education assistance

Job summary

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. in Toledo, OH is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to provide maintenance engineering support to maximize plant equipment availability.

You will analyze equipment health and develop strategies to extend time between overhauls, serving as a technical resource for planning, scheduling, and execution of mechanical maintenance. This role focuses on reliability improvement, design and specification of mechanical systems, reviewing maintenance data in CMMS, and collaborating with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• 3+ years of plant-level maintenance mechanical engineering experience.
• Knowledge of machinery design, statistics and project management.
• Proficient CMMS usage to support reliability analysis.
• Experience in predictive technologies (NDE/NDT, oil, vibration, thermography, ultrasonics, motor circuit analysis).
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and manage changing priorities.
• Ability to lift up to 25 lbs and work in plant environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and specify mechanical equipment and systems (piping, vessels, rotating equipment, conveyors).
• Lead reliability improvement initiatives and analyze equipment health.
• Monitor plant reliability performance and review maintenance data in CMMS.
• Support operations with troubleshooting and technical guidance.
• Coordinate with third-party reliability service providers.
• Develop capital project justifications, budgets, and cost savings.
• Write work orders and oversee execution for new equipment installations.

Skills

Plant maintenance experience

Machinery design knowledge

Predictive maintenance technologies

CMMS proficiency

Vibration analysis

NDE/NDT

Oil analysis

Thermography

Ultrasonics

Root cause analysis

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 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.