Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Cleveland-Cliffs; Dearborn (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Education assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Cleveland-Cliffs invites applications for a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer at the Dearborn Works HDGL facility. The role focuses on determining root causes of equipment failures, developing and implementing corrective actions, and establishing maintenance procedures to improve equipment stability.

Responsibilities include outage planning, failure analysis, and collaboration with Operations to ensure drawings reflect equipment changes while maintaining spares and procurement coordination.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related technical field.
• Demonstrated equipment reliability knowledge and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with a Maintenance Repair Software System and MS Office suite.
• Ability to perform maintenance/reliability studies and FMEA.

Responsibilities

• Monitor equipment availability and performance; analyze issues using Pareto analysis.
• Identify root causes of failures and implement corrective actions.
• Plan outages and maintenance; establish preventive maintenance procedures.
• Collaborate with operations/technical teams to ensure drawings and modifications are up to date.
• Coordinate with suppliers and engineering for new/modified equipment design requirements.
• Set standards for inspections and maintain inventory control of spares.

Skills

Equipment troubleshooting

Reliability analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field

Tools

Maintenance Repair Software System

Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Job description

Location: Dearborn, MI

Cleveland-Cliffs has an immediate opportunity for a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer at our Dearborn Works Hot Dip Galvanizing Line (HDGL) facility. The Mechanical Maintenance Engineer will provide technical engineering expertise for the determination of the basic causes of equipment failures; the development and implementation of corrective actions; and, for the establishment of appropriate maintenance procedures in order to improve equipment stability.

Summary Of Responsibilities

• Monitors and tracks line equipment availability and operating efficiency issues and creates “pareto” type analysis to identify key equipment problems / failures / areas.
• Utilizes appropriate failure analysis techniques to determine root causes of equipment failures and initiates necessary corrective action to eliminate/reduce such failures.
• Assists in the planning of equipment outages, down turn repairs, and the establishment of maintenance shops; sets priorities to ensure timely, efficient repair/replacement of equipment. Assists in the establishments and assignment of preventive maintenance procedures for the proper care of equipment.
• Works closely with Operations and Technical personnel to ensure that drawings are updated in keeping with equipment modifications; to provide counsel for equipment redesign; and, to secure information necessary for the performance of the position.
• Works with equipment suppliers and outside engineering to specify design requirements for new / modified equipment to improve operating performance and / or equipment reliability.
• Coordinates the establishment of requirements, standards, and procedures for the equipment inspection; works closely with departmental inspectors and with the non-destructive testing / predictive technologies group for the proper, timely inspection testing of equipment as part of the overall effort to prevent for departmental spares ensuring inventory control; the maintenance and repair of such spares and the establishment of procedures to control spares and the establishment of procedures to control spares costs.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related Technical field or combination of education / experience.
• Demonstrated equipment reliability knowledge.
• Strong mechanical troubleshooting skills and experience.
• Experience using an electronic Maintenance Repair Software System, and Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to perform maintenance and reliability studies and / or FMEA for existing and proposed replacement equipment.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate efforts and work well with others.

Cleveland-Cliffs is a leading North America-based steel producer with focus on value-added sheet products, particularly for the automotive industry. The Company is vertically integrated from the mining of iron ore, production of pellets and direct reduced iron, and processing of ferrous scrap through primary steelmaking and downstream finishing, stamping, tooling, and tubing. We offer an excellent total compensation package, including competitive pay with variable compensation opportunity, 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.