Senior Mechanical Engineer - Plant Reliability & Utilities

Pave Talent; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Pave Talent is recruiting a plant reliability engineer to own equipment health across reactors, mixing vessels, pumps, valves, and instrumentation at a fast-scaling, multi-plant operation. You will lead hands-on maintenance and troubleshooting to keep batches running and plants self-sufficient during startup.

Based in Fremont, CA, you will support new plant startup, coordinate with corporate engineering, and establish templates for future sites.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in plant, mechanical, or reliability engineering in an operating facility.
• Hands-on experience maintaining chemical process equipment: reactors, vessels, pumps, valves, and instrumentation.
• Strong command of P&IDs and process flow diagrams.
• Experience with plant utilities and process-support systems (HVAC, chilled water, compressed air, DI water, exhaust).
• Comfort working hands-on around industrial chemicals (flammable solvents and corrosives) with a process-safety mindset.
• Industry background in chemical, biotech, pharmaceutical, or beverage, where the equipment is similar.
• Some PLC familiarity for basic mechanical, electrical, and controls troubleshooting.
• Commissioning or new-plant startup experience.
• Process Safety Management (PSM) exposure.
• Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering or a related field

Responsibilities

• Maintain equipment health across chemical process equipment: reactors, mixing vessels, pumps, valves, and instrumentation.
• Support process equipment such as boilers, chillers, air handlers, and exhaust fans.
• Keep plant utilities running: deionized (DI) water systems, clean dry air compressors, and related systems.
• Read and work from P&IDs (piping and instrumentation diagrams) and process flow diagrams to troubleshoot and improve reliability.
• Troubleshoot simple mechanical, electrical, and controls issues, including basic programmable logic controller (PLC) work, to keep the plant 90% self-sufficient.
• Support facility expansions, utility tie-ins, shutdown planning, and commissioning as new plants come online.
• Partner with the corporate engineering and capital projects teams on the hardest 10% of issues

Skills

P&ID literacy

Process flow diagrams

Hands-on troubleshooting

Industrial chemicals safety mindset

Education

Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

PLC basics

Job description

Pave Talent is recruiting a plant reliability engineer to own equipment health across reactors, mixing vessels, pumps, valves, and instrumentation at a fast-scaling, multi-plant operation. You will lead hands-on maintenance and troubleshooting to keep batches running and plants self-sufficient during startup.

Based in Fremont, CA, you will support new plant startup, coordinate with corporate engineering, and establish templates for future sites.