Senior Mechanical Engineer – Upstream Steel & Ironmaking

Primetals Technologies, Ltd.; Canonsburg, Northern (Washington County, KY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Primetals Technologies USA seeks a Mechanical Engineer to join the Upstream Engineering Team in Canonsburg, PA. You will design and execute projects across North America for ironmaking, steelmaking, and continuous casting, coordinating with international teams and customers.

With ~5 years of experience, you will take ownership of work packages, develop technical leadership, and support from concept through commissioning. Willingness to travel and relocation benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Approximately five years of experience in mechanical engineering for steelmaking, ironmaking, continuous casting, heavy industrial equipment, or similar capital equipment industries.
• Strong understanding of mechanical design principles, manufacturing processes, and engineered equipment systems.
• Experience developing and reviewing engineering drawings, specifications, calculations, and bills of material.
• Experience using 3D CAD systems and engineering drawing tools. Solid Edge and AutoCAD experience is preferred.
• Experience using finite element analysis systems for upstream equipment. ANSYS experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support the Lead Engineer in planning, coordinating, and executing assigned engineering scopes.
• Serve as the technical focal point for selected equipment packages or plant areas, coordinating activities with engineering centers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
• Develop mechanical design packages, specifications, calculations, drawings, bills of material, and supporting technical documentation.
• Ensure engineering deliverables meet project requirements for safety, quality, cost, schedule, manufacturability, and maintainability.
• Perform design reviews and provide technical guidance to ensure engineering quality and consistency.
• Coordinate engineering activities performed by global engineering teams and external engineering partners.
• Evaluate supplier proposals, drawings, and technical documentation to verify compliance with project requirements.
• Support customer meetings, technical clarifications, site investigations, proposal activities, and project kick-off meetings.
• Participate in design reviews, risk reviews, technical coordination meetings, and project execution reviews throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support projects from concept development through detailed engineering, procurement, manufacturing, installation, commissioning, and final customer acceptance.
• Analyze technical deviations, identify root causes, and develop practical corrective and preventive actions.
• Monitor assigned engineering scopes against project schedules and budgets and proactively identify and address potential risks.
• Support supplier follow-up, factory inspections, installation activities, commissioning support, and troubleshooting when required.
• Mentor junior engineers and designers and contribute to knowledge sharing, lessons learned, and engineering best practices.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of engineering standards, work processes, and quality practices.
• Travel domestically and internationally as required to support customer meetings, project kick-offs, engineering coordination activities, installation, and commissioning. Typical travel is expected to be approximately 6 to 8 weeks per year.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Five years experience

Leadership

Communication

English fluent

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Solid Edge

AutoCAD

ANSYS

Job description

Primetals Technologies USA seeks a Mechanical Engineer to join the Upstream Engineering Team in Canonsburg, PA. You will design and execute projects across North America for ironmaking, steelmaking, and continuous casting, coordinating with international teams and customers.

With ~5 years of experience, you will take ownership of work packages, develop technical leadership, and support from concept through commissioning. Willingness to travel and relocation benefits are offered.