Shop-Floor Mechanical Design Engineer - Reliability Upgrades

Atco Rubber Products, Inc.

Fort Worth (TX)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

ATCO Rubber Products, a Mueller Industries subsidiary, seeks a hands-on Manufacturing Equipment Engineer to support, improve, rebuild, and troubleshoot industrial machinery on the production floor in Fort Worth, TX.

The role involves diagnosing equipment issues, leading rebuilds and upgrades, and partnering with maintenance and production teams to boost uptime and reliability through practical engineering solutions. This is not desk-only work.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
Minimum of 5 years of hands‑on experience with industrial manufacturing machinery, machine design, maintenance, or reliability.
Strong mechanical troubleshooting skills and ability to identify root causes of failures.
Experience designing, repairing, modifying, or rebuilding industrial machinery.

Responsibilities

Troubleshoot mechanical and electromechanical problems on industrial manufacturing machinery.
Lead equipment rebuilds, repairs, upgrades, and reliability improvement projects.
Identify recurring equipment failures and develop permanent corrective actions.
Design and modify machine components, assemblies, guarding, frames, and fixtures.
Work with maintenance personnel to diagnose failures and improve uptime.
Evaluate bearings, shafts, gearboxes, motors, power transmission, pneumatics and hydraulics.