Mechanical Engineer

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:

• Provide engineering design and specifications for mechanical equipment and systems including but not limited to rotating equipment, piping systems, vessels, conveyors and other mechanical equipment
• Utilize various reliability tools in support of continuous improvement including leading or supporting key activities of the reliability program
• Apply education to become familiar with and apply corrosion and metallurgy requirements imposed by codes, specifications and guidelines developed by organizations such as but not limited to NACE, API, ASME, ANSI, and others.
• Serves to flag and advise the production team with regard to risks related to equipment reliability, process equipment availability, and mechanical integrity
• Responsible for maintaining a unit availability perspective and an equipment reliability strategy; this includes documenting problematic equipment and providing input and context to operational and maintenance activities
• Establish Key Processing "Best Practices" to improve profitability, including; operating conditions, hardware change recommendations, monitoring process conditions, and unit performance reporting/comparison (benchmarking).
• Evaluate existing system and component capabilities by analyzing data utilizing engineering software
• Review data from preventative maintenance activities and operations, monitoring those activities for effectiveness and if applicable, frequency, and making changes as necessary
• Be the lead on specific predictive technologies such as NDE/NDT, oil analysis, vibration analysis, thermography, ultrasonics and motor circuit analysis
• Analyze operational and maintenance equipment history to deliver improvements in critical maintenance related metrics and KPI's
• Perform Root Cause Analysis in support of operational event and equipment failure investigations to ensure that the root cause/causal factors have been identified, corrective actions prescribed and follow-up monitoring conducted as applicable to determine effectiveness
• Provide mechanical technical guidance and assistance with trouble-shooting to Shift Supervisors and Mechanical Craft people on a daily basis
• Conduct studies and prepare reports on project cost projections and potential cost-saving projects
• Prepare capital expenditure documentation and justification
• Act as a liaison with third party service providers for oil, vibration, and thermography
• Maintains equipment register; adds, subtracts, change standard jobs and maintenance scheduling tasks
• 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
• 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
• Excellent computer skills
• Can be sedentary for long periods of time
• 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 tocareers@clevelandcliffs.comor call 1-(312) 899-3097 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.