Maintenance Mechanical Engineer

About the position

Cleveland-Cliffs Steel has an immediate opportunity for a Maintenance Mechanical Engineer at our Burns Harbor, Indiana operation. This role involves providing technical engineering expertise to identify the root causes of equipment failures, develop and implement corrective actions, and establish maintenance procedures to enhance equipment stability. The ideal candidate will have prior steel industry experience, be self-motivated and thrive in a fast-paced work environment with complex operations.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily tasks and progress of hourly team members.
• Evaluate and resolve complex mechanical and electrical issues.
• Work rotating shifts, including rotating weekends and assigned holidays.
• Ensure crew safety through daily briefings and interactions.
• Monitor equipment availability and efficiency, and analyze key problems performing Pareto analysis.
• Conduct failure analysis to determine root causes and implement corrective actions.
• Assist in planning equipment outages and repairs, and establish maintenance priorities.
• Helps establish and assign preventive maintenance procedures to ensure proper equipment care.
• Update drawings with equipment modifications and provide redesign counsel while collaborating with operational and technical personnel.
• Collaborate with suppliers and external engineers to specify design requirements for new or modified equipment.
• 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.
• Coordinates inspectors and testing groups to establish standards and procedures for equipment inspection and maintenance to control inventory and costs.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering or related technical field from an accredited educational institution or combination of education and experience.
• Knowledge of equipment reliability.
• Strong mechanical troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with Maintenance Repair Software Systems and Microsoft Office products.
• Ability to perform maintenance and reliability studies and/or FMEA for existing and proposed replacement equipment.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and teamwork skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Proven supervisory experience.
• Three years in a heavy industrial environment.
• Engineering experience in steel mills, manufacturing, or similar facilities.
• Experience with industrial hydraulic, gas, air and water systems.
• Maintenance and manufacturing background in the steel industry.
• Knowledge of safety and health policies including key components of the OSHA regulations.

Benefits

• Competitive pay with variable compensation opportunity.
• Health insurance.
• Retirement plan.
• Education assistance.
• Paid time off.