Mechanical Maintenance Engineer (Experienced Professional)

Michelin • Woodburn, IN

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Michelin has an immediate opening for a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer at its BF Goodrich Tire Plant (BFG4) in Woodburn, Indiana. Established in 1961, the plant manufactures passenger and light truck tires. The engineer provides mechanical technical support for maintaining machines and equipment in their area of responsibility, working closely with methods and reliability teams, breakdown engineers, and maintenance crews.

The role supports day-to-day shop operations and helps ensure maintenance work meets safety, environmental, and quality standards. It includes optimizing maintenance plans, monitoring machine interventions and spare-parts availability, reducing breakdowns and preventive-stop times, and improving cycle-time performance. The engineer also analyzes equipment life and performance and develops technical expertise to coach troubleshooters and maintainers, train them on interventions, promote standard problem solving, maintain equipment conformity, and update technical drawings and information. A night-shift schedule is required. This position is not available for immigration sponsorship.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 3–5 years of industrial maintenance experience.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including professional interaction with external partners, suppliers, customers, and colleagues at all organizational levels.
• Strong teamwork, leadership, and organizational skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and ability to become proficient in internal software systems.
• Demonstrated ability to use software systems for data mining and data analysis.
• Attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Willingness to work a night-shift schedule.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with CAD software such as Solidworks, SolidEdge, or AutoCAD.
• Previous use of a CMMS system for maintenance planning and scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Ensure maintenance work complies with safety, environmental, and quality standards.
• Optimize maintenance plans for frequency, quality, and time spent.
• Monitor the effectiveness of machine interventions to prevent breakdowns, ensure spare parts are available, and keep production online.
• Improve breakdown rates and durations, preventive-stop times, and machine cycle-time performance in line with shop and machine objectives.
• Confirm machine-intervention efficiency, including resources used, spare-parts consumption, and sustained equipment energy efficiency.
• Support the shop’s day-to-day operations.
• Apply Total Process Control (MTP) standards in maintenance, especially lockout and unlocking procedures.
• Analyze and provide information about equipment life, reliability, quality, and efficiency.
• Develop technical expertise in equipment and coach troubleshooters and maintainers on scheduled work and technical interventions.
• Train others on technical interventions, ensure maintenance methods are applied, promote standard problem solving, maintain equipment conformity, and update technical drawings and information.

Benefits

• Personalized development plans, mentorship, and cross-functional opportunities.
• Career paths and opportunities for advancement.
• Inclusive, supportive work environment where competencies, contributions, and behaviors are recognized.
• Option to join Connected Communities.
• Opportunities to work on projects related to sustainable materials and digital transformation.
• Opportunity to contribute to community impact through sustainable business practices.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level