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Location: Johnstown, PA | Schedule: Full-time, on-site

Overview

An established heavy industrial / steel operations company is seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineer to support and improve mechanical systems across its facility. This role blends hands-on plant floor troubleshooting with leadership of capital projects, equipment installations, and reliability initiatives that directly affect safety, productivity, and uptime.

What you'll do

• Partner with Maintenance and Operations to troubleshoot, improve, and optimize mechanical and hydraulic systems throughout the facility
• Identify equipment issues and lead reliability and continuous improvement initiatives to increase uptime, performance, and efficiency
• Support and manage melting and steelmaking equipment, including upgrades, modifications, installations, and troubleshooting
• Provide engineering expertise for large industrial baghouse and environmental systems, ensuring reliable operation and regulatory compliance
• Lead capital and facility improvement projects from concept and engineering through installation, commissioning, and completion
• Develop detailed project scopes, specifications, bid packages, cost estimates, and schedules
• Evaluate equipment suppliers and contractors, review proposals, negotiate contracts, and oversee outside resources
• Coordinate with contractors, vendors, Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, and other internal teams to keep projects on track
• Manage projects to established budgets, schedules, safety requirements, and performance expectations
• Assist the Director of Steelmaking Technology with specialized engineering projects and strategic initiatives
• Provide hands-on technical support during equipment installations, shutdowns, troubleshooting, and plant improvement projects
• Travel locally and internationally as needed to support projects, equipment evaluations, and installations
• Maintain a strong commitment to safety, ensuring projects and engineering activities comply with all company policies and regulatory requirements

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related discipline; equivalent relevant experience may be considered
• 10+ years of mechanical engineering experience, preferably within steelmaking, metals, foundry, manufacturing, or another heavy industrial environment
• Strong knowledge of industrial mechanical equipment, hydraulics, material handling, and plant systems
• Demonstrated experience managing capital projects, equipment installations, contractors, budgets, and schedules
• Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to identify root causes and develop practical, long-term solutions
• Ability to work effectively with everyone from skilled trades and maintenance personnel to vendors, contractors, plant leadership, and senior management

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with steelmaking, melting equipment, furnaces, or similar heavy industrial equipment is highly desirable
• Experience with melting equipment, furnaces, or steelmaking operations is a strong plus
• Experience with large baghouse, dust collection, or environmental systems is highly desirable

Why this role

This is not a desk-only engineering position—it's a chance to get into the operation, solve real problems, lead meaningful projects, and see the results of your work firsthand in a heavy industrial environment.