Mechanical Engineer

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Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. , established in 1994, is headquartered in Bridgeville, PA, with plants in North Jackson, OH, Dunkirk, NY, and Titusville, PA. Universal Stainless produces semi-finished and finished specialty steel long products and plate including stainless steel, tool steel, bearing steel, gear steel, and aircraft quality low alloy steels for use in a variety of industries, some you may know: Boeing, Ford, Chrysler, CAT, Toshiba, and GE Energy to name a few. Universal is committed to providing the best quality, delivery, and service possible.

Enjoy Excellent Benefits For You And Your Family

Health Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drugs - 1 st day of employment

Life Insurance – Equal to Annual Salary - 1 st day of employment

USW Pension Plan

Profit Sharing

401(k)

Paid Holidays & Vacation

Position Overview

The Mechanical Engineer will report directly to the Maintenance Manager and will direct contractors, coordinate with maintenance and others in the planning and execution of capital projects and related activities. The Mechanical Engineer will also interact with other members of management and the Corporate Engineer to ensure effective communication to support the performance of this position.

Specific Responsibilities

Specific primary responsibilities are defined by the following, but not limited to:

• Develops, implements, and maintains capital investment projects and programs.
• Designs and implements engineering processes, policies and procedures.
• Development and management of the engineering project portfolio.
• Monitoring and reporting of capital spending.
• Capital project development including scope, schedule, budget estimate, and risk
  
  

identification and contractor selection.

• Responsible for oversite and actively managing new installation and equipment
  
  

improvements.

• Hands on troubleshooting of complex integrated electrical, mechanical and hydraulic
  
  

equipment.

• Identifies and implements process, equipment and functional improvements to achieve
  
  

operational and overall business metrics.

• Set engineering strategies to support business objectives
• Manages all major outages throughout the plant while coordinating equipment
  
  

rebuilds. Coordinates major outage activities with respective manages/supervisors to

minimize downtime.

• Ensures continuation and improvement of compliance of plant-wide programs including,
  
  

but not limited to: Thermography program, Vibration program, Oil sampling program.

• Provides leadership, coaching and direction to maintenance technicians in all aspects of
  
  

their work.

• Provides expertise in the principles of root cause analysis (RCA) and Reliability Centered
  
  

Maintenance to create an environment of continuous asset reliability improvement.

• Establishes and maintains continuous improvement efforts for troubleshooting skills for
  
  

maintenance group.

• Leads Continuous Improvement efforts throughout the plant using lean manufacturing
  
  

principles.

• Supports maintenance effort on all Quality and Continuous Improvement teams and
  
  

initiatives.

• Sustain calibrations on all furnace testing devices and instrumentation.
• Plan outages for furnaces.
• Actively participates in special projects at additional facility locations as required.
  
  

Operational

Ensures compliance of all safety requirements by Maintenance employees during outage including, but not limited to:

• Crane safety
• Fire protection
• General safety/environmental required activities.
• LOTO
  
  

Required Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Good interpersonal skills knowing how to be an active listener
• Time management
• Problem solving
• Flexibility
  
  

Other Responsibilities

• Effective interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and multi-task effectively.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel).
  
  

Education And Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering