What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mechanical Engineer position at Storm Search?
The Mechanical Engineer is responsible for improving equipment reliability, implementing preventive and predictive maintenance strategies, supporting safety initiatives, and providing hands-on troubleshooting for complex industrial machinery.
MUST BE LOCAL TO MORGANTOWN, PA.
Job Description
Safety & Compliance
- Lead safety-related design improvements to equipment and facilities.
- Conduct safety investigations and implement corrective actions.
- Support compliance with internal and external safety requirements.
Maintenance Engineering
- Develop, document, and enhance preventive maintenance (PM) programs.
- Implement and improve predictive maintenance (PdM) processes such as vibration analysis, thermography, or other condition-monitoring techniques.
- Analyze equipment failure data and production delays to optimize PM/PdM activities.
- Prepare and review root cause analysis (RCA) reports and implement corrective actions.
- Assess critical spare parts, drive standardization, and support inventory optimization.
Troubleshooting & Technical Support
- Provide hands-on troubleshooting for mechanical equipment issues.
- Support maintenance during breakdowns to minimize downtime.
- Offer on-call support as needed for after-hours or emergent issues.
Project Engineering
- Develop cost justifications for improvement projects and corrective actions.
- Write detailed work orders for maintenance and improvement activities.
- Coordinate work with contractors and internal teams to minimize disruptions.
- Audit completed work to ensure standards and requirements are met.
- Develop standard operating procedures (SOPs), training materials, and performance metrics.
- Support long-term continuous improvement initiatives.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
- 5 years of experience in maintenance engineering, mechanical systems reliability, industrial equipment support, or similar.
- Experience with both preventive and predictive maintenance strategies.
- Strong troubleshooting capability for mechanical and electro-mechanical systems.
- Ability to interpret technical drawings, specifications, and failure data.
- Experience coordinating contractors, reviewing work quality, and managing small to mid-scale engineering projects.
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S. (no sponsorship available now or in the future).
Salary : $94,000 - $115,000