Mechanical Specialist

Linde Inc.
Mechanical Specialist

Pittsburg, CA, Hillsboro, CA, United States | req
29805

• You will ensure safe and reliable operations of mechanical and rotating equipment across Air Separation, CO, and Hydrogen production facilities
• Plan and perform major mechanical work including installation, maintenance, overhauls, inspections, and corrective/preventive/predictive tasks
• Maintain and troubleshoot rotating equipment including centrifugal, reciprocating, and screw compressors; centrifugal and positive displacement pumps; turbines; synchronous and induction motors; and highspeed gearboxes
• Further, you will maintain and troubleshoot process equipment including heat exchangers, cryogenic interchangers, chillers, cooling towers, and piping systems
• Provide onsite or remote technical support to regional facilities for mechanical and rotating equipment issues
• Assist with turnaround planning and mechanical cost estimation for regional assets
• Identify and resolve chronic mechanical issues and eliminate recurring equipment failures
• Support root cause analysis for major mechanical failures and implement corrective actions
• Address high impact mechanical issues with urgency and technical accuracy
• You will serve as regional mechanical reliability specialist supporting the Pittsburg, CA facility and multiple West region production sites
• Also, you will perform combined office and field work with approximately 30% domestic travel and required offhours accessibility
• Work in varied field conditions including accessing elevated equipment via ladders, scaffolding, manlifts, and crane baskets

• You have a minimum five (5) years of mechanical/rotating equipment maintenance experience in an industrial manufacturing environment
• Experience installing, troubleshooting, inspecting, and repairing mechanical / rotating systems including compressors, turbines, blowers, and heat exchangers
• Knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance for industrial mechanical and rotating equipment
• You have the ability to use precision measurement tools and perform precision alignment on multitrain equipment
• And you have the ability to work independently and within technical teams to complete maintenance and reliability tasks
• Ability to manage multiple technical tasks with minimal supervision and maintain accurate documentation and records
• Proficiency with computers and standard software including MS Office, email, and related applications
• You have experience using CMMS systems for work orders, asset history, and maintenance planning

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2025 sales of $34 billion. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain, decarbonize and protect our planet.

Linde serves a variety of end markets such as chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining. Linde's industrial gases and technologies are used in countless applications, enabling space exploration and launch technologies, delivering ultra-high-purity and specialty gases for semiconductor manufacturing, providing life-saving medical oxygen and enabling clean hydrogen production and carbon capture to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer growth, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions.

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