Mechanical Specialist

Mechanical Specialist

Location:

Theodore, AL, United States | Job

• Plan and perform major equipment installation, maintenance, overhauls, and inspections, including corrective, preventative, or predictive work on industrial mechanical and rotating systems and equipment such as centrifugal, reciprocating, and screw compressors.
• Manage maintenance and repairs of centrifugal and positive displacement pumps.
• Service turbines and synchronous and induction motors.
• Maintain high‑speed gearboxes.
• Oversee heat exchangers, cryogenic inter‑changers, chillers, and cooling towers.
• Work on piping systems and other related process equipment.
• Provide on‑site or remote technical support and guidance to regional sites.
• Assist in turnaround planning and mechanical work cost estimation.
• Identify and resolve chronic mechanical asset issues (bad actors).
• Support root‑cause analysis programs for major equipment failures.
• Address high‑impact issues with urgency and integrity.
• Perform a combination of office and field work with approximately 30 % domestic travel.
• Maintain accessibility during off‑hours as required.
• Work in various weather conditions and access elevated equipment using ladders, scaffolding, man‑lifts, and crane baskets.

• You have a minimum of five (5) years of experience in the maintenance of mechanical and rotating systems and equipment in an industrial manufacturing environment.
• Experience in installation, troubleshooting, inspection and repairs of industrial mechanical and rotating systems and equipment such as compressors, turbines, blowers and heat exchangers.
• Moreover, you have knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance of industrial mechanical and rotating systems and equipment.
• Ability to use precision measuring devices and perform precision alignment on multi‑train equipment.
• Excellent communication and team interaction skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as lead/participate on teams.
• You have experience as a self‑starter who manages multiple tasks, achieves results with minimal supervision, and possesses excellent documentation and record‑keeping skills.
• Experience in computers and standard software packages (MS Office, E‑Mail, etc.) is required.
• Experience using a computerized maintenance management system.

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 that make our customers more successful and help 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.

Linde offers competitive compensation and an outstanding benefits package. Enjoy access to health, dental, disability and life insurance, paid holidays and vacation, 401(k) matching, pension benefits, an employee discount program and opportunities for educational and professional growth.

Additional compensation may vary depending on the position and organizational level. Build your future with us while making an impact every day! At Linde, the sky is not the limit. If you’re looking to build a career where your work reaches beyond your job description and better the people with whom you work, the communities we serve and the world in which we all live, at Linde, your opportunities are limitless.

Be Linde. Be Limitless.

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