Maintenance Engineer

Title: Maintenance Engineer
Location: Lemont, IL
Hire Type: Long Term Contract
Compensation: Hourly + 1.5x for OT Hours
Benefits: As a contract employee of Sterling, you are eligible to receive a Full Employee Benefits Package that includes paid time off, paid holidays, 3 medical plans to choose from, dental & vision plans, 401(k), and an Employee Stock Ownership (ESOP) plan.
Must have Skill Set: Refinery experience 

Overview:

Job Summary

The engineer provides technical expertise and engineering support to operations and maintenance teams to optimize facility safety, equipment availability, and long-term asset integrity. The position is strictly on-site at the Lemont Refinery and centers on resolving day-to-day equipment issues, coordinating routine or turnaround maintenance, and implementing reliability strategies.

Job Duties: 

 • Technical Maintenance Support: Provide standard engineering principles, troubleshooting, and scoping to solve mechanical, electrical, or fixed/rotating equipment challenges during daily operations or planned turnarounds.
• Turnaround & Routine Planning: Assist the maintenance planning team in coordinating scheduled shutdowns, organizing resources, and defining the scope of repairs or upgrades to minimize plant downtime.
• Reliability & Defect Elimination: Monitor equipment performance metrics (such as vibration or process data), establish guidelines for preventative maintenance programs, and conduct root cause failure analyses (RCFA) to prevent secondary equipment damage.
• Project & Capital Input: Collaborate with Process Engineering, Safety, and Inspection teams to provide maintenance department input on capital improvement projects and equipment repair scopes.
• Safety & Regulatory Compliance: Actively participate in hazard/operability reviews and process safety management (PSM) initiatives, keeping safety the highest operational priority.

Qualifications: 
• Education: Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, or Civil Engineering are most common).
• Experience: Experience within a refinery, petrochemical plant, or heavy industrial environment is highly preferred.
• Technical Skills: Familiarity with heavy industrial equipment

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.