Equipment Engineer Mobile Equipment

About Us:

Advantage Metals Recycling a division of Nucor Corporation is seeking applicants for our Equipment Engineer role. Advantage Metals Recycling is a world leader in scrap metal recycling trading and transportation. Nucor is a Fortune 150 company known for being North Americas leader in designing manufacturing and recycling steel and steel products with a history of long-term sustainability and stability. Fortune Magazine recently ranked Nucor No. 1 on their list of the Worlds Most Admired Companies in our industry. The key to Nucors success is that we care about the safety and well-being of our teammates and customers the health and protection of our environment and the relationships we establish in the communities where we live and work.

Best Benefits in the Business:

• Paid Weekly with Bonus and Profit Sharing
• Clearly defined career pathways with unlimited growth opportunities
• Paid Training
• Company provided uniforms and PPE
• Paid Vacation 3 weeks after 1 year
• Paid Holidays 10 per year and 1 personal day
• Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement - $5250 year for teammates $2625 for spouses
• Scholarship Program Every child of a Nucor teammate is eligible for $5000 per year
• Low-cost medical dental vision after 30 days
• Company-paid life and disability insurance
• Company matching 401(k) plan
• Employee stock purchase plan we match 10% of your purchase

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Basic Job Functions:

Safety is the most important part of all jobs within Nucor; therefore candidates must be able to demonstrate the ability to initiate lead and uphold safety policies practices procedures and housekeeping standards at all times.

The Equipment Engineer Mobile Equipment is responsible for the strategic and operational management of the Raw Materials Groups mobile equipment fleet ensuring safe operation high availability and optimal total cost of ownership across a multisite multistate asset base exceeding $20MM.

This role serves as the primary technical authority for mobile equipment and is a key internal partner to Plant and Facility Managers who hold full P&L responsibility for their sites. The Equipment Engineer works closely with peer equipment engineers across the product group to standardize equipment strategy maintenance practices and capital planning approaches.

Success in this role requires strong technical expertise sound business judgment the ability to deliver highquality training to diverse audiences and a professional presence capable of representing the company at senior levels with OEMs and service providers.

Key Responsibilities:

Fleet Strategy Standardization & Internal Partnership

• Collaborate with peer Equipment Engineers across the product group to develop and maintain standardized approaches to mobile equipment specification safety devices maintenance strategies and lifecycle management.
• Actively drive alignment and constructive collaboration across the equipment engineering team reducing inefficiencies caused by inconsistent practices.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to Plant and Facility Managers supporting informed decisions that balance operational reliability with financial performance.
• Support longrange fleet planning including rebuild replacement redeployment and asset disposition strategies.

Equipment Reliability & Business Performance

• Drive increased equipment uptime while maintaining disciplined control of total cost of ownership.
• Apply sound economic judgment to distinguish between reliabilitycritical investment and cost escalation that does not generate incremental value.
• Utilize monitoring tools such as oil analysis OEM telematics and reporting and internal equipment tracking systems to proactively identify performance and maintenance issues.
• Support leadership with equipment capital budgeting forecasting and longterm planning.

Technical Oversight & Vendor Integrity

• Serve as the technical authority on mobile equipment systems components diagnostics and failure modes.
• Review maintenance and repair invoices to verify diagnostic accuracy repair necessity pricing integrity and warranty applicability.
• Lead warranty administration and ensure recovery of eligible costs.
• Negotiate preventive maintenance pricing and ensure vendor adherence to negotiated agreements.
• Coordinate major repairs rebuild decisions and courses of action with internal maintenance teams and service providers.
• Maintain seniorlevel professional relationships with OEMs and key service vendors.

Capital Procurement & Asset Lifecycle Management

• Coordinate procurement of mobile equipment including loaders material handlers trucks rolloff equipment and trailers.
• Review equipment specifications ensure required safety features are included and verify alignment with operational requirements.
• Coordinate endoflife equipment disposition including sale and transportation of retired assets.
• Support coordination of specialty purchases (e.g. trailers OTR trucks) and associated intercompany or material cost reconciliation as applicable.

Training Safety & Environmental Support

• Design and deliver highquality equipment training for mobile equipment operators local management and leadership teams.
• Communicate technical information effectively through multiple methods (handson classroom written visual) to ensure understanding and adoption.
• Coordinate and support training for new equipment introductions.
• Partner with Safety and Environmental teams by providing manufacturer documentation technical input and equipment data to support compliance and risk management.
• Conduct equipment audits to ensure yard and vendor compliance with established safety and operating procedures.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience managing supporting or engineering heavy industrial mobile equipment fleets.
• Strong technical aptitude with the ability to understand complex equipment systems and interpret schematics OEM documentation telematics data and maintenance diagnostics.
• Proven capability to evaluate maintenance and repair invoices for technical correctness and cost integrity.
• Demonstrated business acumen managing highvalue assets with a focus on lifecycle cost and return on investment.
• Proven ability to deliver effective training to frontline operators site leadership and senior stakeholders.
• Professional presence and communication skills suitable for seniorlevel vendor negotiations and presentations to leadership.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across peer engineering roles and influence outcomes without direct authority.
• Willingness to travel approximately 4050%.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in multisite multistate industrial or recycling operations.
• Background in fleet standardization or enterpriselevel equipment strategy.
• Engineering degree or equivalent technical education.
• Experience supporting capital planning budgeting and longterm asset lifecycle decisions.

Internal Customers & Interfaces:

• Primary Internal Customers: Plant Managers and Facility Managers with full P&L responsibility
• Key Internal Partners: Equipment Engineers within the product group Safety Environmental Finance and Operations leadership
• External Interfaces: OEMs service vendors and equipment suppliers

Why This Role is Critical:

This position plays a central role in protecting a significant capital investment while enabling safe efficient and profitable operations across the Raw Materials Group. The successful candidate will combine technical credibility financial judgment collaboration discipline and strong instructional capability to elevate equipment performance across the organization.

Our Commitment to a Drug-Free Workplace:

Employment is contingent upon successfully passing a pre-employment drug screening which includes both urine and hair follicle testing.