๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ-๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐, ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ฌ% ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ-๐๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต?
This is the engineer who keeps the plant running. You own equipment reliability across reactors, mixing vessels, pumps, valves, and instrumentation, plus the utilities and process-support systems that keep them alive. The first plant just went live. A second, larger one is being built right now.
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Pave Talent is hiring on behalf of our client, a publicly traded specialty electronics materials company (NYSE-listed) that is commercializing a first-to-market copper technology used to make next-generation chips run faster and cooler. Leadership approved a major capital program to scale it across several US sites, and the build is moving fast. The first Fremont plant is operational; a second plant is under construction now.
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- Plant engineers who like keeping a live facility healthy, not product designers who live in CAD
- People who read a P&ID and a process flow diagram fluently and walk the floor to chase down the real problem
- Self-sufficient operators who solve 90% of issues in-house and escalate only the hardest 10%
- Builders who want a brand-new, fast-scaling plant, not a mature site with every system already dialed in
- People comfortable working hands-on around industrial chemicals, with process safety first
If you want classic mechanical product design, finite element analysis, and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing all day, or a fully built-out plant where everything already works, this is not your role.
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You support more than one plant from day one. As the business grows, the hiring manager expects to add engineering leaders beneath them, which puts you in line to anchor or lead reliability for a multi-plant operation. The work you standardize on the first plant becomes the template for every plant after it.
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This is the company's top priority and it is visible at the highest levels of the business. The product is a genuine first-to-market play feeding the artificial intelligence (AI) chip boom. The hiring manager calls the experience resume-changing for the right person: you get in early on something very few engineers have ever built.
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You report directly to the engineering lead and cover multiple plants. Corporate engineering installs each plant and then moves to the next build. Once they hand off, you keep the plant self-sufficient, escalating only the toughest problems back to the corporate team. You are the person the floor counts on to keep equipment healthy and batches running.
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- Maintain equipment health across chemical process equipment: reactors, mixing vessels, pumps, valves, and associated instrumentation
- Support process equipment such as boilers, chillers, air handlers, and exhaust fans
- Keep plant utilities running: deionized (DI) water systems, clean dry air compressors, and related systems
- Read and work from P&IDs (piping and instrumentation diagrams) and process flow diagrams to troubleshoot and improve reliability
- Troubleshoot simple mechanical, electrical, and controls issues, including basic programmable logic controller (PLC) work, to keep the plant 90% self-sufficient
- Support facility expansions, utility tie-ins, shutdown planning, and commissioning as new plants come online
- Partner with the corporate engineering and capital projects teams on the hardest 10% of issues
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This is a new plant still working through startup. You will hit punch-list items, unproven equipment, and problems no manual covers. The expectation is that you handle the vast majority yourself and only pull in corporate engineering when you have genuinely exhausted your options. You will work hands-on around flammable solvents and corrosives, so process safety discipline is non-negotiable. This suits someone who wants ownership and pace, not someone who wants a quiet, fully documented site.
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๐ฅ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ:
- Around 8+ years in plant, mechanical, or reliability engineering in an operating facility
- Hands-on experience maintaining chemical process equipment: reactors, vessels, pumps, valves, and instrumentation
- Strong command of P&IDs and process flow diagrams
- Experience with plant utilities and process-support systems (HVAC, chilled water, compressed air, DI water, exhaust)
- Comfort working hands-on around industrial chemicals (flammable solvents and corrosives) with a process-safety mindset
- Industry background in chemical, biotech, pharmaceutical, or beverage, where the equipment is similar
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- Some PLC familiarity for basic mechanical, electrical, and controls troubleshooting
- Commissioning or new-plant startup experience
- Process Safety Management (PSM) exposure
- Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering or a related field
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๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐: $115,000 to $140,000, depending on experience
๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐: Performance-related annual bonus on top of base
๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐น๐ฒ: Full-time, onsite in Fremont, CA
๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐: Medical, dental, and vision; 401(k) with company match; paid time off and holidays; paid parental leave; tuition reimbursement; professional development support
Relocation support is available for the right candidate.
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Apply via LinkedIn and we will reach out to schedule a conversation. Confidential search; your application is fully private and the client name is shared on our first call.
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