# Mechanical Engineer - Blue Tide

Mechanical & Small Project Engineer About Blue Tide Blue Tide is building a network of used motor oil (UMO) re-refining facilities across North America, and its Baytown, Texas facility is complete and operating. The Baytown facility is designed to process 5,000 barrels per day of used motor oil into Group II+ base oils, along with co-products such as gas oil and asphalt modifiers. Its process unit includes one of the largest hydrotreaters in the re-refining industry. Blue Tide is a Tailwater Capital portfolio company and developed the facility with Pennzoil-Quaker State, a Shell subsidiary. Position Summary The Mechanical & Small Project Engineer is the Baytown site’s in-house static equipment and mechanical engineering resource as well as acting as project engineering for small projects. The role reports to the Engineering & Technology Manager. The ideal candidate has about 10 years of experience and a static equipment background, combined with project engineering, maintenance, or turnaround experience. Roles & Responsibilities Static equipment engineering (primary) Act as the site’s technical authority for static equipment, including pressure vessels, columns, heat exchangers, p

- **Id**: 3709598
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/bluetide-mechanical-engineer-blue-tide>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Baytown, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-03T22:22:46Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-03
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T22:56:15Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 5
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3028
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Environmental Science, Management Consulting

## Company

- **Id**: 3913113
- **Name**: Bluetide
- **Domain**: bluetide.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/bluetide-2>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: JazzHR

## Salary

- **Max**: 500000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 500000

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 5

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-03T22:22:46Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 4
- **Expected fill days**: 41
- **Reasons**: conf:10, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 500000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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