Electrical Engineer - PLC/Automation

About the role

This position is responsible for developing and implementing plans to ensure safety, quality, productivity, and efficient utilization of automation maintenance personnel. Support the operating departments by providing maintenance input on long-term automation equipment decisions and maintaining the existing equipment to ensure maximum uptime. Arrange for supporting services from outside contractors and equipment required to meet department needs. Provide input to the daily and weekly planning to ensure work schedules and manpower assignments are cost effective.

Establish, develop, implement, improve, and monitor the automation preventive maintenance program to reduce unscheduled downtime. Support the operating departments by providing input to shutdown scheduling and long-term equipment decisions to ensure maximum uptime. Arrange outside services as required to meet department goals.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement plans for safety, quality, productivity, and efficient use of automation maintenance personnel.
• Provide maintenance input on long-term automation equipment decisions and maintain existing equipment for maximum uptime.
• Coordinate outside contractor services and equipment to meet department needs.
• Contribute to daily and weekly planning to ensure cost-effective work schedules and manpower assignments.
• Establish, improve, and monitor the automation preventive maintenance program to reduce unscheduled downtime.
• Support shutdown scheduling and long-term equipment decisions for maximum uptime.
• Arrange outside services to meet department goals.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and minimum one (1) year of job-related experience preferred, or an Associate’s Degree in a related field with three (3) to five (5) years of job experience.
• Knowledge of operation, repair, and maintenance of automation equipment, drives, Allen Bradley PLCs, IBA, Virtual Servers (preferred), and Networking (preferred).
• Familiarity with key maintenance indicators and the pulp and paper industry.
• Willingness and ability to work any shift, weekends, holidays, and overtime as needed.

Pay

Starting salary range for this position: $86,400 - $108,000.

Benefits

• Paid Vacation: Three (3) weeks per calendar year. Pro-rated vacation during the initial year of hire based on start date within the calendar year.
• Paid Holidays.
• Within the first 30 days of employment, eligible to enroll in medical, dental, and vision coverages (employee and dependents). Automatically enrolled in life, AD&D, and disability coverages.
• Automatic enrollment in the 401k plan upon hire, with pre-tax and Roth contribution options and employer-provided matching contributions.