Electrical Maintenance Engineer

About the role

The Electrical Maintenance Engineer role focuses on implementing electrical projects and supporting the maintenance team at Georgia-Pacific's Camas Paper Mill in Camas, WA.

Responsibilities

• Lead initiatives to improve mill facilities and work processes to meet operational efficiency, safety, compliance, quality, cost, and schedule targets, and close gaps identified during audits.
• Conduct safety assessments, incident investigations, and coordinate contractors during construction to maintain safety standards and reduce risks.
• Manage project scopes including electrical systems and handle field-engineering challenges beyond typical planning, delivering practical solutions without full-scale project execution when appropriate.
• Produce, review, and validate engineering designs and drawings using AutoCAD and SolidWorks; develop scopes of work and maintain accurate project documentation.
• Design, maintain, troubleshoot, and model power distribution systems with tools such as EasyPower, and perform power distribution footprint optimization.
• Provide technical support to maintenance and operations teams: diagnose and resolve electrical/control issues (PLCs, drives, automation) and develop/modify PLC programs to improve performance.
• Create and review preventative maintenance tasks with appropriate frequencies, perform root-cause failure analyses, and implement corrective actions to prevent repeat electrical failures.
• Perform electrical engineering analyses: load calculations, motor sizing, equipment and drive upgrades (including variable-speed drives), and efficiency improvement measures driven by operations and planners.
• Use SAP for maintenance activity tracking and inventory management and AutoDesk Vault for document/data management; support construction, startup, and commissioning to ensure successful project implementation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering
• Pulp & Paper industry experience
• Project Engineering Experience
• Electrical or Instrumentation planning experience

Pay

$90,000 - $140,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

Schedule

N/A

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.