Mechanical Project Engineer/Manager - Brunswick

About the role

The Mechanical Project Engineer supports the manufacturing operation and maintenance activities with engineering principles, expertise, and leadership in solving and improving the equipment, processes, and procedures in the mill. The role involves project management and project engineering to support the GP Brunswick mill through design, troubleshooting, project guidance, technological standardization and innovation, maintenance strategies, and energy efficiency activities.

Responsibilities

• Supports the manufacturing operation and maintenance activities with engineering principles, expertise, and leadership in solving and improving the equipment, processes, and procedures in the mill.
• Manages and executes projects to provide long term value to the Brunswick facility and to Georgia Pacific.
• Develops project scopes & estimates, writes equipment specifications, reviews quotes and recommends equipment & materials for use in projects.
• Works individually or with a team to develop the scope and appropriation grade cost estimates for capital and extraordinary maintenance projects and participates in justification of projects, specification reviews, drawing reviews, safety reviews, and other project document reviews.
• Mentors customers (operations teams) in the GP Business Process for Projects (BPP).
• Provides detailed design support and provides technical assistance to operations, purchasing and construction management in solving both urgent and long-term issues, with focus on mill’s asset reliability and sustainability.
• Communicates effectively with internal customers and leadership, external suppliers, and vendors.
• Develops and manages project scopes and works closely with both internal and external teams.
• Manages contractors, schedules, scope development, budgets, checkout, commissioning, start-up, and other engineering/management activities as required.
• Provides pre and post startup assistance to Construction and Operations to assure that all systems are functioning properly.
• Manages multiple projects simultaneously.
• Works an extended work schedule during critical project execution periods and during annual mill outages.

Requirements

• Experience leading projects in an industrial environment.
• Proven experience effectively communicating with internal and external audiences.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Familiarity with AutoCAD products and MS Project.

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering.
• Experience leading projects involving mechanical equipment.
• Project Management experience in the pulp & paper industry.

Skills

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD products and MS Project.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
• Life Insurance
• Disability
• Retail
• Education Assistance
• Paid Vacation/Time Off
• Infertility Assistance
• Paid Parental Leave
• Adoption Assistance