Project Engineer- Electrical

Responsibilities

• Manage all phases of capital projects from inception through equipment installation and start-up.
• Develop project scopes, cost estimates and schedules.
• Develop and/or manage the preparation of drawings for assigned projects by working with engineering firms, vendors, and mill personnel.
• Cover all type of design activities including equipment sizing, P&ID’s, piping, structural, electrical and process control.
• Review detailed engineering drawings developed by vendors and engineering consultants.
• Ensure project design and implementation abides by mill safety and environmental policies.
• Conduct project design review meetings.
• Manage the direction of consultants, contractors, and maintenance work associated with assigned capital and repair projects.
• Cookordination and supervision of construction and startup activities with project teams, Maintenance, and Operations.
• Control project costs by monitoring expenditures to assure projects are completed within budget and schedule.
• Provide accurate capital and expense cash flow forecasts.
• Assure all project drawings, documents, equipment information, manuals, etc. become part of the Engineering Document Control System.
• Cookordination with Operations, Maintenance, management, and other project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.
• Provide technical assistance and electrical engineering expertise to Operations and Maintenance departments to help resolve various operating or maintenance issues.
• Support and promote usage of the Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) process, Pareto charting, the use of equipment histories to further reduce variability, improve quality, reduce cost and/or enhance reliability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering
• Experience in an electrical engineering role within industrial manufacturing
• Experience in power / high voltage equipment is preferred
• Strong problem-solving and process-analysis skills to evaluate data and make decisions to drive process improvements
• Proven track record of leadership and collaboration within cross functional teams

Plus

• Project management experience, PMP Certification a plus (but not required)
• Drafting and CAD (AutoCAD) training/experience a plus
• Pulp & Paper experience preferred (but not required)