Senior/Staff Engineer Fiberline & Bleach

This position can be home based and will report to the Sr. Director of CPG PPR & Secondary Fiber. The role supports multiple groups and disciplines across operations and technical centers to improve asset performance, reliability, and overall manufacturing competitive position, with a focus on consumer products group mills and broader GP manufacturing as needed.

Responsibilities

• Comply with Environmental, Health and Safety expectations in all activities with the objective of achieving zero incidents
• Proactively help identify Environmental, Health and Safety hazards and risks and collaborate with the appropriate resources to reduce risk of incidents
• Develop strong relationships with constituents in Operations, Engineering, and Business teams
• Perform benchmarking for asset health and asset performance related to pulp and bleaching operations and help develop and execute plans to drive improved performance
• Analyze existing systems and develop strategies for improving safety, reliability, efficiency, asset uptime, quality, and manufacturing cost while collaborating across facilities and support teams
• Collaborate with remote monitoring resources to develop and optimize monitoring strategies for asset health and operation
• Support facility outages from planning and scoping work through execution (typically on-site) and ensure adherence to good maintenance planning, execution, and GP standards
• Identify capital improvement opportunities and partner with sites and engineering teams on development, execution, commissioning, and start-up of capital projects
• Create value through technical support of multiple mill operations and being a valued resource in their day-to-day operations
• Provide “urgent care”, both remotely and in-person, when needed to address operational upsets and problems in facilities
• Actively support the Technical Development Program (TDP) for engineers and leaders in pulp and bleaching through mentoring, on-site training, training material development, and board review assessment of trainees
• Support the development and implementation of Design, Operate, and Maintain (DOM) standards for associated systems and assets for pulp and bleaching operations
• Work with manufacturing sites to adhere to DOM standards

Personal Attributes

• Proven demonstrated capability of leading through influence and working with and through large cross-functional teams
• Personal technical knowledge and experience in pulp and bleaching manufacturing/operations with demonstrated capability to drive sustainable improvement in manufacturing results including safety, environmental performance, and competitive position
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with demonstrated ability to build strong relationships at all levels of an organization
• Demonstrated process engineering capability with equipment sizing, troubleshooting, and optimization and experience with heat and material balances/dynamic modeling
• Strong financial and analytical skills, with ability to collect, distill, and analyze data to identify key insights
• Ability to recognize potential issues, identify alternatives, and make recommendations
• Demonstrated team/group facilitation experience – meetings, knowledge sharing, problem solving, etc.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology with a preference for Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Pulp and Paper Science
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in the pulp & bleaching operations engineering
• Knowledge of theoretical and practical aspects of the design, construction, operations, and maintenance of assets in scope of responsibility
• Demonstrated experience in process improvement and process optimization
• Demonstrated experience in projects and implementation of project activities
• Ability to travel up to 80% of the time, sometimes on short-notice

Qualifications (Preferred)

• 10+ years of experience in the pulp & bleaching operations and engineering with experience in secondary fiber processing a plus
• Experience in secondary fiber processing

Pay

For this role, we anticipate paying $130k - $200k per year (depending on experience). This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement
• Paid vacation/time off, educational assistance
• May include infertility assistance, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance