Capital Project Engineer

International Paper • Pine Hill, AL

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Capital Project Engineer will provide visible and active leadership in delivering excellent safety results. This role is accountable to deliver success from project development through project implementation, identifying and implementing capital solutions to improve safety, reliability, and/or quality issues. The engineer will engage project customers, including business unit and other mill leaders, throughout the process to ensure department and mill objectives are addressed and to deliver world-class results. They will meet and/or exceed financial and timeline objectives, including start-up and operation at or above project goals. This role involves managing multiple projects simultaneously, coordinating project execution, and developing strong relationships with regional engineering organization (REO) staff engineers. The engineer will approve design for all engineering phases throughout the capital project process, review bid proposals and planned work spending to ensure maximum value is achieved, and support the development and execution of a multi-year capital plan, ensuring progress versus plan for timely project completion. Additionally, the role involves implementing and improving systems necessary to sustain world-class capital project processes (e.g., GMS, IP Project Delivery Process, Design for Reliability Process), supporting the 5S program through project implementation, and identifying and implementing cost reduction strategies. The engineer will coordinate with other disciplines for integrated design, perform troubleshooting and de-bottlenecking of existing facilities, develop or alter standard project specifications, review design and engineering data for completeness and accuracy, analyze designs for efficiency, and review vendor/fabricator quotations. Field work to obtain accurate design information and provide construction and startup assistance are also key responsibilities. The role requires willingness to work weekends and extra hours during shutdowns to meet project goals and fulfill weekend duty team leadership roles.

Requirements

• Five (5) years post college experience required with project engineering experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical, or Civil) or construction management is required; equivalent practical experience managing capital projects may be considered.

Nice To Haves

• Supervisory experience is preferred with preference given to candidates with experience managing a project/maintenance engineering team.
• Experience working in a fully integrated paper mill is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible and active leadership in delivering excellent safety results
• Identify and implement capital solutions to improve safety, reliability, and/or quality issues
• Accountable to deliver success from project development through project implementation
• Engage project customers including business unit and other mill leaders throughout the process to ensure department and mill objectives are addressed and to deliver world class results
• Meet and/or exceed financial and timeline objectives, including start-up and operation at or above project goals
• Manage multiple projects at any given time
• Coordinate project execution and develop strong relationships with regional engineering organization (REO) staff engineers
• Approve design for all engineering phases throughout capital project process
• Review bid proposals and planned work spending to ensure maximum value is achieved
• Support development and execution of multi-year capital plan, as well as ensuring progress vs. plan for timely project completion
• Implement and improve systems necessary to sustain world class capital project processes (e.g. GMS, IP Project Delivery Process, Design for Reliability Process)
• Support 5S program through the lens of project implementation, including design features to support same
• Identify and implement cost reduction strategies that reduce the cost of ownership
• Coordinate with other disciplines to ensure an integrated design that meets the project requirements
• Perform troubleshooting and/or de-bottlenecking of existing facilities to optimize production
• Develop or alter standard project specifications to meet specific project requirements
• Review of design and engineering data (drawings and other documents) to verify completeness and accuracy
• Analyze designs for efficiency of construction, use of materials, integrity and practicality of design
• Review certain vendor / fabricator quotations, shop drawings, and related submittals
• Perform the necessary field work to obtain accurate information for the design
• Provide construction and startup assistance
• Fulfill weekend duty team leadership role for Maintenance or assigned Business Units

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Life insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• 401(k)
• Company-funded retirement contributions
• Paid Time Off
• Education & Development (including Tuition Reimbursement)
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance
• Voluntary Benefits including insurance for home, auto, vision and pets

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level