Electrical Engineer I

Clearwater Paper Corporation

53d•Onsite

About The Position

The Electrical Engineer will provide service to develop and implement capital projects. The position will assist maintenance and operations with technical analyses and designs to improve existing processes and equipment. Use engineering standards and specifications in the design and construction of projects. Project Management Work as a liaison between Maintenance, Operations, and Engineering teams Develops cost estimates, plans, and schedules for new projects Aids with the preparation, submittal, and authorization for capital expenditures and major repairs Prepares request for quotations, evaluates proposals, and issues contracts for equipment purchases, material purchases, design services, and construction Circulates updated drawings and documentation to members of the project team Reviews and approves any change orders Coordinates project installations to have minimum impact on on-going operations Inspects work to ensure compliance with contract documents Performs safety inspections to promote job safety and eliminate safety incidents on projects Ensures project installation follows safe work practices by both contractors and Clearwater Paper employees Provides regular status reports on projects Assists with the management of project scope and budget to the approved project plan Maintains project documentation to include drawing revisions, equipment files, and updated mill records Initiates the pre-start-up safety review to ensure equipment is ready for start-up Works with maintenance and operations departments to ensure successful project implementation Drives a post start-up punch list to meet the goals of the project Verifies existing equipment layouts and dimensions Provides engineering analysis during selection and optimization of equipment Facilitates detailed design drawings for equipment installations Coordinates design activities with consulting engineers and equipment manufacturers Reviews and approves equipment and engineering drawings Reliability Engineering Work as a strategic partner in the electrical and instrumentation department primarily in failure prevention and long-term support Work with condition monitoring program to reduces RED’s list (Vibration, IR, etc.) Work with system analysis tools and vendors to better the system power quality Support site power system study and model updates (Relay Protection, Easy Power Model, etc. Perform BDA/RCA/RCFA/5-Whys/defect elimination on contributors of yield, utilization, and capacity losses due to failures attributed to equipment, processes, etc Work with other disciplines within the reliability team to update and improve current criticality model Define critical spares and BOM’s as needed Verify critical spare list is updated annually. Work with engineering to verify BOM’s are in place after commissioning Work with group on outage oversight and management of MCC’s, emergency generators, switchgear, UPS systems, transformers, and battery backup systems Maintenance and Operational Assistance Provides technical assistance to trouble-shoot equipment and/or operating problems Reviews options and recommends solutions to resolve operating and/or maintenance issues Coordinates contractor’s activities for contracted-out maintenance work during equipment downtimes

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering required
Proficient in Microsoft Office Word and Excel
Proficient in AutoCAD, and or Solid Works
Ability to quickly learn new programs such as JD Edwards, MS Project, etc.
Industrial Environment – subject to extreme heat and cold
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) must be worn in the mill environment
Noisy, dusty, and working around moving equipment
Office and Mill environment
Personal Protective Equipment required in mill environment
Dirt, noise, odor, and temperature extremes
Climbing stairs, ladders, and scaffolding
Primarily weekday work, with night and weekend on call rotation, and night and or weekend work as required to complete assignments

Nice To Haves

Manufacturing internship preferred
Project Management experience preferred
Easy power experience preferred
Microsoft Project Experience Preferred

Responsibilities

Work as a liaison between Maintenance, Operations, and Engineering teams
Develops cost estimates, plans, and schedules for new projects
Aids with the preparation, submittal, and authorization for capital expenditures and major repairs
Prepares request for quotations, evaluates proposals, and issues contracts for equipment purchases, material purchases, design services, and construction
Circulates updated drawings and documentation to members of the project team
Reviews and approves any change orders
Coordinates project installations to have minimum impact on on-going operations
Inspects work to ensure compliance with contract documents
Performs safety inspections to promote job safety and eliminate safety incidents on projects
Ensures project installation follows safe work practices by both contractors and Clearwater Paper employees
Provides regular status reports on projects
Assists with the management of project scope and budget to the approved project plan
Maintains project documentation to include drawing revisions, equipment files, and updated mill records
Initiates the pre-start-up safety review to ensure equipment is ready for start-up
Works with maintenance and operations departments to ensure successful project implementation
Drives a post start-up punch list to meet the goals of the project
Verifies existing equipment layouts and dimensions
Provides engineering analysis during selection and optimization of equipment
Facilitates detailed design drawings for equipment installations
Coordinates design activities with consulting engineers and equipment manufacturers
Reviews and approves equipment and engineering drawings
Work as a strategic partner in the electrical and instrumentation department primarily in failure prevention and long-term support
Work with condition monitoring program to reduces RED’s list (Vibration, IR, etc.)
Work with system analysis tools and vendors to better the system power quality
Support site power system study and model updates (Relay Protection, Easy Power Model, etc.
Perform BDA/RCA/RCFA/5-Whys/defect elimination on contributors of yield, utilization, and capacity losses due to failures attributed to equipment, processes, etc
Work with other disciplines within the reliability team to update and improve current criticality model
Define critical spares and BOM’s as needed
Verify critical spare list is updated annually. Work with engineering to verify BOM’s are in place after commissioning
Work with group on outage oversight and management of MCC’s, emergency generators, switchgear, UPS systems, transformers, and battery backup systems
Provides technical assistance to trouble-shoot equipment and/or operating problems
Reviews options and recommends solutions to resolve operating and/or maintenance issues
Coordinates contractor’s activities for contracted-out maintenance work during equipment downtimes