Electrical Engineer - All Mills

Packaging Corporation of America•DeRidder, LA

43d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking resumes for a full-time Electrical Engineer. This application may lead to one of three potential job titles depending on mill needs: Electrical Reliability Engineer, Electrical Project Engineer, or Process Controls Engineer. The primary responsibilities for each of these titles are detailed below. Electrical Reliability Engineer Work safely and support mill safety, environmental, quality, productivity, and electrical reliability expectations across assigned maintenance areas. Provide technical direction, troubleshooting support, and problem-solving assistance for electrical equipment, systems, and maintenance issues. Develop, manage, and improve electrical maintenance strategies, preventive and predictive maintenance programs, equipment tracking, rebuild programs, and documentation. Support daily, monthly, and annual outage work through planning, scheduling, contractor coordination, training, spare parts planning, and field support. Use equipment history, repair costs, root cause failure analysis, and operating data to reduce downtime, improve planning, and increase electrical equipment reliability. Additional duties as assigned by management. Electrical Project Engineer Work safely and support mill safety, environmental, quality, productivity, and project execution expectations across assigned electrical projects. Develop project scopes, budgets, schedules, material requirements, equipment specifications, vendor coordination plans, and startup support plans. Coordinate contractors, vendors, maintenance, operations, engineering, and other mill resources to support safe, efficient, on-time project execution. Analyze electrical processes, equipment performance, repair history, and cost information to identify improvement opportunities and support reliable, cost-effective operations. Additional duties as assigned by management. Process Control Engineer Work safely and support mill safety, environmental, quality, productivity, and control system reliability expectations across assigned process control areas. Provide technical direction, troubleshooting support, programming assistance, and control system solutions for operations, maintenance, engineering, and hourly electrical personnel. Coordinate the planning, programming, maintenance, and improvement of mill PLC, distributed control, quality control, HMI, and related process control systems. Analyze process and control system performance to reduce costs, improve quality, minimize process variation, increase production, and improve equipment reliability. Support process improvement and capital projects through system design, installation, startup, technology implementation, control tuning, and collaboration with operations, maintenance, and engineering teams. Additional duties as assigned by management.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, electrical engineering technology or related field
0-4 years of experience in electrical engineering
Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
Must have valid driver’s license
Experience using Auto Cad, Microsoft Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and Project

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with instrumentation and controls systems
Experience in related fields or co-op/internships in paper industry
Students that sign up for interviews during the Career Fairs and On-Campus Interview days at the schools listed below will be given first consideration.
Currently a member of the paper foundation at the following schools: Auburn University, Georgia Tech University, University of Maine, Miami University (Ohio), University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, NC State University, SUNY ESF, University of Washington – Seattle, Western Michigan University, University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, or currently enrolled at any State University or Technological University in the following states: AL, FL, GA, IL, ID, LA, MI, MN, MS, NC, ND, OH, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI.

Responsibilities

Provide technical direction, troubleshooting support, and problem-solving assistance for electrical equipment, systems, and maintenance issues.
Develop, manage, and improve electrical maintenance strategies, preventive and predictive maintenance programs, equipment tracking, rebuild programs, and documentation.
Support daily, monthly, and annual outage work through planning, scheduling, contractor coordination, training, spare parts planning, and field support.
Use equipment history, repair costs, root cause failure analysis, and operating data to reduce downtime, improve planning, and increase electrical equipment reliability.
Develop project scopes, budgets, schedules, material requirements, equipment specifications, vendor coordination plans, and startup support plans.
Coordinate contractors, vendors, maintenance, operations, engineering, and other mill resources to support safe, efficient, on-time project execution.
Analyze electrical processes, equipment performance, repair history, and cost information to identify improvement opportunities and support reliable, cost-effective operations.
Provide technical direction, troubleshooting support, programming assistance, and control system solutions for operations, maintenance, engineering, and hourly electrical personnel.
Coordinate the planning, programming, maintenance, and improvement of mill PLC, distributed control, quality control, HMI, and related process control systems.
Analyze process and control system performance to reduce costs, improve quality, minimize process variation, increase production, and improve equipment reliability.
Support process improvement and capital projects through system design, installation, startup, technology implementation, control tuning, and collaboration with operations, maintenance, and engineering teams.