Electrical Reliability Engineer - Motor Champion

International Paper • Bogalusa, LA

6d • $110,000 - $130,000 • Onsite

About The Position

This position leads efforts in maintaining and troubleshooting problems with mill-wide equipment and systems and will establish root cause of failures. The expectation is to provide ongoing improvements in mill-wide reliability. The position must provide effective planning to achieve timely repairs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering preferred.
• 5+ years of operations, maintenance, and/or engineering experience in a paper manufacturing environment in the electrical field.
• Demonstrate safety leadership while supporting broad based participation in the mill’s safety process.
• Continue to develop a team-based organization committed to employee participation and teamwork to ensure the success of the mill.
• Maintain a focus on developing a strong reliability culture where a clear partnership exists between Maintenance, Operations and Engineering.
• Manage spending to meet budgeted manufacturing costs by monitoring cost drivers, addressing issues proactively, and pursuing opportunities for cost reduction through improved methods and efficiencies.
• Foster a culture that supports basic care and improved reliability with goals to reduce the number of reliability recordables and the average cost per reliability recordable.
• Demonstrated ability to focus on closing realizable gaps and obtain success.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary owner of all mill motors, ensuring their performance, reliability, maintenance planning, and continuous improvement.
• Coordinate with department managers, area maintenance supervision, and reliability team to develop and implement electrical reliability improvement processes.
• Generate appropriate procedures or practices that positively impact reliability. Lead projects as needed to support the work execution teams in the areas of equipment access or modifications.
• Monitor, track, and meet maintenance budget for area reliability metrics, including costs, labor, repairs, and contractor services.
• Properly develop maintenance plans that appropriately and economically optimize the life of the equipment.
• Achieve target performance goals for machine performance and efficiency. Enhance reliability metrics mill wide.
• Ensure mill area integrated action plans on electrical reliability elements are in place and executed.
• Provide training in areas such as lubrication, RCFA, and Preventive Maintenance.
• Manage in a goal-oriented environment to deliver targeted results in the areas of Safety, Employee Engagement, and Reliability Excellence.
• Provide mentorship to electrical leaders in the mill, including those outside of the reliability organization.

Benefits

• International Paper offers a benefits package that includes health, welfare and retirement plans including 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, and Voluntary Benefits including insurance for home, auto, vision and pets
• Leadership training, promotional opportunities
• We continue to build a better future for people, the planet, and our company! IP has been a good steward of sustainable practices across communities around the world for more than 125 years. Join our team and you’ll see why our team members say they’re Proud to be IP.
• International Paper promotes employee well-being by providing safe, caring and inclusive workplaces. We have team members all around the world with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. These are our strengths. We are committed to creating a culture where all individuals are respected, valued, engaged and have an opportunity to do their best work every day. We invite you to bring your uniqueness, creativity, talents, experiences, and safety mindset to be a part of our increasingly inclusive and diverse culture.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees