Engineer-Environmental

PCA • Filer City, MI

19d • $86,400 - $129,600

About The Position

Packaging Corporation of America is seeking an Environmental Engineer to examine and analyze existing systems and processes, support compliance with state and federal environmental regulations, and oversee environmental reporting. The position works closely with operations, maintenance, engineering, and process control personnel, and manages environmental capital projects within its scope of responsibility.

The successful candidate evaluates process changes, new equipment installations, and trial plans for process and chemical changes to help ensure compliance with applicable environmental and safety requirements. The role also makes recommendations regarding instrumentation and control for new process systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering or Environmental Engineering.
• 1–5 years of experience in process engineering or environmental engineering.
• Knowledge of pulp and paper-making, wastewater treatment, and recovery operations.
• Ability to work under pressure and within time constraints, multitask, and build sound relationships with internal and external customers.
• Excellent communication, analytical, organizational, and computer skills.
• Ability to make sound decisions independently through creative problem solving.
• Ability to work with ambiguity and change.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with instrumentation and control systems.
• Experience with public relations involving people outside the company.

Responsibilities

• Examine and analyze existing systems and processes for improvement or correction.
• Maintain compliance with state and federal environmental regulations.
• Complete environmental reporting.
• Recommend appropriate instrumentation and control for new process systems.
• Ensure process changes and new equipment installations comply with current environmental rules and regulations.
• Manage environmental capital projects within the scope of responsibility.
• Work closely with operations, maintenance, engineering, and process control personnel to accomplish assigned tasks.
• Ensure new or revised process systems conform to applicable state and federal environmental and safety standards.
• Review trial plans for process changes and chemical trials from an environmental perspective.

Benefits

• Three weeks of paid vacation per calendar year, prorated during the initial year based on start date.
• Paid holidays.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage available for enrollment within the first 30 days of employment for employees and dependents.
• Life, AD&D, and disability coverage, with automatic enrollment.
• Automatic enrollment in a 401(k) plan with pre-tax and Roth contribution options and employer matching contributions.

What This Job Offers

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