Mechanical Engineer

Pratt Industries • Conyers, GA

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About The Position

The Mechanical Engineer maintains and updates drawings and develops, plans, quotes, and implements capital and maintenance projects. The role is responsible for meeting project schedules and budgets, identifying process improvement opportunities, and serving as an on-call technical resource for the Mechanical Department. It also supports maintenance troubleshooting, technical documentation, maintenance procedures and quality specifications, and the technical growth and training of mill personnel.

The role promotes safety by ensuring safety procedures are followed and addressing safety systems and guarding. It supports equipment reliability by evaluating and modifying preventive maintenance schedules to optimize uptime, assisting with root-cause failure analysis, and developing corrective solutions.

Pratt Industries is a paper and packaging company with more than 9,000 employees and manufacturing facilities in more than twenty states. It operates paper mills and sheet and box plants and describes its work as committed to recycling and the environment by harvesting the urban forest.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, preferably Mechanical Engineering.
• Industrial experience, preferably in pulp and paper.
• Knowledge of mechanical systems, including pumps, gearboxes, lubrication, vibration, piping, welding, hydraulics, pneumatics, and thermal systems.
• Computer skills, including AutoCAD and Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and update drawings.
• Develop the scope, plan, quote, and implement capital and maintenance projects.
• Meet project schedules and budgets.
• Identify process improvement opportunities.
• Provide on-call support for the Mechanical Department as a technical resource.
• Develop maintenance procedures and quality specifications.
• Assist with maintenance troubleshooting.
• Maintain technical documents.
• Assist with the technical growth and training of mill personnel.
• Ensure safety procedures are followed by all employees.
• Address safety systems and guarding.
• Evaluate and modify preventive maintenance schedules to optimize uptime.
• Assist with root-cause failure analysis and develop corrective solutions.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation plans with incentive opportunities.
• Medical insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Disability insurance.
• All State benefits.
• Pre-Paid Legal.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Paid vacation.
• Paid holidays.
• Childbearing and parental leave.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time