Process Control Engineer (Riverville Mill)

PCA • Gladstone, VA

98d

About The Position

As a Fortune 500 company, Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) is an ideas and solutions company. Our corrugated packaging business seeks to be the leader in helping our customers — large and small — package, transport and display products of all kinds. Our white paper business delivers Paper With Purpose by providing the highest level of customer service and operational excellence. We have approximately 15,000 team members in more than 100 locations in the United States that strive to meet the local needs of our customers. Our mission is to serve the needs of our customers, today and tomorrow, with products and services that exceed expectations for performance and environmental responsibility. We are seeking resumes for a Process Control Engineer's at our Gladstone, VA. Riverville Paper Mill. The Process Control Engineer is responsible for coordinating the planning, organizing, programming, and maintenance of all mill PLC, Distributed, and Quality Control Systems. Responsible for managing a group of hourly union journeyman technicians on a daily basis for programming PLC and Distributed Control Systems based on operational and engineering needs. The engineer will help to define and participate in the development of control system daily and preventative maintenance programs to improve reliability of all included control systems in the mill.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Chemical Engineering or equivalent education and experience required.
• A minimum of 2-5 years’ experience, or the equivalent, in Electrical or Chemical Engineering.
• Experience using Microsoft Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Project, and AutoCAD.
• Successful completion of drug screen required and authorization to work in the U.S.

Nice To Haves

• Pulp & Paper industry experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Providing technical direction, assistance, and solutions to hourly electrical maintenance and operating personnel.
• Work with key mechanical, reliability maintenance, and engineering personnel to support daily and monthly scheduled maintenance outages and annual outage jobs within the field of process control engineering.
• Some crossover activities to the electrical/mechanical maintenance programs will be required to deliver complete programs for all types of equipment.
• Work with maintenance/engineering and operations personnel to complete maintenance and capital projects.
• Provide management and programming support including: necessary programming, training, stocking of spare parts, preventive maintenance checklists, drawing creation, and updates for the maintenance/engineering personnel as needed.
• Supports the Mills goals for safety, environmental, and other areas of need.
• Focus on Process Control supervision of hourly union work force, supervision of programming of all mill control systems for daily activities, and capital projects and control system equipment reliability.
• Manage the control system equipment tracking programs and systems PM programs.
• Utilize predictive & preventative maintenance programs to identify and correct equipment issues.
• Input and update equipment information and documentation.
• Develop equipment manuals for precision inspection and maintenance of the control systems in the mill.
• Manage assigned work for monthly and annual outages.
• Assist with MS Project timelines for monthly and annual outages.
• Plan and execute capital projects for maintenance replacements of control systems equipment.
• Effectively manage jobs for best result at lowest cost.
• Look for opportunities to solve issues, reduce cost, and improve planning performance.
• Solve problems utilizing the mill’s RCFA program.
• Effectively manages contractors for performing jobs.
• Performs other responsibilities as needed.

Benefits

• Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision
• 401k with company matching
• Retirement Savings Plan
• Educational Assistance Program
• 11 paid holidays
• 3 Weeks of Vacation Time
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees