Process Engineer
About The Position
What if you were given the opportunity and responsibility to make a difference? At International Paper, you control your destiny. We offer challenging assignments and total rewards in countries around the world. When we say infinite possibilities, we mean it. Apply now and join a community that improves people's lives, the planet and our company's performance by transforming renewable resources into products people depend on every day. The Manufacturing Excellence Resource - PPR is a Manufacturing Excellence support position in the Pulp, Power and Recovery process areas. This position reports to the Manager of Manufacturing Excellence with a dotted line to the Pulp Business Unit Manager and Power Business Unit Manager. The ME Resource will organize and implement improvement efforts across the Pulp and Power departments. The ME Resource will directly lead improvement initiatives and will support the training and development of ME skills within the Pulp and Power teams. The ME Resource will support the mentoring and technical/professional development of ECT (Early Career Talent) engineers and co-op students as they begin their careers with IP.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical, or chemical engineering is preferred with 2 years of operations, maintenance, and/or engineering experience in a paper manufacturing environment, with at least 2 years within the Pulp area.
- Qualified candidates will have a high level of understanding of ME principles. Should be willing to achieve Green Belt certification within 24 months. Exhibited competency using Lean tools.
- Good communication skills (written and verbal) are required.
- Ability to work equally effectively alone or within a team, as well as the ability to influence to drive results.
Responsibilities
- Directly deliver significant savings initiatives in alignment with the mill's goal of 3% YOY cost reduction.
- Lead multiple deliberate improvement and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Train Pulp and Power salaried and hourly resources as necessary to develop ME/Lean skills in the department and/or mill.
- Mentor belted resources and those seeking certification.
- Support the development of ECT Engineers.
- Maintain strong relationships with the ME group as well as operating and maintenance department leaders assigned to the areas.
- Influence Pulp and Power operations teams to incorporate ME systems and processes to support the sustainability of improvements as they are accomplished.
- Coordinate development of cost-reduction capital improvements.
- Be an extension of the Pulp and Power Operations groups and align contributions with each department's operational priorities.
- Aid in achieving Pulp and Power operations goals of improving safety, environmental compliance, meeting budget, reducing cost, and implementing sustainable systems. This will include but is not limited to safety meetings, day-to-day troubleshooting, providing data analytics support, facilitating OWS meetings, providing field day/annual outage support and working weekend duty.
- Be able to fill in for BUM, APM, TA, etc. as needed to provide seamless operational support.
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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Industry
Paper Manufacturing
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
