Process Engineer

Smurfit Westrock • Dublin, GA

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About The Position

The Process Engineer is responsible for managing technical projects aimed at product and process problem-solving and/or improvements, cost reduction, and profitability enhancements. Process engineers provide technical assistance to each of the mill's departments to achieve the mill's goals and objectives through deployment of continuous improvement processes.

Requirements

• Chemical Engineering or Paper Engineering and Paper Science, or related bachelor's degree.
• 4+ years of experience in a process engineering role preferred.
• Work experience in the paper or related industry is preferred.
• PI Training is preferred.
• Proficient computer skills including experience with Microsoft Office - Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Excellent problem-solving ability.
• Ability to communicate technical data and statistics in verbal, written, and presentation styles effectively across all departments and levels of personnel.
• Strong organizational and leadership skills.
• Ability to collaborate across all relevant internal mill colleagues, with corporate EMS teams, and with OEM / materials vendors.
• Demonstrated time management and multi-tasking skills.
• Deliver presentations to operations team and leadership providing an executive-level summary of Process Excellence projects.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Lean Six Sigma methodologies.
• Familiarity with paper mill operations and processes.

Responsibilities

• Improve operating efficiency and performance while minimizing process variation. Reduce or eliminate waste-generating streams.
• Partner with operations, maintenance, and engineering to understand targeted mill processes. Seek to assist teams with achieving system design.
• Provide operators, operations leadership, engineering and other resources with analytical support and problem-solving services.
• Drive continuous process improvement deploying Lean Six Sigma principles, tools and procedures.
• Close the gaps in production inefficiencies by reducing variances of process inputs, flow, and performance targeting sustainable costs and profitability.
• Deploy Lean Six Sigma methodologies to eliminate waste and process variation with the intent to make our processes stable and predictable.
• Use appropriate technical tools and instrumentation to gather field data.
• Serve as the owner and subject matter expert for OSI PI Server and Aveva PI System.
• Use the system support tools to provide analyses and process graphics. Develop, deploy and train personnel in the use of specific PI Vision pages.
• Troubleshoot specific unit operations around the mill to determine possible improvements.
• Set up trials, MOC's, trial plans, and PAS documentation. Take ownership of results by summarizing and reporting findings, publishing and communicating conclusions and recommendations, and following-up action items.
• Develop and apply technical expertise to become a specific subject matter expert.
• Willingness to learn how to lead mill personnel as a shift operations manager, from time to time.

What This Job Offers

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