Senior Electrical Engineer

International Paper•Pine Hill, AL

26d•$108,200 - $144,300•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Electrical Engineer will be responsible for the coordination of all phases of capital projects, from business justification to start-up. This includes business case development, evaluation and selection of technical alternatives, development of detailed cost estimates and execution plans, design engineering, construction management, commissioning, and start-up. The role involves independently managing small projects or a single major project, with responsibility for budget, schedule, and technical performance. The Senior Electrical Engineer will also support the skills development of less experienced team members and ensure engagement and alignment from project constituents and team members, including outside resources like engineering partners and contractors. Additionally, the role encompasses overall management of the procurement process, including bid analysis, negotiation, awarding of work, expediting, factory acceptance activities, and resolving contract issues. For major projects engineered by contracted resources, the Senior Electrical Engineer will determine appropriate engineering deliverables and manage contractor processes. The position also involves owning the Equipment Reliability Strategy, including Criticalities Assessment, maintenance strategy definition, development, administration, and refinement of equipment care programs. This includes developing predictive and preventative maintenance routes and programs, championing Asset Class Management, and supporting core teams by resolving technical issues, coaching maintenance personnel, and participating in various team initiatives. The role also focuses on Failure Elimination, facilitating Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), coordinating priorities with operations, and participating in work order prioritization and management of change processes. Finally, the Senior Electrical Engineer will contribute to Capital and Repair Projects by maintaining a 5-year repair plan for the area and participating in Capital Plan development.

Requirements

Ten (10) or more years of project management or reliability experience
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related engineering degree
Experience in a Pulp, Paper or Power facility preferred
Self-directed and driven, requiring minimum supervision
Technical knowledge in DCS, PLC, and power distribution systems. In depth knowledge of one or more areas
Leadership skills, managerial courage and execution process
Analyze problems and develop solutions independently or with teams
Utilize strong organizational skills and strategic planning
Engineering management or senior project management preferred

Responsibilities

Coordination of all phases of capital project from business justification to start-up including; business case development, evaluation selection of technical alternatives, development of detailed cost estimates and execution plans, design engineering construction management, commissioning and start up.
Independently manage many small projects or a single major project with the responsibility for managing budget, schedule and technical performance.
Support the skills development of less experienced team members
Assure engagement and alignment from required project constituents and team members for all projects, including outside resources such as engineering partners and contractors.
Overall management of the procurement process including bid analysis (commercial and technical). Work with global sourcing and purchasing to coordinate negotiation and awarding of work associated with the procurement of equipment and services, expediting, factory acceptance activities and resolving contract issues.
Managing major projects that are engineered by contracted engineering resources, including determining the appropriate engineering deliverables (design and documentation) for assigned projects and management of engineering contractor processes, procedures and workflow.
Equipment Reliability Strategy
Criticalities Assessment Owner: lead development effort and keep criticalities current
Owns maintenance strategy. Reliability Engineers are responsible for defining, developing, administering, and refining the equipment care programs.
Predictive Maintenance: develop routes; ensure communication between core team and technician
Preventative Maintenance: develop PM mechanics for each area; develop routes and manage the program and communication with core teams
Champion Asset Class Management in area – Establish cradle to grave strategy for critical equipment types.
Support Core teams: help resolve technical issues or repair procedures as required; coach maintenance FLLs as needed; EDP Oversight; Precision Motor Program; IEPM; MWS Team participation
Failure Elimination
RCFA Facilitation: champion use of RCFA for the area. Does not lead all RCFA, but ensures engagement of workforce, proper root causes identified, and action items are completed
Coordinate priorities with operations
MWS Work participation: participate in prioritizing Area work orders; ensure Indirect Work Order / Management of Change identified as required; ensure proper preventive maintenance shutdown work is completed; annual outage work
Capital and Repair Projects
Facility Plan Development: maintain 5 yr repair plan for area
Participate in Capital Plan development