Senior Process Engineer

Dawn Staffing Solutions Inc; Pickering; On-site; CAD 122,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

Dawn Staffing Solutions Inc. is seeking an experienced Senior Process Engineer to support manufacturing operations near Pickering, Ontario. This role requires 8–12 years in process engineering within continuous manufacturing, with at least 5 years in pulp and paper.

Experience on a commercial paper machine is preferred. The position offers challenging multi-site responsibilities, process optimization, and capital project support in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 8–12 years of process engineering experience in continuous manufacturing.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on pulp and paper manufacturing experience.

Responsibilities

• Own process performance from stock preparation to reel across three Ontario mills.
• Lead troubleshooting for runnability issues, sheet defects, breaks, and grade changes.
• Maintain mass, water, and energy balances across stock prep, wet end, and effluent treatment.
• Optimize process controls, including PID loops, DCS systems, and control strategies.
• Lead root cause investigations and implement solutions to prevent recurring issues.
• Standardize process parameters, operating windows, SOPs, and best practices across mills.
• Lead multi-site process improvement projects and support site engineers when needed.
• Design and manage mill trials, including planning, execution, analysis, and recommendations.
• Support commissioning, startup, and performance validation of capital projects.
• Use process, lab, historian, and DCS data to identify improvement opportunities and track KPIs.

Skills

Process optimization

Troubleshooting

Root cause analysis

Project leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Engineering degree (Chemical or Mechanical or Pulp & Paper)

Tools

DCS systems

Process historians

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Process Engineer to support our client's manufacturing operations close to Pickering. ON.

Pay - Upto $135K

Responsibilities

• Own process performance from stock preparation to reel across three Ontario mills.
• Lead troubleshooting for runnability issues, sheet defects, breaks, and grade changes.
• Maintain mass, water, and energy balances across stock prep, wet end, and effluent treatment.
• Optimize process controls, including PID loops, DCS systems, and control strategies.
• Lead root cause investigations and implement solutions to prevent recurring issues.
• Standardize process parameters, operating windows, SOPs, and best practices across mills.
• Lead multi-site process improvement projects and support site engineers when needed.
• Design and manage mill trials, including planning, execution, analysis, and recommendations.
• Support commissioning, startup, and performance validation of capital projects.
• Use process, lab, historian, and DCS data to identify improvement opportunities and track KPIs.

Requirements

• Engineering degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Pulp & Paper, or a related discipline.
• 8-12 years of process engineering experience in continuous manufacturing.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on pulp and paper manufacturing experience required.
• Experience owning process performance on a commercial paper machine; recycled linerboard or containerboard experience is an asset.