Capital Project Engineer: Lead Safe Reliable Mill Upgrades

International Paper Company; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 89,000 - 119,000; Full time

Job summary

International Paper Company in Pine Hill, AL is seeking a Capital Project Engineer to lead capital projects from development through startup. You will drive safety, reliability, and quality, coordinating with REO staff engineers and mill leaders to meet scope, schedule, and budget.

The role requires a bachelor's degree in engineering and 5 years post‑college project engineering experience, with supervisory exposure and experience in a paper mill preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical, or Civil) or construction management is required; equivalent practical experience may be considered.
• Five (5) years post college experience required with project engineering experience preferred.
• Supervisory experience is preferred with preference given to candidates with experience managing a project/maintenance engineering team.
• Experience working in a fully integrated paper mill is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible and active leadership in delivering excellent safety results
• Identify and implement capital solutions to improve safety, reliability, and/or quality issues
• Accountable to deliver success from project development through project implementation
• Engage project customers including business unit and other mill leaders throughout the process to ensure department and mill objectives are addressed and to deliver world class results
• Meet and/or exceed financial and timeline objectives, including start-up and operation at or above project goals
• Manage multiple projects at any given time
• Coordinate project execution and develop strong relationships with regional engineering organization (REO) staff engineers
• Approve design for all engineering phases throughout capital project process
• Review bid proposals and planned work spending to ensure maximum value is achieved
• Support development and execution of multi-year capital plan, as well as ensuring progress vs. plan for timely project completion
• Implement and improve systems necessary to sustain world class capital project processes (e.g. GMS, IP Project Delivery Process, Design for Reliability Process)
• Support 5S program through the lens of project implementation, including design features to support same
• Identify and implement cost reduction strategies that reduce the cost of ownership
• Coordinate with other disciplines to ensure an integrated design that meets the project requirements
• Perform troubleshooting and/or de-bottlenecking of existing facilities to optimize production
• Develop or alter standard project specifications to meet specific project requirements
• Review of design and engineering data (drawings and other documents) to verify completeness and accuracy
• Analyze designs for efficiency of construction, use of materials, integrity and practicality of design
• Review certain vendor / fabricator quotations, shop drawings, and related submittals
• Perform the necessary field work to obtain accurate information for the design
• Provide construction and startup assistance
• Willing to work weekends and extra hours on shutdowns to meet project goals
• Fulfill weekend duty team leadership role for Maintenance or assigned Business Units

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Safety leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or construction management

Job description

International Paper Company in Pine Hill, AL is seeking a Capital Project Engineer to lead capital projects from development through startup. You will drive safety, reliability, and quality, coordinating with REO staff engineers and mill leaders to meet scope, schedule, and budget.

The role requires a bachelor's degree in engineering and 5 years post‑college project engineering experience, with supervisory exposure and experience in a paper mill preferred.