Electrical and controls engineer

Smurfit Westrock; Town of Vermont (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401k with match

Tuition reimbursement

Employee discounts

Employee referral bonus

Job summary

Smurfit WestRock is seeking an Electrical and Control Engineer to own the mill's electrical power distribution and control systems. The role collaborates with production, maintenance, and engineering to troubleshoot issues and drive improvement while safeguarding electrical safety.

Onsite at the Sheldon Springs mill in Vermont, you will lead capital projects and coordinate with internal teams and external vendors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field or equivalent experience.
• Strong understanding of AC/DC electrical control circuits and MV/LV power systems.
• 5+ years in project, operations, or maintenance engineering roles.

Responsibilities

• Own mill electrical power distribution and control systems.
• Troubleshoot electrical and control issues and develop timely solutions.
• Support maintenance outages, startup, and on-site troubleshooting.
• Train and coach electrical staff in troubleshooting and skills.
• Manage project drawings, scopes, costs, and schedules for capital/expense projects.
• Coordinate design activities with engineers, vendors, and mill personnel.

Skills

Electrical power distribution

Control systems

PLC programming

HMI/SCADA

VSD/VFD control

Safety program

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

PLC programming software

SCADA software

P&ID drafting tools

Job description

Position: Electrical and Control Engineer

Job Code: MEPCP2 + Eng II, Process Control

The Opportunity:

The Electrical & Control Engineer’s primary responsibility is ownership of the mill’s electrical power distribution and control systems. This role supports production, maintenance and a multi-disciplined engineering group with troubleshooting, project development, project management, facilitating electrical maintenance, managing the Mill’s electrical safety program, and continuous improvement opportunities. This is an onsite job position based at the paper mill in Sheldon Springs, VT.

How you will impact Smurfit WestRock:

This list identifies the essential functions. As with all jobs, all duties and responsibilities are not listed, and will vary based upon the department, team, and business needs.

• Support production, maintenance, and engineering departments to ensure safety, quality, reliability, continuous improvement, and cost savings
• Collaborate with team leaders, supervisors, engineers, operators, technicians, and department managers to meet Mill goals
• Troubleshoot electrical and control issues, contribute to root cause analysis, and develop timely solutions for production problems that arise
• Support, train, and coach electrical staff with troubleshooting and skill development
• Interpret, maintain, develop, and update technical documentation, including electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, control panel layouts, manuals, and software backups
• Support maintenance outages, startup, and on-site troubleshooting to ensure optimal performance
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and system upgrades to address obsolescence, enhance performance, reliability, and cost savings.
• Manage all phases of capital and expense projects from inception through equipment installation and start-up
• Develop project requirements, scopes, cost estimates, forecasts, and schedules.
• Develop and/or manage the preparation and review of drawings for assigned projects by working with engineering firms, vendors, and mill personnel.
• Coordinate all types of design activities including equipment sizing, P&ID’s, electrical, and process control.
• Manage the direction of consultants, contractors, and maintenance work associated with assigned capital and repair projects.
• Coordinate and supervise construction and startup activities with project teams, Maintenance, and Operations.
• Control project costs by monitoring expenditures to ensure projects are completed within budget and schedule.
• Assure all project drawings, documents, equipment information, manuals, etc. become part of the Engineering Document Control System.
• Management of the Mill's electrical maintenance program.
• Management of the Mill's electrical safety program
• Rotational on-call to facilitate unplanned weekend maintenance

What you need:

• A curiosity to understand how things work, solving technical problems, continuously learn, and sharing knowledge with others
• Persistent mindset and willingness to work through unfamiliar technical challenges
• Must be a team player able to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to handle multiple competing tasks and demands
• Organizational skills, with the ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form (technical and non-technical information)
• Must be comfortable in both a manufacturing and office setting
• Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology or related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Strong understanding of AC and DC electrical control circuits with hands-on experience
• Strong understanding of industrial electrical power systems including 2.4kVac Medium Voltage (MV) and 600Vac Low Voltage (LV)
• 5-years of experience in a project, operations, or maintenance engineering role
• Experience with PLC, HMI/SCADA, Variable Speed Drives system programing, testing, and troubleshooting
• Experience with MV/ LV motor control centers
• Able to understand pneumatic and hydraulic systems and related control components
• Basic understanding of IP subnet addressing

Preferred Qualifications:

• Work experience in the paper industry or similar industry
• Capital project development and management
• Experience with NFPA NEC, NFPA 70E, short circuit analysis, arc flash, and load calculations
• Experience with virtualized computer systems, advanced IP subnet routing, VLANs, firewalls

What we offer:

• Corporate culture based on integrity, respect, accountability, and excellence.
• Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities.
• An attractive salary reflecting skills, competencies, and potential.
• Benefits package to include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401k with match, tuition reimbursement, employee discounts, employee referral bonus, and much more!
• A career with a global packaging company where Sustainability, Safety and Inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of the daily work.