Engineer-Environmental

Packaging Corporation of America; Michigan; On-site; USD 86,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

401(k) with company match

Life and disability coverage

Job summary

PCA, a Fortune 500 company, is seeking a process/environmental engineer in Michigan to analyze and improve systems, ensuring regulatory compliance and managing environmental capital projects. You will partner with operations, maintenance and engineering to implement sustainable improvements.

Ideal candidates have a chemical or environmental engineering background, 1–5 years of related experience, and familiarity with instrumentation and control systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or Environmental Engineering required.
• 1–5 years of experience in process or environmental engineering.
• Knowledge of pulp & paper-making, wastewater treatment, and recovery operations.
• Familiarity with instrumentation and control systems is a plus.
• Ability to work under pressure, multi-task, and build relationships with customers.

Responsibilities

• Examine and analyze existing systems and processes for improvement and/or correction.
• Maintain compliance with state and federal environmental regulations.
• Environmental reporting.
• Make recommendations for instrumentation and control of new process systems.
• Ensure process changes or new equipment abide by environmental rules and safety standards.
• Manage environmental capital projects within scope.
• Collaborate with operations, maintenance, engineering and process control personnel.

Skills

Communication

Analytical

Organizational

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or Environmental Engineering

Tools

Instrumentation & control systems

Job description

As a Fortune 500 company, Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) is an ideas and solutions company. Our corrugated packaging business seeks to be the leader in helping our customers - large and small - package, transport and display products of all kinds. Our white paper business delivers Paper With Purpose by providing the highest level of customer service and operational excellence. We have approximately 15,000 team members in more than 100 locations in the United States that strive to meet the local needs of our customers. Our mission is to serve the needs of our customers, today and tomorrow, with products and services that exceed expectations for performance and environmental responsibility.

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Principle Accountabilities:

• Examine and analyze existing systems and processes for improvement and/or correction.
• Maintain compliance with state and federal environmental regulations.
• Environmental reporting.
• Make recommendations for appropriate instrumentation and control of new process systems.
• Insure that process changes or new equipment installation abide by current environmental rules and regulations.
• Manage environmental capital projects within scope of responsibility.
• Interact closely with operations, maintenance, engineering and process control personnel in the accomplishment of assigned tasks.
• Insure that any new or revised process systems conform to all applicable state and/or federal environmental and safety standards.
• Environmental review of trial plans for process changes and chemical trials.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or Environmental Engineering.
• Applicants must have 1 - 5 years' experience in process engineering or environmental engineering.
• Knowledge of pulp & paper-making, waste-water treatment, and recovery operations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with instrumentation and control systems.
• Public relations with people outside of the company.

The successful candidate must possess the following Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Must be able to work well under pressure and within time constraints, multi-task, and build sound relationships with both internal and external customers.
• Must exhibit excellent communication, analytical, organizational and computer skills.
• Must be capable of independently making sound decisions through creative problem solving.
• Must be capable of working with ambiguity and change.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

• Starting salary range for position: $86,400 - 129,600
• Paid Vacation: Three (3) weeks per calendar year. Pro-rata Vacation during the initial year of hire based upon start date within the calendar year.

• Paid Holidays.
• Within the first 30 days of employment, an employee (and their dependents) is eligible to enroll in certain benefit coverages - medical, dental, and vision - and are automatically enrolled in life, AD&D, and disability coverages.
• Upon hire, an employee is automatically enrolled in the 401k plan. The plan offers both pre-tax and Roth contribution options along with employer provided matching contributions.
• Disclaimer: The Compensation and Benefits information in this posting represents PCA's good faith and reasonable estimate of what it may pay for this position. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

PCA is an Equal Opportunity Employer