Process Control Engineer

Austin Community College

United States

On-site

USD 70,000 - 90,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision

401k with company matching

Vacation Time

Job summary

A leading packaging solutions company seeks a Process Control Engineer responsible for coordinating and maintaining mill control systems. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Chemical Engineering and 2-5 years of relevant experience. Strong analytical and leadership skills are essential. The position offers a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, retirement plans, and vacation time.

Qualifications

2-5 years of experience in Electrical or Chemical Engineering.
Ability to work well under pressure and manage multiple tasks.
Successful completion of drug screen required.

Responsibilities

Coordinate planning and maintenance of mill control systems.
Provide technical direction and assistance to staff.
Manage programming and maintenance projects.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Leadership skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Chemical Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Excel

AutoCAD

Microsoft Project

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.

We are seeking resumes for a Process Control Engineer's at our Gladstone, VA. Riverville Paper Mill.

The Process Control Engineer is responsible for coordinating the planning, organizing, programming, and maintenance of all mill PLC, Distributed, and Quality Control Systems. Responsible for managing a group of hourly union journeyman technicians on a daily basis for programming PLC and Distributed Control Systems based on operational and engineering needs. The engineer will help to define and participate in the development of control system daily and preventative maintenance programs to improve reliability of all included control systems in the mill.

Principle Accountabilities:

Providing technical direction, assistance, and solutions to hourly electrical maintenance and operating personnel.
Work with key mechanical, reliability maintenance, and engineering personnel to support daily and monthly scheduled maintenance outages and annual outage jobs within the field of process control engineering.
Some crossover activities to the electrical/mechanical maintenance programs will be required to deliver complete programs for all types of equipment.
Work with maintenance/engineering and operations personnel to complete maintenance and capital projects.
Provide management and programming support including: necessary programming, training, stocking of spare parts, preventive maintenance checklists, drawing creation, and updates for the maintenance/engineering personnel as needed.
Supports the Mills goals for safety, environmental, and other areas of need.
Focus on Process Control supervision of hourly union work force, supervision of programming of all mill control systems for daily activities, and capital projects and control system equipment reliability.
Manage the control system equipment tracking programs and systems PM programs.
Utilize predictive & preventive maintenance programs to identify and correct equipment issues.
Input and update equipment information and documentation.
Develop equipment manuals for precision inspection and maintenance of the control systems in the mill.
Manage assigned work for monthly and annual outages.
Assist with MS Project timelines for monthly and annual outages.
Plan and execute capital projects for maintenance replacements of control systems equipment.
Effectively manage jobs for best result at lowest cost.
Look for opportunities to solve issues, reduce cost, and improve planning performance.
Solve problems utilizing the mill’s RCFA program.
Effectively manages contractors for performing jobs.
Performs other responsibilities as needed.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Chemical Engineering or equivalent education and experience required.
A minimum of 2-5 years’ experience, or the equivalent, in Electrical or Chemical Engineering.
Experience using Microsoft Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Project, and AutoCAD.
Successful completion of drug screen required and authorization to work in the U.S.

Preferred Qualifications

Pulp & Paper industry experience preferred.

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

Ability to be able to work well under pressure and within time constraints, multi-task, and build sound relationships with both internal and external customers.
Ability to exhibit excellent communication, analytical, organizational, and computer skills.
Capable of independently making sound decisions through creative problem-solving, ambiguity, and change.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple requests simultaneously.
Ability to read and understand technical correspondence, memos, instructions, and reports.
Ability to apply skills to continuous process improvement while maintaining maximum levels of safety.
Demonstrated leadership skills and abilities.
Strong planning and follow up skills.
Excellent people and process management skills.

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