Process Engineer – Chemical/Paper, Mill Optimization

Packaging Corporation of America; Gladstone (VA); On-site; USD 86,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Three weeks paid vacation

Paid holidays

401(k) plan with employer match

Life, AD&D, and disability insurance

Job summary

Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) is seeking a full-time Chemical Engineer. The role may be filled as Process Engineer or Process Controls Engineer depending on mill needs. Responsibilities include safety, cost reduction, process optimization, and collaboration with operations and maintenance teams.

Ideal candidates hold a Bachelor's in chemical or paper engineering, with 0–4 years of related experience, and are authorized to work in the U.S. PCA offers competitive compensation and benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in chemical, paper engineering, or related field.
• 0-4 years of experience in process engineering or paper industry.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
• Must have valid driver's license.
• Experience using AutoCAD, Microsoft Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and Project.

Responsibilities

• Work safely and support mill safety, environmental, quality, and product safety expectations across assigned process areas.
• Reduce operational costs by developing and maintaining methods to track performance, identify savings opportunities, and improve planning effectiveness.
• Optimize mill processes through technical studies, troubleshooting processes, lean projects, technology implementation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Analyze production, process, quality, and cost data to identify trends, support business decisions, and improve operating performance.
• Coordinate with operations, maintenance, engineering, contractors, and outside resources to support process modifications, capital projects, and mill improvement efforts.
• Additional duties as assigned by management.
• Work safely and support mill safety, environmental, quality, productivity, and control system reliability expectations across assigned process control areas.
• Provide technical direction, troubleshooting support, programming assistance, and control system solutions for operations, maintenance, engineering, and hourly electrical personnel.
• Coordinate the planning, programming, maintenance, and improvement of mill PLC, distributed control, quality control, HMI, and related process control systems.
• Analyze process and control system performance to reduce costs, improve quality, minimize process variation, increase production, and improve equipment reliability.
• Support process improvement and capital projects through system design, installation, startup, technology implementation, control tuning, and collaboration with operations, maintenance, and engineering teams.
• Additional duties as assigned by management.

Skills

Work under pressure

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in chemical, paper engineering, or related field

Tools

AutoCAD

Microsoft Excel

Outlook

PowerPoint

Word

Project

Job description

Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) is seeking a full-time Chemical Engineer. The role may be filled as Process Engineer or Process Controls Engineer depending on mill needs. Responsibilities include safety, cost reduction, process optimization, and collaboration with operations and maintenance teams.

Ideal candidates hold a Bachelor's in chemical or paper engineering, with 0–4 years of related experience, and are authorized to work in the U.S. PCA offers competitive compensation and benefits.