Reliability Coordinator (Heat Recovery Steam Generation)

International Paper; Selma (AL); On-site; USD 108,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Life Insurance

401(k)

PTO

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

International Paper is seeking an HRGS, Reliability Coordinator (Heat Recovery Steam Generation) to oversee outage execution and reliability improvements for power and recovery assets at our Selma, AL facility. This salaried role requires leadership of outages across boilers, evaporators, ESPs, and related systems.

The position emphasizes safety, regulatory compliance, and cost-effective outage performance while driving long-term asset health and capital planning within a pulp and paper mill

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in boiler, evaporator, or power-plant maintenance, inspection, or outage management.
• Strong knowledge of boiler pressure-part systems, evaporator operation, ESP systems, and NDE methods.
• Demonstrated ability to lead large, complex outages with contractors and OEM field representatives.
• Proficiency with scheduling tools (MS Project).
• Strong communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead all scheduled and forced outages for boilers, ESPs, associated systems, and evaporator annual outages.
• Develop outage work scopes including inspections, NDE, pressure‑part repairs, evaporator cleaning/inspection, ESP rebuilds, and critical path planning.
• Coordinate multi‑disciplinary teams including operations, maintenance, contractors, OEMs, and corporate engineering.
• Work with the area teams to develop a detailed integrated schedule.
• Manage outage schedules, resource loading, daily progress reporting, and critical path control.
• Oversee contractor performance, safety compliance, and quality assurance.

Skills

Outage management

Boiler/evaporator experience

NDE methods

MS Project

Team leadership

Tools

MS Project

SAP

Job description

Job Description

Position Title

HRGS, Reliability Coordinator (Heat Recovery Steam Generation)

Pay Rate

$108,200-$144,300

Multiple factors, including Individual experience, skills and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range.

Variable pay may provide additional opportunities for financial awards. This job is eligible to participate in IP’s short –term incentive plan.

Category/Shift

Salaried Full-Time

Physical Location

601 County Rd 78

Selma, Al

Role Overview

The Power & Recovery Boiler Reliability Outage Coordinator is responsible for the reliability, inspection, and outage execution of all steam‑producing and recovery‑related assets, including power boilers, recovery boilers, bark boilers, HRSG, black liquor evaporators, high pressure piping (650psi and above) and electrostatic precipitators. This role ensures safe, efficient, and cost‑effective outage performance while driving long‑term reliability improvements across the mill’s power and recovery systems.

The manager leads outage strategy, develops detailed work scopes, oversees contractor execution, and ensures compliance with corporate reliability standards, orange book standards, manufacturing alerts, environmental regulations, insurance requirements, and pressure‑vessel codes.

The Job You Will Perform

Outage Leadership & Execution

• Lead all scheduled and forced outages for boilers, ESPs, associated systems, and evaporator annual outages.
• Develop outage work scopes including inspections, NDE, pressure‑part repairs, evaporator cleaning/inspection, ESP rebuilds, and critical path planning.
• Coordinate multi‑disciplinary teams including operations, maintenance, contractors, OEMs, and corporate engineering.
• Work with the area teams to develop a detailed integrated schedule.
• Manage outage schedules, resource loading, daily progress reporting, and critical path control.
• Oversee contractor performance, safety compliance, and quality assurance.

Reliability Engineering & Asset Health

• Perform and oversee inspections of boilers, evaporators, and precipitators, documenting condition, degradation mechanisms, and repair recommendations.
• Diagnose reliability issues such as fouling, plugging, corrosion, tube failures, ESP performance degradation, and evaporator capacity loss.
• Integrate findings into long‑range reliability plans and capital planning.
• Champion predictive and preventive maintenance improvements, including RCM‑based diagnostics and inspection interval optimization.
• Maintain quarterly boiler leak reports for corporate

Environmental & Regulatory Compliance

• Ensure ESP reliability and performance meet environmental permit requirements.
• Support compliance with NBIC, ASME, state boiler codes, and mill environmental standards.
• Lead outage activities that directly impact emissions, steam balance, and chemical recovery efficiency.

Financial & Project Management

• Manage outage budgets, procurement, contractor cost tracking, and financial forecasting.
• Prepare and deliver post‑outage reports, lessons learned, and reliability improvement plans.
• Support unscheduled downtime events with rapid technical guidance and repair coordination.

Required

The Skills You Will Bring

• A team player with 10+ years of experience in boiler, evaporator, or power‑plant maintenance, inspection, or outage management.
• Strong knowledge of boiler pressure‑part systems, evaporator operation, ESP systems, and NDE methods.
• Demonstrated ability to lead large, complex outages with contractors and OEM field representatives.
• Proficiency with scheduling tools (MS Project).
• Strong communication and leadership skills.

Preferred

• Experience with recovery boiler operations or pulp/paper mill power systems.
• RCM, RCA, or reliability engineering background.
• Knowledge of NBIC, ASME codes, and pressure‑vessel inspection standards.
• Experience with PI‑based condition monitoring or degradation detection systems.
• SAP work flown, budgeting and cost management experience.

About Us

The Benefits You Will Enjoy

• Medical
• Dental
• Life insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• 401(k)
• Company-funded retirement contributions
• Paid Time Off
• Education & Development (including Tuition Reimbursement)
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance
• Voluntary Benefits including insurance for home, auto, vision and pets

The Career You Will Build

Leadership training, promotional opportunities

The Impact You Will Make

We continue to build a better future for people, the planet, and our company! IP has been a good steward of sustainable practices across communities around the world for more than 125 years. Join our team and you’ll see why our team members say they’re Proud to be IP.

The Culture You Will Experience

International Paper promotes employee well-being by providing safe, caring and inclusive workplaces. We have team members all around the world with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. These are our strengths. We are committed to creating a culture where all individuals are respected, valued, engaged and have an opportunity to do their best work every day. We invite you to bring your uniqueness, creativity, talents, experiences, and safety mindset to be a part of our increasingly inclusive and diverse culture.

The Company You Will Join

International Paper (NYSE: IP; LSE: IPC) creates sustainable packaging solutions that enable our customers, teammates and shareowners to thrive in an ever-changing world. We are a leader in corrugated packaging, partnering with customers across industries to protect what matters most, strengthen supply chains and create lasting value. Learn more at internationalpaper.com.

International Paper is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. International Paper complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact [e-mail] or [phone].