Electrical Project Engineer - Georgia-Pacific

Georgia-Pacific's Wauna Mill in Clatskanie, OR is seeking an innovative and forward thinking individual to join our team as an Electrical Project Engineer. The Electrical Project Engineer plays a crucial role in design validation, project management, and commissioning of new capital and maintenance projects in collaboration with the mill's process controls and electrical maintenance teams with an heavy emphasis on control systems (DCS, PLC) and drive systems (VFD).

Our Team

This role is part of Wauna's engineering department and will collaborate routinely with mechanical and electrical engineers in that group, but will also be closely aligned with the process control team as well as the maintenance and reliability organizations. Wauna is a fully integrated paper mill with roughly 850 full-time employees.

What You Will Do

• Project manage execution of maintenance and small to medium-size capital projects
• Provides engineering support for capital and expense projects
• Provides engineering support to Maintenance and Operations (troubleshooting, problem solving, cost estimating and implementation of electrical design solutions)
• Provide support to operational areas with emphasis on short and long-term reliability improvements
• Provide leadership to drive continuous improvement with asset and site reliability
• Review plans for new equipment and contribute to the Design for Reliability process by validating reliability and maintainability of the systems
• Actively participate in design and implementation of Asset Improvement Strategies for systems to improve production and uptime

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or equivalent field of study
• 2 or more years of experience with electrical design, maintenance coordination and/or project management experience working with instrumentation or control systems

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience with commissioning or programming of PLCs, Distributed Control Systems, and/or drive systems
• Experience with pulp and paper manufacturing technology and systems
• Experience with valves and instrumentation specification

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Hiring Philosophy

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Who We Are

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day -to make everyday products even better.

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Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf