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Chemical Engineer

We are seeking resumes for a full-time Chemical Engineer. This application may lead to two potential job titles depending on mill needs: a Process Engineer and a Process Controls Engineer. The primary responsibilities of both are detailed below.

Process Engineer

• 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.

Process Control Engineer

• 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.

Basic Qualifications:

Required

• 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 Auto Cad, Microsoft Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and Project

Preferred

• Familiarity with instrumentation and controls systems
• Experience in related fields or co-op/internships in paper industry
• Students that sign up for interviews during the Career Fairs and On-Campus Interview days at the schools listed below will be given first consideration.

Knowledge-Skills-Abilities

• Ability 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.

* Currently a member of the paper foundation at the following schools: Auburn University, Georgia Tech University, University of Maine, Miami University (Ohio), University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, NC State University, SUNY ESF, University of Washington – Seattle, Western Michigan University, University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, or currently enrolled at any State University or Technological University in the following states: AL, FL, GA, IL, ID, LA, MI, MN, MS, NC, ND, OH, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI.

Completing this application makes you eligible for consideration at any of PCA’s 10 mill locations as follows:

• Counce, TN
• Deridder, LA
• Filer City, MI
• International Falls, MN
• Jackson, AL 
• Massillon, OH
• Riverville, VA
• Tomahawk, WI
• Valdosta, GA
• Wallula, WA