Engineer I - Early Career Development

Where you will work

This opportunity will be based onsite at one of our 3 mills, which includes Augusta, GA, Cypress Bend, AK or Lewiston, ID.

The Augusta mill sits along the Savannah River, on the state border between Georgia and South Carolina and manufactures light, medium, and heavy weight coated paperboard. It is a well-invested SBS paperboard manufacturing facility with approximately 600 thousand tons of capacity. This facility boasts over 700 employees and has been in operation for almost 65 years.

The Cypress Bend facility is located in the historic Mississippi River Delta and produces bleached paperboard and bleached Kraft pulp, used in the production of folding cartons, commercial print paperboard, carded packaging, and cupstock. This facility boasts over 300 talented employees and stretches across 730 acres. Clearwater Paper employees are proud to manufacture a high-quality product for an essential industry.

The Lewiston mill is the original Clearwater Paper manufacturing facility, producing paperboard product, and boasting over 700 talented employees. Approximately two hours away from Clearwater Paper's headquarters in Spokane, Washington, the Lewiston paper mill is a key component in Clearwater Paper's business strategy.

What you will do

Technical Assistance

• Evaluates new technologies, implements process changes and develops systems to reduce operating costs, increase production and improve quality
• Leads the technical process for operating areas to solve equipment and process-related problems
• Provides support data for all reports and performance updates
• Data analysis to reduce variability or improve performance
• Reviews production schedules and suggests modifications for reduced downtime and/or changeovers where applicable
• Assists with designing solutions to eliminate equipment failures and process instabilities
• Writes procedures, trains operators, and monitors compliance with quality procedures
• Organizes shutdown schedules for operations where applicable

Process Improvement

• Develops working knowledge of all process areas in areas including process flow, operator responsibility, major quality attributes, and areas for improvement
• Initiates conducts and documents results of process trials to improve productivity and/or quality
• Assists with proposals to justify capital expenditures, help manages technical aspects and assist with coordination of start-up of capital projects
• Recommends and implements process improvements or chemical changes to improve the overall operation where applicable
• Assists with data collection for justification of capital expenditures and coordination of start-ups
• Conducts crew training in new process equipment or chemical additives
• Monitors process variables and recommends changes in operation for improved performance
• Optimizes process by identifying and eliminating root causes of process variations

Leadership

• Participates in the development of less experienced engineers
• Provides crew supervision during trials or upset conditions to ensure the trial plans are properly executed

Key Competences and Attributes

• Identifying and understanding problems and opportunities by gathering, analyzing, and interpreting quantitative and qualitative information; choosing the best course of action by establishing clear decision criteria, generating and evaluating alternatives, and making timely decisions
• Taking action that is consistent with available facts and constraints and optimizes probable consequences
• Maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities or environment (e.g., people, processes, structure, or culture); adjusting effectively to change by exploring the benefits, trying new approaches, and collaborating with others to make the change successful
• Originating action to improve existing conditions and processes; identifying improvement opportunities, generating ideas, and implementing solutions

What you will need

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering required, Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or Paper Science preferred
• Entry level position with experience in an internship in the manufacturing industry or paper experience preferred
• Basic knowledge of PI (Process Information System)
• Previous experience using a Production Management system preferred
• Good verbal and written communication skills required
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel and an intermediate level
• Industrial Environment - subject to extreme heat and cold
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) must be worn in the mill environment
• Noisy, dusty, and working around moving equipment

Clearwater Paper will not offer sponsorship for employment-based visa status (including, but not limited to, H-1B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require Clearwater Paper's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.

This role will be open for a minimum of 2 weeks or at the point a successful candidate is selected.