Process Engineer - Recycled Papermill

The Process Engineer is responsible for managing technical projects aimed at product and process problem-solving and/or improvements, cost reduction, and profitability enhancements.

Process engineers provide technical assistance to each of the mill’s departments to achieve the mill’s goals and objectives through deployment of continuous improvement processes.

• •Improve operating efficiency and performance while minimizing process variation. Reduce or eliminate waste-generating streams.
• •Partner with operations, maintenance, and engineering to understand targeted mill processes. Seek to assist teams with achieving system design.
• •Provide operators, operations leadership, engineering and other resources with analytical support and problem-solving services.
• •Drive continuous process improvement deploying Lean Six Sigma principles, tools and procedures.
• •Close the gaps in production inefficiencies by reducing variances of process inputs, flow, and performance targeting sustainable costs and profitability.
• •Deploy Lean Six Sigma methodologies to eliminate waste and process variation with the intent to make our processes stable and predictable.
• •Use appropriate technical tools and instrumentation to gather field data.
• •Serve as the owner and subject matter expert for OSI PI Server and Aveva PI System.
• •Use the system support tools to provide analyses and process graphics. Develop, deploy and train personnel in the use of specific PI Vision pages.
• •Troubleshoot specific unit operations around the mill to determine possible improvements.
• •Set up trials, MOC’s, trial plans, and PAS documentation. Take ownership of results by summarizing and reporting findings, publishing and communicating conclusions and recommendations, and following-up action items.
• •Develop and apply technical expertise to become a specific subject matter expert.
• •Willingness to learn how to lead mil personnel as a shift operations manager, from time to time.