Project Manager – Lime Kiln & White Liquor Plant; WLP Services; Outage & Reliability Focus

Every day, ANDRITZ delivers successful, innovative solutions to customers across key global industries. Our success is driven by passionate people who bring technical expertise, ownership, and a commitment to solving real operational challenges.

This role is ideal for professionals who have experience leading maintenance, reliability, or outage execution in a pulp & paper mill environment—particularly in or around causticizing, recausticizing, lime kilns, or White Liquor Plant (WLP) systems.

• Field Execution & Reliability Support
• Provide field service support for WLP and lime kiln equipment, including diagnostics, alignments, inspections, maintenance support, and troubleshooting
• Support customers during shutdowns and outages, including coordinating contractors and occasionally leading field crews
• Apply root cause analysis and problem-solving techniques to address equipment issues and improve performance
• Ensure safe execution of all work, including adherence to LOTO and mill safety protocols
• Project Management & Delivery
• Lead all technical and commercial aspects of assigned projects
• Develop and manage project schedules, budgets, and deliverables
• Coordinate with engineering teams to complete designs and ensure alignment with project scope
• Track milestones and ensure timely, high-quality execution
• Prepare and present monthly project status reports
• Resolve field challenges while maintaining strong customer relationships
• Coordinate subcontractors during outages and field execution
• Support negotiation of commercial and technical terms with subcontractors
• Monitor contractor performance to ensure safety, quality, and schedule compliance
• Serve as a key interface with customers, providing updates, managing expectations, and identifying opportunities
• Collaborate with Service Account Managers to strengthen customer relationships
• Work closely with global product teams (Finland) to support technical solutions and service development

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering OR 5+ years of relevant experience in:
• Maintenance or reliability engineering
• Equipment service
• Pulp & paper mill operations
• Experience managing projects, shutdowns, or field execution activities
• Strong communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with customers and internal teams
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities in a fast‑paced environment
• Willingness and ability to travel 25–50% across the U.S. and Canada

• Lime kilns, recausticizing, causticizing, or White Liquor Plant systems

• Outage/shutdown planning and execution
• Contractor coordination in industrial environments

• Reliability and troubleshooting methods (RCFA, FMEA, condition monitoring, vibration analysis)
• Precision alignment and rotating equipment
• Experience working in pulp & paper mills, especially in recovery and power area

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams)
• Experience with SAP or similar systems is a plus
• AutoCAD or design/drafting experience is a plus
• Hybrid role based in Alpharetta, GA
• Regular travel to mill sites across North America
• Work environments may include industrial settings with varying temperatures, noise, dust, and PPE requirements

• Work at the forefront of pulp & paper technology and service solutions
• Opportunity to apply your real‑world mill experience at a broader scale
• High‑impact role directly supporting customer operations and system performance
• Collaborative, global environment with strong technical support

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability.