Process Engineer I

As a Fortune 500 company, Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) is an ideas and solutions company. Our corrugated packaging business seeks to be the leader in helping our customers — large and small — package, transport and display products of all kinds. Our white paper business delivers Paper With Purpose by providing the highest level of customer service and operational excellence.

We have approximately 15,000 team members in more than 100 locations in the United States that strive to meet the local needs of our customers. Our mission is to serve the needs of our customers, today and tomorrow, with products and services that exceed expectations for performance and environmental responsibility.

The Process Engineer is responsible for analysis, planning and control of the mechanical and chemical processes at the mill. As a part of a continually improving plant, the Process Engineer is responsible for recommending design, operation, control and procedural improvements for a lower cost and higher quality end product.

PCA is the fourth largest manufacturer of container board and corrugates packaging in United States. PCA is an ideas and solutions company. We are a leader in helping our customer package, transport and display products of all kinds. PCA embodies a culture of continuous improvement and, as such, is dedicated to delivering a high quality and sustainable product via innovative energy management and responsible design.

In 2014, our 6 container board plants (“Mills”) produced 3.5 million tons of container board netting $4.5 billion in sales to third parties. Each of PCAs container board plants house a stock pulp machine, Fourdrinier machine, ___ pressers, and myriad of other container board equipment. In general, PCA strives for a maximum of ___ response time in case of an emergency stoppage. The Process Engineer analyzes and plans the mechanical and chemical processes to improve mill profits and decrease the plants losses.

• Improve the mill profit and loss statement by executing plans to design, conduct and evaluate trial work to advance the mill’s economic situation by continually improving safety, environmental, cost, quality, yield, productivity or compliance operations
• Evaluate long-term compatibility of emerging technologies in the industry and make recommendations regarding equipment currently utilizes as well as purchasing new equipment
• Investigate and solve production and process related problems by conducting studies, effluent treatment projects, and air quality studies, collecting data and conducting analysis to report back to manager with recommendations and conclusions
• Develops plans, specifications and reports for assigned trials
• Support peer engineers in conducting environmental, quality and productivity studies, analysis and process change.
• Support the mills optimization/process control sustainability and continual improvement efforts by participating in environmental, quality, and productivity trials and assignments
• Investigate methods to decrease waste, productivity, and supply costs which improving quality and throughput
• Work with senior engineers on complex assignments, assisting where necessary
• Track initial base lines of the projects/controls and report out on savings
• Communicate to staff how the actions of the Pulpmill/Power and Recovery departments controls impact customers
• Train crew and management in all phases of plant operations
• Knows and follows policies and procedures of the company shares information that would benefit other members of the team and finds ways to improve the delivery of service to our customers.
• Strives to continually strengthen PCA’s business philosophy of meeting needs and exceeding expectation for customers. This includes supporting PCA’s Commitment to Service which involves doing what’s right for our customers, focusing on strategies that add value and support growth, and keeping the promises that we make.

The Process Engineer is required to exercise discretion and creativity in determining best way optimize processes and addressing assignments. The Process Engineer is expected to…