Project Engineer – Mill Capital & Mechanical Projects

Position Title:

Project Engineer – Mill Capital & Mechanical Projects

Port Wentworth, GA

$106,700 - $159,900

Multiple factors, including individual experience, skills, and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range.

Salary Full-Time

This role supports the Port Wentworth Mill through the planning and execution of capital projects, major maintenance repairs, mechanical equipment upgrades, infrastructure improvements, and reliability-driven projects. The Project Engineer will work closely with Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, Engineering, Purchasing, contractors, and vendors to safely deliver projects that improve equipment performance, uptime, cost, safety, and long-term asset reliability.

• Perform engineering calculations, field investigations, technical evaluations, and project support activities related to capital projects, major maintenance repairs, equipment upgrades, and mill improvement initiatives.
• Understand and support capital and non-capital project delivery process and help define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals, mill safety, reliability, and improvement efforts
• Collaborate with more experienced engineers to provide follow-up and engineering assistance on defined problems
• Prepare or assist in preparing reports, graphs, planning layouts, and summaries designed to communicate project progress or results
• Manage assigned project tasks while continuing to develop project management, field execution, and mill operations expertise.
• Understand and execute work in a manner consistent with safety procedures and practices with some guidance
• Provide timely project updates through written and verbal communication, including reports, meeting updates, email, schedules, action items, and project documentation.
• Develop relationships with teams and process areas as needed with each assignment
• Interact with other mill departments such as Operations, Maintenance, Purchasing, etc. to achieve assignment objectives
• Support capital and non-capital projects from scope development through installation, start-up, and close-out
• Support major maintenance repair work, outage-related projects, and reliability improvements
• Assist with project budgets, schedules, estimates, contractor bids, purchase requisitions, and project documentation
• Coordinate with contractors, vendors, Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, Purchasing, and Safety during project planning and execution
• Participate in field walks, equipment evaluations, job planning, contractor coordination, installation support, and start-up activities
• Help identify safety, reliability, cost, and operational risks and develop practical solutions
• Relevant project work may involve mechanical systems and mill infrastructure such as pumps, piping, tanks, ductwork, conveyors, cranes, HVAC, structural steel, utilities, boiler-related systems, rotating equipment, and other facility or process equipment.

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related engineering discipline
• Minimum of 3 years experience supporting capital projects, maintenance projects, equipment repairs, reliability improvements, contractor coordination, outage/shutdown work, or field execution in an industrial environment
• Experience with executing capital project development following gated (Front-End Loading) process.
• Ability to work collaboratively with hourly employees, salaried leaders, vendors, contractors, and cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated commitment to safety, continuous improvement, and operational excellence
• Functional/Technical Skills, Drive for Results, Informing, Customer Focus, Interpersonal Savvy,…