Description

As the Lead Paper Process Engineer, responsibilities include development and delivery of the process engineering deliverables on time, within budget and meeting quality expectations. Requires providing leadership, and technical direction of a team of process and discipline engineers on larger projects.

• Interface with sales team to develop business opportunities and assist with proposal development.
• Maintain familiarity with and utilize industry standards, procedures, and guidelines.
• Establish the process design criteria for the project.
• Promoting the culture of working safely and applying safety related concepts into process design.
• Check calculations, reports, and studies made by other engineers to ensure accuracy, as well as conformance to codes, specifications, design criteria and good engineering practices. Travel as required for project-related activities.
• Coordinate with design leaders from other disciplines to ensure inter-disciplinary alignment of the design effort.
• Responsible for PFD and P&ID development, heat and material balances, hydraulic calculations and other process engineering tasks.
• Review discipline design information and design drawings for process engineering input and participate in inter-discipline design reviews.
• Understand the project scope and deliverables. Initiate timely project change notices when deviations are made from project scope that affect the cost of the work, deliverable and/or schedule.
• Develop preliminary designs suitable for the level of estimate being prepared as part of a capital project development study.
• Review and check vendor information and reconcile verses the process design documents.
• Prepare equipment specifications and assist in the development of bid packages for procurement of equipment and perform technical bid evaluations.
• Plan, organize, and oversee the process engineering activities with responsibility for quality and accuracy as well as performance budget and schedule.
• Interface directly with Clients to develop project scope and design requirements.
• Review and approve all process engineering deliverables.

Requirements

• Professional Engineering registration is a plus but not required.
• Extensive knowledge of paper machine equipment, processes, and operations.
• Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Paper Science from an accredited university.
• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Experience in PFD and P&ID development, heat and material balances, and equipment specifications.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in the pulp and paper industry – operations is a plus.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance