Principal Electrical Engineer (High Voltage Power)
Principal Electrical Engineer (High Voltage Power)
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Where you will work:
Clearwater Paper (NYSE: CLW) is a publicly held company and a premier supplier of private brand tissue to major retailers, including grocery, drug, mass merchants and discount stores. In addition, the company produces bleached paperboard used by quality-conscious printers and packaging converters, and offers services that include custom sheeting, slitting, and cutting. Clearwater Paper's employees build shareholder value by developing strong relationships through quality and service. Working at Clearwater Paper provides an opportunity to enrich your career through challenging and meaningful work and ongoing training and development—all in a supportive environment. We know our success depends on your success.
Where you will work:
Clearwater Paper (NYSE: CLW) is a publicly held company and a premier supplier of private brand tissue to major retailers, including grocery, drug, mass merchants and discount stores. In addition, the company produces bleached paperboard used by quality-conscious printers and packaging converters, and offers services that include custom sheeting, slitting, and cutting. Clearwater Paper's employees build shareholder value by developing strong relationships through quality and service. Working at Clearwater Paper provides an opportunity to enrich your career through challenging and meaningful work and ongoing training and development—all in a supportive environment. We know our success depends on your success.
This role is an onsite role in Lewiston, ID.
What you will
do:
The Principal Electrical Engineer would be leading in collaboration with mill operations, maintenance, and external engineering in the development and deployment of electrical capital and expense improvement projects. This role is responsible for developing scope, costs, and schedules related to capital/expense improvements in the pulp and paper mill located in Lewiston, ID.
The Electrical Principal Engineer will be called upon to execute capital project management best practices including but not limited to Front End Loading reviews, Interactive Planning Sessions, project playbook execution, change management planning, and construction management. This role is also responsible for tracking and reporting to divisional leaders and mill leadership on project schedules and budgets.
Key Responsibilities
Manage electrical projects, design electrical systems, and optimize electrical processes for the Lewiston mill.
Work collaboratively with key stakeholders in the mill and corporate level to develop technical solutions relating to improved productivity, reliability, and quality.
Lead efforts with mill personnel to assist development of Standard Operating Procedures, Standard Maintenance Work Plans, Operator Basic Care rounds, Process Variation Reduction methodologies, and training plans for operators and maintenance personnel
Foster an environment that encourages employee engagement through demonstration and modelling of Clearwater Paper’s Core Values
Drive a culture of technical collaboration throughout business
Ensure adequate engineering tracking and reporting controls are being followed to evaluate the projects progress, schedule, and performance
Provide assistance in overseeing construction efforts and assist with any troubleshooting or problem solving required to meet the design intent
Ensures drawings and design details of existing facility are up to date and all field modifications made during construction are accurately documented
Supports site in evaluating projects requiring outside engineering
Develops or enhances project tools and engineering guidelines used to standardize engineering practices as it pertains to project management and implementation
Mentor junior electrical engineers
Key Competencies & Attributes
Strong analytical skills to leverage data to drive quantitative and analytically based business decisions and take smart risks
Demonstrated leadership courage to identify and communicate project risks; develop, align resources and communicate countermeasures to mitigate risks
Able to think strategically and act tactically, hands on
Demonstrated ability to lead in a matrixed and highly collaborative environment to influence change and core processes.
Confidence in dealing with ambiguity; bringing different perspectives to light and rallying others to aligned goals and objectives.
High degree of business curiosity; quick learner with a proactive and agile mindset
Optimistically looks toward future for opportunities to innovate and improve
Exceptional communication skills (written and verbal); leading and presenting complex materials for various audiences.
Demonstrated experience in influencing across diverse team– creating a vision, strategy, gaining alignment, developing plans and tactics to ensure delivery.
Demonstrated strong change management skills; aligning and bringing others along- act to improve culture, process, products.
Demonstrated ability to understand the organizational impact in decision making; see the big picture and distill it into action plans.
Ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy while ensuring alignment across multiple stakeholders, self-starter with ability and desire to collaborate with teams.
Uses understanding of customer needs and the organization’s customer service practices to set priorities, make decisions, and take actions that create customer satisfaction and prevent service issues from occurring.
What you will need:
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering
Minimum ten years of experience in paper mill operations or related operations field with progressive responsibility required.
Minimum five years of budgetary responsibilities
Demonstrated commitment to ongoing personal development through continuing education, coaching and developing others.
Highly adept performing at a fast pace communicating and collaborating across multiple stakeholders.
Previous experience using a Computer Maintenance Management system (e.g., JD Edwards).
Must possess analytical troubleshooting skills.
Must have good verbal and written communication skills.
Continuous improvement/lean manufacturing experience .
Proficient in use of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, and Outlook
Demonstrated ability to foster Continuous Improvement.
Total Rewards Detail:
We’re committed to providing an exceptional workplace experience, including a comprehensive total reward package. This position is eligible for our Incentive Plan. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s job-related knowledge, skills, education, and experience among other factors. Benefits are generally available after 30 days and include medical, dental, vision, life, coverage, employee assistance program, and a 401k plan. Paid time off will include vacation days, personal days, and company holidays.
Clearwater Paper does not offer sponsorship for employment-based visa status (including, but not limited to, H-1B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and will not require Clearwater Paper's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.
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Seniority level
Seniority level Not Applicable
Employment type
Employment type Full-time
Job function
Job function Engineering and Information Technology
Industries Manufacturing and Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
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