Senior Project Engineer

Where you will work

Lewiston is Clearwater Paper's original manufacturing facility and home to nearly 700 dedicated team members who power our site. Together, we make paperboard used in products across the United States, including food packaging, plates, cups and more. Home to the first mill that produced poster board from wood waste, the site currently operates two paper machines, two extruders, two power boilers and two recovery boilers.

Located where the Snake and Clearwater rivers meet on the Idaho-Washington border, Lewiston offers an active outdoor lifecycle with easy access to fishing, boating, hiking and camping. The region's milder climate means more rain than snow in the winter and long, sunny days in the summer.

Living here means you'll be close to Lewis-Clark State College, University of Idaho, Washington State University, and Walla Walla Community College, as well as strong local K-12 school districts.

Provide engineering services to develop and implement capital projects. Assist operations and maintenance with technical analyses and designs to improve existing processes and equipment. Manage project work to maintain compliance with environmental and safety regulations.

Project & Operations Support

• Demonstrate safe work practices
• Manage and lead all phases of assigned capital projects including:
  • Developing project justification, scope, budget, and subsequent writing of AFCE's
  • Evaluation and selection of equipment suppliers and installation contractors
  • Identify potential technical or logistical risks and implement mitigation strategies
  • Track project budgets and schedules
  • Work as construction manager to ensure project installation is completed safely, on time, and within the design of the projects
  • Work as primary liaison with operations and maintenance departments
  • Develop plans with operations for equipment checkout
  • Complete project documentation
• Coordinate, technical reliability studies and evaluations of engineering design concepts
• Works with maintenance and reliability groups to ensure PM routes get updated

Maintenance and Operational Assistance

• Provide technical assistance to trouble‑shoot equipment and/or operating problems
• Research options and recommend solutions to resolve operating and/or maintenance issues
• Coordinate contractor's activities for contracted-out maintenance work during equipment downtimes
• Provide engineering calculations and design drawings for equipment installed by maintenance crews
• Perform maintenance call‑duty. Call out and supervise maintenance crews as required
• Communicate environmental/safety issues to management as required

Leadership

• Ensure project resources are effectively utilized
• Mentor fellow employees
• Manages capital projects as required
• Ensure clear communication with all stakeholders
• Ensure projects follow industry/mill standards and requirements

Key Competencies & Attributes

• Actively seeks and allocates appropriate decision‑making authority or task responsibility to appropriate individuals based on their abilities, availability, motivation, and development needs; considers potential positive and negative impact, business unit priorities, organizational values, and the opportunity to enhance others' knowledge and skills
• Identifies barriers that impact customer service and retention; communicates concerns and recommendations to others
• 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
• Creates relevant options for addressing problems and opportunities that will achieve desired outcomes
• Systematically evaluates business opportunities, targeting those with the greatest potential for producing positive business results

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, or Industrial Engineering required
• 5+ years of experience in project or reliability engineering, maintenance, or operations in the paper industry required
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Word and Excel
• AutoCAD experience preferred
• Demonstrated ability to effectively work with vendors, managers, and…