Process Control Engineer (Pulp and Paper Mfg)

Company Description

Pixelle Specialty Solutions™ is the largest specialty paper company in North America, with fully integrated pulp and paper operations in Chillicothe, Ohio, Spring Grove, Pennsylvania, Stevens Point, Wisconsin and a coating operation in Fremont, Ohio. Supported by an experienced product development team, Pixelle excels in designing customized solutions that help customers bring new products to market. With a long history of leadership in the paper industry, Pixelle delivers the most comprehensive portfolio of specialty papers to help you meet today’s challenging demands.

Through innovation, quality, and expertise, Pixelle delivers high performance solutions that help customers boost brand appeal, improve customer experience and support sustainability goals.

The Chillicothe Mill is located in beautiful southern Ohio, a short drive south of the state capital Columbus. Operating three paper machines, this historic mill is a cornerstone of Pixelle’s operations offering excellent opportunity to the right individual to make a difference to the operations and community.

Job Description

Role

The process control engineer develops and maintains control systems (DCS and PLC) for real-time, on-line control of production processes. The incumbent works as a team with operations, maintenance, technical services, environmental, engineering and IT to improve manufacturing efficiencies and quality by applying control system knowledge to minimize variation and reduce costs.

Accountabilities

• Safety leadership and compliance for employees.
• Initiate and enforce all Company systems, policies, and procedures.
• Hold self, team members, and all in the facility accountable for their duties, behaviors, and actions.
• Maintain control systems by providing required configuration changes and routine system backups and by maintaining the necessary documentation and drawings.
• Work closely with operations, maintenance, and technical service staff by providing control system optimization (e.g., variability reduction, control loop performance monitoring, alarm management), troubleshooting, and technical support.
• Support Engineering in the design, configuration, checkout, training and startup of capital projects.
• Work with facility and contract technicians to accomplish the physical portion of tasks.
• Work with third party service vendors such as ABB.
• Be available during off hour and weekend on-call rotations.
• Initiate and complete tasks with minimal direct supervision.

Qualifications

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Paper Science, or equivalent experience.
• Associates Degree in automation technology or related field will be considered.
• Experience implementing controls in a DeltaV, Provox, Foxboro, or equivalent control system in a pulp and paper operation is desired.
• Experience with Programmable Logic Controllers such as Modicon and ControlLogix is desired.
• Strong interpersonal / customer service skills, with the ability to work collaboratively at all levels within a manufacturing organization.
• Strong English language skills, including ability to clearly express complex issues.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Able to absorb new technology and processes quickly.
• Strong personal computer skills.
• Positive attitude, motivated, adaptable and focused.
• Candidate must be able to work well with others; teamwork is a daily activity.

Additional Information

Competitive healthcare benefit package and 401K match.