Electrical Engineer

100 Gaston RD
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, 27870
United States

WestRock (NYSE: WRK) partners with our customers to provide differentiated paper and packaging solutions that help them win in the marketplace. WestRock’s 50,000 team members support customers around the world from more than 350 operating and business locations spanning North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Learn more at www.westrock.com.

THE OPPORTUNITY:

As a Project Engineer you will be responsible for managing capital projects, maintenance projects, and reliability improvement initiatives. You will provide technical assistance to the operating departments to help them achieve the mill’s goals and objectives while driving continuous process improvement. Manages all phases of capital and expense projects from inception through final project. The Project Engineer will support all Mill goals such as safety, environmental, quality assurance, cost, and budgets. The Project Engineer will outline project requirements, assign tasks, and supervise progress to ensure that project objectives are being met.

The successful candidate must be able to work effectively in a manufacturing environment and manage capital projects, maintenance projects, and reliability improvement initiatives.

HOW YOU WILL IMPACT WESTROCK:

• Develop projects from conception to completion through the Company's Project Delivery Process, a Front End Planning (FEP) process:
• Develop scopes of work for both projects and contracts.
• Estimate the costs of the projects to varying degrees of accuracy, up to and including as accurate as /-5%
• Perform technical analyses and compare technical options.
• Prepare funding document requests, including writing reports of project development activities.
• Perform layouts, designs, sketches, and drawings as required to install certain aspects of projects.
• Prepare bid packages for engineering and construction services.
• Manage external consulting engineers on portions of or on larger projects.
• Manage external contractors during construction activities, including safe work practices, OSHA compliance, and quality and accuracy compliance to the project requirements.
• Manage and control cost on projects.
• Manage and promote compliance with mill safety rules, programs, and standards. Assure employees and contractors are instructed in safe work practices.
• Provide technical assistance on electrical and instrumentation (E&I) matters as necessary.
• Support and promote usage of the Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) process, Pareto charting, the use of equipment histories to further reduce variability, improve quality, reduce cost and/or enhance reliability.
• Seek and share best practices within the Roanoke Rapids Mill and the Company.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
• 2- 5 years of experience an electrical engineering role in the heavy industrial or process industries; Work experience in the paper industry is a plus
• Strong problem-solving and process-analysis skills to evaluate data and make decisions to drive process improvements
• Proven track record of leadership and collaboration within cross functional teams

What we offer:

• Corporate culture based on integrity, respect, accountability, and excellence.
• Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities
• An attractive salary reflecting skills, competencies, and potential.
• A career with a global packaging company where Sustainability, Safety and Inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of the daily work.

WestRock is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to create and maintain a diverse workforce where everyone feels valued, respected, and included. WestRock does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.

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