Engineer Reliability

ENGINEER RELIABILITYWallula, WA 99363, USAReq #4695Thursday, July 8, 2021As a Fortune 500 company, Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) is an ideas and solutions company. Our corrugated packaging business seeks to be the leader in helping our customers – large and small – package, transport and display products of all kinds. Our white paper business delivers Paper With Purpose by providing the highest level of customer service and operational excellence. We have approximately 15,000 team members in more than 100 locations in the United States that strive to meet the local needs of our customers. Our mission is to serve the needs of our customers, today and tomorrow, with products and services that exceed expectations for performance and environmental responsibility.People * Customers * TrustWe are seeking resumes for an Engineer – Reliability (Mechanical) (1 Opening) in our Wallula, WA facility. Description of role: Provide support in pushing the reliability engineering programs towards best in class practices in Predictive and Preventive Maintenance technologies, optimize and monitor predictive maintenance routes to maintain effective condition health assessment reports to mill area teams, and champion and maintain safe work practices. Principle Accountabilities: Employ Reliability Centered Maintenance concepts to improve equipment reliability. Champion the root cause analysis investigation process. Provide leadership for lubrication programs and services. Provide technical guidance to assigned area personnel with regards to PM intervals and scope. Assist with shutdown planning and prioritization. Track and communicate reliability issues with assigned area personnel and keep area informed of issues and criticality that could impact operational requirements – lubrication results, vibration discrepancies, mechanical deficiencies. Work closely with the area planner, maintenance team and operations staff to insure equipment issues are being resolved while weighing criticality and impact. Report for weekend duty according to a periodic on-call schedule. Work as part of the reliability team focusing on optimizing the asset management strategies through incorporating reliability engineering best practices and improving predictive and preventive maintenance practices and procedures to improve overall machinery performance. Coordinate and guide area with the RCFA process to include a root cause and insure proper action items are in place to resolve the issue or prevent it from happening again. Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Mechanical Engineering is required. Must be authorized to work in the U.S. Preferred Qualifications: Predictive maintenance technologies including vibration analysis and lubrication or equivalent experience. Able to learn complex engineering systems and components and identify required maintenance scopes and periodicities. Experience in a paper production facility. Experience in maintenance and inspection of storage tanks and pressure vessels according to API and NBIC requirements Be willing to spend half of allotted time in the field looking at equipment and systems looking for improvements or problem identification. The successful candidate must possess the following Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Must have excellent organizational, interpersonal skills, written and oral communication skills and the ability to work well with others in a team environment. An ambition to learn and succeed in an innovative paper product industry. Must have initiative, be a self-starter, and have the ability to work with minimum supervision. Must have knowledge and skills in use of computer systems with specific experience in MS-Outlook, MS-Excel, MS-Project, and MS-Word programs required. Must be a good decision maker and results oriented. Problem solving skills and the ability to positively implement change are required. PCA provides a competitive comprehensive benefits package. All qualified applicants must apply at Careers.packagingcorp.com to be considered.Other detailsPay TypeSalaryWallula, WA 99363, USAPCA is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories.