Project Engineer

Inland Empire Paper Company, operating in Millwood Washington since 1911, upholds a proud tradition as an industry leading supplier of groundwood specialty papers through highly efficient production methods, first-in-class customer service, and market defining employee capabilities.

Inland Empire Paper Company seeks an experienced Engineer to join our Mill Production Leadership team.

• Project Management: Define, design and manage engineering projects for equipment and infrastructure including developing and reporting on budget elements and time management; oversee contractors/workers for efficient project performance; accountable for budget.
• Process Optimization: Develop/upgrade processes to maximize capacity utilization, minimize cost and increase performance while maintaining environmental protection; includes conducting process development experiments, research and assessment of potential technology, supervising implementation.
• Facilitator: Works closely with the mill leadership group including Maintenance Manager, department superintendents and supervisors as well as operators to provide daily manufacturing technical support, trouble shooting and problem solving to improve production efficiencies, output and safety of plant.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering or related field.
• Minimum 5 years field/plant work and supervisory experience preferred.
• Strong analytical skills to organize, interpret and draw conclusions from data.
• Ability to communicate diplomatically and effectively with plant operations, maintenance and/or technical advisors, outside vendors, suppliers and consultants to solve problems and execute solutions.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to handle overall management of engineering projects.
• Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office, engineering software (AutoCAD or similar); experience with distributed control systems (DCS) helpful.
• Demonstrated leadership skills especially related to change management.
• Knowledge of pulp and paper manufacturing desired, but not required.
• Occasional weekend on-call duty or occasional off hours needs to cover 24 hour/7day per week operation.
• The Plant & Project Engineer is a salaried position. Pay range is $90k to $120k per year depending on experience and education.
• Inland Empire Paper Company continues to offer excellent benefits to employees and their families including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, 13 paid holidays per year and 2 weeks of vacation to start (pro-rated first year based on hire date).
• IEP is a smoke-free and drug-free (including cannabis-free) facility running 24/7.
• All job offers and subsequent employment are contingent upon a drug screen and background check.
• Your application to this posting is deemed to be your consent to the collection, use and necessary disclosure of personal information for the purposes of recruitment. Privacy of all applicants and the confidentiality of personal information are respected. Thank you to all applicants for your interest and effort in applying for this position; however, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

To learn more about IEP visit our website: www.iepco.com