Senior Electrical Reliability Engineer

at Clearwater Paper Corporation in Lewiston, Idaho, United States

Job Description

Description

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.
What you will do
The Senior Electrical Reliability Engineer is responsible for managing the facilities power distribution systems and associated assets and helping to drive improvement in all areas of the mill.
Project & Operations Support
Demonstrate safe work practices
Work as a liaison between Maintenance, Operations, and Engineering teams
Work as a strategic partner in the electrical and instrumentation department primarily in failure prevention and long-term support
Provides technical assistance to production, reliability and quality groups as needed to solve equipment and process-related problems and develops methods to improve processes
Assists E&I Maintenance Supervisors and Planners with technical maintenance issues
Optimize manufacturing processes by investigating and eliminating root causes of equipment failures
MOC Champion to review, lead, or assist as needed
Reliability
Work with condition monitoring program to reduces RED's list (Vibration, IR, etc.)
Work with system analysis tools and vendors to better the system power quality
Support site power system study and model updates (Relay Protection, Easy Power Model, etc.)
Help to establish maintenance best practices
Perform BDA/RCA/RCFA/5-Whys/defect elimination on contributors of yield, utilization, and capacity losses due to failures attributed to equipment, processes, etc.
Identify and resolve chronic failures (bad actors) through BDA/RCA/RCFA/5-Whys/defect elimination
Establish and monitor predictive maintenance program (PM Optimization)
Calculate asset life-cycle and costs on bad actors
Perform criticality analysis work
Work with other disciplines within the reliability team to update and improve current criticality model
Define critical spares and BOM's as needed
Verify critical spare list is updated annually. Work with engineering to verify BOM's are in place after commissioning
Conduct asset risk/health analysis
Create and Update Assets within JDE (as needed)
Create low voltage PM scope for major outage annually
To include MCC, emergency generators, switchgear, UPS systems, transformers, and battery backups
Work with electrical and instrumentation crews to crew better work flow follow up
Maintain transformer health assessments and optimizations
Develop/Update Switching Orders - Standard/Non-Standard LOTO
Leadership
Assist in the management of the Predictive and Preventative Maintenance programs including vibration coverage through the mill, plant tank integrity, pressure vessel integrity, and pre-post failure reports
Work as a strategic partner in the electrical and instrumentation department primarily in failure prevention and long-term support
Weekend Duty and overtime as needed - Must call in to weekend status update meetings and provide onsite support as required
Manages capital projects as required
Facilitate Reliability Steering Teams
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
Possesses strong troubleshooting skills
Understands power distribution systems and major components
Understands protection and coordinated trip settings
Prior experience with electrical diagnostics - IR Thermography, partial discharge, power quality analysis
Prior experience with medium and low voltage drives
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
What you will need
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering required
7+ years of experience in engineering, preferably in the paper industry and preferably reliability engineering experience
Proficient in Easy Power, Microsoft Office Word and Excel
AutoCAD experience preferred
Demonstrated ability to effectively work with vendors, managers, and production employees to achieve goals
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Capable of managing Process Safety Management programs
Familiar with and have a good working knowledge of construction and repair codes (NEC, NFPA 70E, IEEE, IEC, NEMA)
Knowledgeable with maintenance best practices (vibration analysis, oil analysis, etc.) preferred
Must be capable of understanding and troubleshooting complex industrial systems and equipment
Understanding of LEAN manufacturing and Continuous Improvement (CI) concepts preferred
Professional Engineering license preferred
High speed manufacturing environment, sustained exposure to high frequency noises, multiple hours standing, walking on concrete surfaces
Personal Protective Equipment required in mill environment
Dirt, noise, odor, and temperature extremes
Climbing stairs, ladders, and scaffolding
Exposure to hazardous chemicals used in manufacturing process
Total Rewards Details
We prioritize an exceptional workplace experience, offering a comprehensive total reward package. This position is eligible for our Incentive Plan. Compensation ranges are estimates based on market data. Actual offers account for internal equity and candidate's job-related knowledge, skills, education, experience, and geographic location. Benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and more, generally begin after 30 days. Our paid time off will include vacation days, personal days, and company holidays. For more on our compensation philosophy, please reach out to our Talent Acquisition Team at Talent.Acquisition@clearwaterpaper.com.
Clearwater Paper will not offer sponsorship for employment-based visa status (including, but not limited to, H-1B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require Clearwater Paper's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.
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This role will be open for a minimum of 2 weeks or at the point a successful candidate is selected.

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Clearwater Paper is an Equal Opportunity Employer and supports a drug free workplace. It is our policy to seek and employ the best qualified employees and to provide equal opportunity for the advancement of employees and to administer all of our employment policies in a manner that will not discriminate against any person because of race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetic information, on-the-job injuries, or any other legally protected status.