Engineer I - Early Career Development

Position Overview

This opportunity is based onsite at one of our three mills – located in Augusta, GA; Cypress Bend, AR; or Lewiston, ID. At Augusta, you’ll work at a well‐invested SBS paperboard manufacturing facility operating for almost 65 years with over 700 employees. The Cypress Bend facility, in the historic Mississippi River Delta, produces quality bleached paperboard and Kraft pulp across 730 acres. Meanwhile, the Lewiston mill, Clearwater Paper’s original manufacturing facility, plays a key role in our business strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Assistance:
  • Evaluates new technologies, implements process changes, and develops systems to reduce operating costs, increase production, and improve quality.
  • Leads technical processes to resolve equipment and process-related issues.
  • Provides support data for reports and performance updates, including detailed data analysis.
  • Reviews production schedules and recommends modifications to reduce downtime and expedite changeovers.
  • Designs solutions to eliminate equipment failures and process instabilities, writes procedures, trains operators, and monitors compliance with quality standards.
  • Organizes shutdown schedules when necessary.
• Process Improvement:
  • Develops comprehensive knowledge of process areas to identify improvement opportunities.
  • Conducts and documents process trials aimed at enhancing productivity and quality.
  • Assists with justifying capital expenditures and coordinates technical aspects and start-ups of capital projects.
  • Recommends and implements process or chemical changes to optimize overall operations.
  • Facilitates crew training on new process equipment or chemical additives while monitoring process variables.
  • Optimizes operations by identifying and eliminating the root causes of process variability.
• Leadership:
  • Mentors and develops less experienced engineers.
  • Supervises crews during trials or upset conditions to ensure plans are properly executed.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering is required.
• Basic knowledge of PI (Process Information System).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel at an intermediate level.
• Must be able to work in an industrial environment with extreme heat, cold, noise, and dust; PPE is required in the mill environment.
• Must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Clearwater Paper will not offer sponsorship for employment-based visa status.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering or Paper Science is preferred.
• Internship or equivalent experience in the manufacturing industry is beneficial.
• Previous experience using a Production Management system is preferred.