Senior Mechanical Reliability Engineer

Senior Mechanical Reliability Engineer

The Job You Will Perform:

A Reliability Engineer’s responsibility is to eliminate unscheduled downtime and increase the life of our assets. At Vicksburg, reliability engineering combines traditional maintenance engineering with process engineering for a holistic approach to address downtime liabilities on a production system. Reliability Engineers focus on making sustainable improvements to critical manufacturing systems and have secondary departmental assignments. The Senior Reliability Engineer reports directly to the mechanical reliability leader, and is a member of the Mill’s Maintenance and Engineering group. The position level for Senior Reliability Engineer can range between 13 and 15, commensurate with experience.

Reliability Engineers must be able to interact effectively with all the levels of the organization – from maintenance craftsmen and operators through mill and corporate management. They work closely with operating and maintenance leaders to eliminate chronic problems and to support high priority area objectives. Excellent communication skills are a necessity. Reliability engineering assignments have true impact on the performance of the mill and offer a challenging and rewarding career.

A Reliability Engineer will be accountable for:

• Working safely in an industrial environment
• Eliminating unscheduled maintenance downtime
• Managing asset criticalities, equipment care strategies, and maintenance policies to ensure failure prevention
• Resolving chronic problems using RCFA or other structured problem-solving techniques
• Leading step change improvements in key focus areas critical to the mill’s success
• Influencing maintenance activities to achieve reliability targets and increase asset life
• Improving Reliability systems and behaviors
• Champion elements of reliability systems throughout the mill that may include: Cranes, jackshafts, and other equipment

The

Skills

You Will Bring:

• A bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical or chemical engineering with 5-7+ years of experience in a maintenance/reliability function is required.

• Non-degreed candidates with significant experience in a related function will also be considered.

• Pulp/Paper mill experience is preferred.

• Preferred:

• Precision practices

• Equipment care strategies

• Lean Manufacturing

• Root Cause Failure Analysis

• FMEA

• Project Management

• CMMS Systems (SAP is highly preferred)

• Key Competencies:

• Action oriented, Functional/technical skills, Problem solving, Managing through systems, Priority Setting, Organizing, Oral and Written Communication Skills, Results Oriented, Managerial Courage, and Customer Focus

• The Benefits

You Will Enjoy:

• International Paper offers a benefits package that includes health, welfare and retirement plans including Medical, Dental, Life insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Short-term and Long-term Disability, 401(k), Company-funded retirement contributions, Paid Time Off, Education & Development (including Tuition Reimbursement), Student Loan Repayment Assistance, and Voluntary Benefits including insurance for home, auto, vision and pets

The Career You Will Build:

• Leadership training, promotional opportunities

The Impact You Will Make:

• We continue to build a better future for people, the planet, and our company! IP has been a good steward of sustainable practices across communities around the world for more than 125 years. Join our team and you’ll see why our team members say they’re Proud to be IP.

The Culture You Will Experience:

• International Paper promotes employee well-being by providing safe, caring and inclusive workplaces. We have team members all around the world with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. These are our strengths. We are committed to creating a culture where all individuals are respected, valued, engaged and have an opportunity to do their best work every day. We invite you to bring your uniqueness, creativity, talents, experiences, and safety mindset to be a part of our increasingly inclusive and diverse culture.

The Company You Will Join:

• International Paper creates sustainable packaging solutions that enable our customers, teammates and shareowners to thrive in an ever-changing world. We are a leader in corrugated packaging, partnering with customers across industries to protect what matters most, strengthen supply chains and create lasting value. Learn more at internationalpaper.com.

• International Paper is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. International Paper complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities.