Smurfit Westrock · 19 hours ago
Electrical Engineering Group Leader
Alabama, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expSmurfit Westrock is a global packaging company seeking an Electrical Engineering Group Leader to oversee project and staff engineers in executing capital investments and providing technical support for mill operations. The role involves leading various engineering projects, ensuring safety, and optimizing mill systems while managing resources and fostering team development.
Packaging ServicesRecyclingSustainability
Hiring Manager
Jeffrey Moffat
Responsibilities
Support and participate in the mill’s Safety initiatives
Communicate and interact with all mill personnel, corporate employees, outside consultants as well as contractors, vendors, and suppliers to develop mill-wide capital investment opportunities
Interact with mill Maintenance, Engineering, Operations, Environmental, Health, Safety, Information Systems and Technical Departments to address specific mill needs through design and implementation of the most practical, safe, and economical technical solutions to problems
Provide leadership on special or self-conceived projects to optimize mill systems
Provide technical assistance on electrical equipment failures analysis and preservation
Lead assigned engineers to satisfy customers’ promised scope, budget and schedule while meeting all safety, design and reliability expectations. Be competent in time management, project management processes and possess the necessary leadership skills to direct engineers in satisfying customer needs
Provide oversight of projects through direct reports, consultants, contractors and maintenance personnel. Manage projects’ design, purchasing, contract and construction management, documentation and finance. An understanding of the financial implications involved in decision making is important
Understand the WestRock Capital Project Lifecycle (CPL) for starting and ending capital projects. Prepare and manage all capital “Authorizations for Expenditure” through this framework
Administer and oversee Process Safety Management (PSM) / Management of Change (MOC) responsibilities within Engineering & in coordination with the Technical Group. Prepare, review and update mill specifications for “management of change” proposals
Support Mill Outage planning & oversight. Lead Extraordinary Maintenance & Rebuild type projects that include the Turbine Generator(s), Precipitators, Recovery Boilers, and Bark Boilers
Balance engineers’ workloads and enable their technical development through cross departmental assignments (i.e., work 75% in assigned area of responsibility / 25% in other mill areas)
Inspire Project Engineers to assume greater roles of responsibility within Engineering, Operations and/or Maintenance
Qualification
Required
Hold a B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering with at least 10-years of related experience in an industrial manufacturing environment
Demonstrate strong interpersonal / team building skills and foster exceptional working relationships
Possess excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills, and adaptability to adjust to rapidly changing working environments and operational situations
Have the physical ability to work in a paper mill environment that includes light to moderate walking, lifting, climbing / heights, and ability to work in a hot, humid, and dusty environment
Be computer literate in word processing, spreadsheets, electronic mail, presentation graphics, etc
Align with company values of Integrity, Respect, Accountability, and Excellence
Preferred
Pulp and Paper Industry preferred
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life insurance
401k with match
Tuition reimbursement
Employee discounts
Employee referral bonus
And much more!
Company
Smurfit Westrock
Smurfit Westrock manufactures corrugated and paper-based packaging.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$750M2024-11-27Post Ipo Debt· $750M
2024-07-12IPO
Leadership Team
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