Clearwater Paper Corporation · 7 hours ago
Senior Reliability Engineer
Lewiston, ID
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$110K/yr - $165K/yr
7+ years expClearwater Paper Corp is a leading manufacturer in the paper industry, located in Lewiston, Idaho. The Senior Reliability Engineer will manage facilities power distribution systems, drive improvements in mill operations, and support maintenance and reliability initiatives.
Consumer GoodsFood and BeverageManufacturingPaper ManufacturingPharmaceuticalSustainability
No H1B
Responsibilities
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
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
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
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical 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
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)
Must be capable of understanding and troubleshooting complex industrial systems and equipment
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
Preferred
AutoCAD experience preferred
Knowledgeable with maintenance best practices (vibration analysis, oil analysis, etc.) preferred
Understanding of LEAN manufacturing and Continuous Improvement (CI) concepts preferred
Professional Engineering license preferred
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Vacation days
Personal days
Company holidays
Company
Clearwater Paper Corporation
Clearwater Paper (NYSE: CLW) is a premier independent supplier of paperboard packaging products to North American converters.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2008-12-17IPO
Leadership Team
Arsen Kitch
President & CEO, Director
Sherri Baker
SVP, Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
2025-10-29
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