Process Staff Engineer - Paper Process

Staff Engineer - Paper Process Job Description Job Summary: As the Lead Paper Process Engineer, responsibilities include development and delivery of the process engineering deliverables on time, within budget and meeting quality expectations. Requires providing leadership, and technical direction of a team of process and discipline engineers on larger projects. Key Responsibilities and Duties: Primary responsibilities will include but not be limited to: * Promoting the culture of working safely and applying safety related concepts into process design. * Plan, organize, and oversee the process engineering activities with responsibility for quality and accuracy as well as performance budget and schedule. * Understand the project scope and deliverables. Initiate timely project change notices when deviations are made from project scope that affect the cost of the work, deliverable and/or schedule. * Establish the process design criteria for the project. * Interface directly with Clients to develop project scope and design requirements. * Interface with sales team to develop business opportunities and assist with proposal development. * Responsible for PFD and P&ID development, heat and material balances, hydraulic calculations and other process engineering tasks. * Review and approve all process engineering deliverables. * Prepare equipment specifications and assist in the development of bid packages for procurement of equipment and perform technical bid evaluations. * Review and check vendor information and reconcile verses the process design documents. * Coordinate with design leaders from other disciplines to ensure inter-disciplinary alignment of the design effort. * Review discipline design information and design drawings for process engineering input and participate in inter-discipline design reviews. * Develop preliminary designs suitable for the level of estimate being prepared as part of a capital project development study. * Maintain familiarity with and utilize industry standards, procedures, and guidelines. * Check calculations, reports, and studies made by other engineers to ensure accuracy, as well as conformance to codes, specifications, design criteria and good engineering practices. Travel as required for project-related activities. Job Requirements Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required: * Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Paper Science from an accredited university. * Minimum of 10 years of experience in the pulp and paper industry - operations is a plus. * Extensive knowledge of paper machine equipment, processes, and operations. * Experience in PFD and P&ID development, heat and material balances, and equipment specifications. * Effective communication skills, both verbal and written. * Professional Engineering registration is a plus but not required.

Created: 2026-04-02