Engineer I - Early Career Development

Where you will work

This opportunity will be based onsite at one of our 3 mills, which includes Augusta, GA, Cypress Bend, AK or Lewiston, ID.

The Augusta mill sits along the Savannah River, on the state border between Georgia and South Carolina and manufactures light, medium, and heavy weight coated paperboard. It is a well-invested SBS paperboard manufacturing facility with approximately 600 thousand tons of capacity. This facility boasts over 700 employees and has been in operation for almost 65 years.

The Cypress Bend facility is located in the historic Mississippi River Delta and produces bleached paperboard and bleached Kraft pulp, used in the production of folding cartons, commercial print paperboard, carded packaging, and cupstock. This facility boasts over 300 talented employees and stretches across 730 acres. Clearwater Paper employees are proud to manufacture a high-quality product for an essential industry.

The Lewiston mill is the original Clearwater Paper manufacturing facility, producing paperboard product, and boasting over 700 talented employees. Approximately two hours away from Clearwater Paper’s headquarters in Spokane, Washington, the Lewiston paper mill is a key component in Clearwater Paper’s business strategy.

What you will do

Technical Assistance

• Evaluates new technologies, implements process changes and develops systems to reduce operating costs, increase production and improve quality
• Leads the technical process for operating areas to solve equipment and process-related problems
• Provides support data for all reports and performance updates
• Data analysis to reduce variability or improve performance
• Reviews production schedules and suggests modifications for reduced downtime and / or changeovers where applicable
• Assists with designing solutions to eliminate equipment failures and process instabilities
• Writes procedures, trains operators, and monitors compliance with quality procedures
• Organizes shutdown schedules for operations where applicable

Process Improvement

Leadership

Key Competences and Attributes

What you will need

Clearwater Paper will not offer sponsorship for employment-based visa status (including, but not limited to, H-1B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require Clearwater Paper's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.

This role will be open for a minimum of 2 weeks or at the point a successful candidate is selected.