Process Control Engineer, Chemical Recovery

Process Control Engineer

Employer: WestRock Services, LLC (d/b/a Smurfit Westrock) Job Title: Process Control Engineer, Chemical Recovery and Utilities (multiple openings) Job Location: 1000 Abernathy Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30328 Job Type: Full Time Travel: Yes - Domestic travel up to 60% Telecommute: Yes - Work may be performed anywhere in the United States.

Job Duties:

• Field incoming problems from end users to support the efficient operation of all power and utilities equipment within the WestRock mill system.
• Perform hands-on fixes at the control system and instrumentation level for all power and utilities control system operations.
• Manage and/or assist in the deployment of new control system configurations, hardware, and infrastructure.
• Provide continuous monitoring of APC, control loop, and equipment performance.
• Develop, execute, and assist in optimization efforts at all mill facilities.
• Support and development of all control schemes that are related to the Chemical Recovery & Utilities areas.
• Develop and maintain standardized control system narrative database for each equipment type.
• Serve as primary liaison between the EMS E&C Group and the Operations Steering teams for your assigned process area.
• Provide technical assistance to mills as requested.
• Facilitate the transfer of Best Practices/Technology between the mills.
• Assist in the development and implementation of strategic plans.
• Collaborate with engineering consultants, manufacturers, and third-party integrators during conceptual design.
• Review project SAMA’s, narratives, specifications, and other documents produced by engineering consultants, manufacturers, and third-party integrators to verify technical accuracy.
• Participate in Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) of DCS, QCS, PLC and other control systems.
• Design, implement, commission, and maintain mill wide APC application deployments.
• Support capital projects and provide technical support in the 30 WestRock paper mills and 3 extrusion plants in the USA, Canada, Brazil and India.
• Provide continuous monitoring of OT networks at WestRock’s 30 North American paper mills and 3 extrusion plants.
• Develop, execute, and assist in proactive maintenance on WestRock OT systems.
• Support of OT systems including networks, virtual systems, servers, switches, and associated hardware.
• Maintain system backups of hardware and software configuration of WestRock OT systems.

Requirements:

Employer will accept a bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field and 10 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation. Position requires experience in the following:

• 10 years of process control engineering or related experience in an industrial environment.
• Experience in the operation, installation, startup, and maintenance of boilers and their supporting equipment.
• Experience applying statistics to assess control loop performance, dynamic models, variability characteristics and improvement opportunities.
• Experience tuning and optimizing process equipment online.
• Experience in MD and CD controls.
• Experience with OSI PI.
• Experienced in engineering, maintenance and troubleshooting in instrumentation, valves for industrial processes.
• Experience in ICS design, implementation, commissioning, and maintenance.
• Experience in OT Networking for ICS.
• Experience with Control Station, Plant ESP & Loop-Pro software.

Contact: Email resume to: greg.keller@westrock.com (ATR #56736) must be included in resume, cover letter, and subject line.

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is a global leader in sustainable paper and packaging solutions. We are materials scientists, packaging designers, mechanical engineers and manufacturing experts with a shared purpose: Innovate Boldly. Package Sustainably. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity, and respect, we use leading science and technology to move fiber-based packaging forward. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.