Senior Electrical Project Engineer

Job Title: Senior Electrical Project Engineer

Reports to: Engineering Manager

The Position

Port Townsend Paper Company has an opening for an Electrical Engineer. This role reports directly to the Engineering Manager. The Electrical Engineer's responsibilities will include capital projects, providing electrical engineering support when needed for troubleshooting or optimizing various systems throughout the mill and supporting the engineering department policies and procedures, occasionally assigned non-electrical capital projects within their capabilities.

Candidates should possess a thorough knowledge and experience in industrial power distribution and process control systems design and troubleshooting, have experience in all aspects of project management, and be an effective communicator throughout all levels of the operation.

About Port Townsend Paper Company (PTPC)

The Port Townsend Paper (“PTPC”) mill is proud to have been in continuous operation for more than 90 years. We use a blend of virgin and recycled fibers (Kraft and OCC pulp) to produce Kraft pulp, paper, containerboard, medium and market pulp. We have built a strong and loyal customer base by developing and nurturing strategic partnership-style relationships.

At PTPC we believe that a healthy and safe work environment is fundamental to the success of all employees. We put that belief into practice every day by managing risk and building safety reliability into our processes and procedures. Engaging and empowering our workforce to maintain world-class safety performance is the pathway to achieving operational excellence. We also strive to preserve the environment, be good neighbors, and remain a valued member of the local community. Many of our employees have enjoyed working at PTPC for the greater part of their careers; we have employees with 20, 25, 30, even 35 years of service. PTPC is proud to provide good, prevailing wage jobs on the Olympic Peninsula.

Job Responsibilities

• Supporting project managers for multi-discipline capital projects and leading electrical capital projects. The Electrical Engineer should be able to safely execute capital projects on time and on budget.

• Project work includes gated project development, detailed design, and project execution phases.
• The Electrical Engineer will support scope, cost, & schedule development, develop project design criteria, codes and standards, review electrical designs, work closely with mill internal resources and contracted engineering disciplines, construction management of electrical project work and final commissioning/turnover to Operations.
• Analyze technical drawings, interpret specifications, and determine the electrical requirements of a given project.
• Participate in engineering, design, and construction reviews.
• Collaborate with other engineers, Maintenance department and Operations department to ensure project objectives are achieved.
• Perform quality assurance inspections on electrical components supplied and installed for projects and maintenance department repairs/upgrades.

• Diagnose electrical and process control problems and troubleshoot equipment.