Electrical Engineer

Domtar - Kingsport, TN

Full-time

Kingsport, TN

5,001-10,000 employees

Paper Manufacturing

About the position

The Plant Electrical Engineer at Domtar's Packaging mill in Kingsport, TN is responsible for ensuring the proper operation, maintenance, and reliability of the mill's power distribution system. This role involves coordinating activities between the mill and its electrical power provider, as well as identifying and developing capital projects for power distribution upgrades. The engineer will also focus on maintaining assets and driving reliability improvements within the mill.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate the identification, prioritization, and implementation of key improvement opportunities within the power distribution network.
• Facilitate the identification, prioritization, and implementation of capital improvement opportunities on Paper Machines and supporting equipment.
• Facilitate the identification, prioritization, and implementation of reliability improvement and asset management.
• Ensure that correct specifications, standards, tools, and safety practices are in place and being used for proper decision-making.
• Effectively manage relationships and information between the corporation, the mill, and suppliers/contractors.
• Provide tactical involvement in the area of drives both package and sectional.
• Participate in or lead problem-solving events (PSE) for internal issues of note.
• Promote and support activities that support Best-In-Class safety performance.
• Participate in updates of mill electrical safety procedures.
• Participate in yearly annual outages to maintain the proper operation of the mill power distribution system.
• Maintain open business relationships with other engineering professionals within the Domtar organization to identify and share best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering.
• Proficiency with modern PC-based office software tools, proficiency with AutoCAD.
• Minimum of five (5) to seven (7) years' experience in manufacturing or power distribution management.
• Minimum of three (3) years' experience in AC Variable speed drives.
• Minimum of three (3) years' experience in PLC's.
• Strong project management, planning, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Ten (10) years of experience in manufacturing or power distribution management.
• Five (5) years of experience in AC Variable speed drives.
• Five (5) years of experience in PLC's.
• Five (5) years of CMMS System experience (preferably SAP, others will be considered).