Director - Utilities Operations

As a Fortune 500 company, Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) is an ideas and solutions company. Our corrugated packaging business seeks to be the leader in helping our customers - large and small - package, transport and display products of all kinds. Our white paper business delivers Paper With Purpose by providing the highest level of customer service and operational excellence. We have approximately 15,000 team members in more than 100 locations in the United States that strive to meet the local needs of our customers. Our mission is to serve the needs of our customers, today and tomorrow, with products and services that exceed expectations for performance and environmental responsibility.

People * Customers * Trust

Responsibilities:

Assist in operating and maintaining all equipment/systems within the Utilities Operations of each facility so that they are operated safely, reliably and in a cost-effective manner from one planned maintenance outage to the next with no process interruptions.

Provide operational and troubleshooting support for the Utilities Area at each site to resolve issues in a timely manner.

Evaluate Utilities unit operations for efficiency and recommend/implement improvements to maintain or improve productivity to support manufacturing goals for each site.

Effectively communicate equipment needs/strategies to mill personnel and work together to develop strategies to improve the overall operation.

Managing the PCA Utilities Policy Manual so that current policies comply with current BLRBAC and FM Global guidelines/recommendations and assures plants are operated within these guidelines. Develop and communicate "Best Practices" among the mills.

Managing activities of others in the Corporate Utilities Group for overall effectiveness.

Special requirements:

1. Knowledgeable about industrial boilers used in the pulp & paper industry with special emphasis on recovery boilers and biomass boilers and their auxiliary equipment.
2. Knowledgeable about turbines, evaporators, air compressors, and other critical equipment in the Utilities area or responsibility.
3. Process oriented - capable of analyzing boilers and auxiliary support systems to recognize and recommend process improvements to reduce cost/improve reliability.
4. Able to develop improvement projects from conceptual idea to reality.
   
   
   
   1. Develop scope and cost.
   2. Work with mills to identify benefits and secure funding.
   3. Work with suppliers on scope/cost/performance expectations and warranties.
   4. Plan work so that it can be executed within the timelines provided by typical annual outages to minimize impact to mill operation.
   5. Coordinate work with mill and contractor personnel to assure work quality meets all codes and PCA policies.
   6. Follow up during commissioning of equipment to assure all project goals are met/exceeded.
   
   
   
   
5. Familiar with boiler failure analysis tools and techniques. Responsible for organizing failure analysis and recommendations to prevent further issues.

1. Basic knowledge and understanding of:
   
   
   
   1. Boiler water chemistry and control
   2. BLRBAC safe practices and recommendations
   3. FM Global recommendations
   4. Energy Balances and energy distribution systems
   
   
   
   

All qualified applicants must apply at Careers.packagingcorp.com to be considered.

PCA is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories.

• Lake Forest, IL 60045, USA
• Virtual