Mechanical Engineer - All Mills

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 Mechanical Engineer We are seeking resumes for a full-time Mechanical Engineer. This application may lead to one of two potential job titles depending on mill need: Mechanical Reliability Engineer or Mechanical Project Engineer. The primary responsibilities for both are detailed below. Mechanical Reliability Engineer - Work safely and support mill safety, environmental, quality, and reliability expectations across assigned mechanical maintenance areas. - Provide technical support to maintenance, operations, engineering, and contractors to resolve mechanical equipment and reliability issues. - Develop, manage, and improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs, equipment tracking, rebuild programs, spare parts planning, and maintenance documentation. - Support daily, monthly, and annual outage work through planning, coordination, troubleshooting, training, and contractor management. - Use root cause failure analysis, equipment history, maintenance data, and cost information to reduce downtime, improve planning, and increase equipment reliability. - Additional duties as assigned by management. Mechanical Project Engineer - Work safely and support mill safety, environmental, quality, and project execution expectations across assigned mechanical projects. - Coordinate and manage capital projects for engineering and maintenance departments from scope development through completion. - Develop project justifications, cost estimates, engineering designs, equipment and material specifications, schedules, and startup plans. - Manage project costs, timelines, consultants, contractors, construction activity, checkout, startup, and internal customer expectations. - Collaborate with maintenance, operations, engineering, purchasing, accounting, suppliers, and outside resources to deliver safe, on-time, on-budget projects. - Additional duties as assigned by management. Basic Qualifications: Required - Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or mechanical engineering technology or related field - 0-4 years of experience in mechanical engineering - Must be authorized to work in the U.S. - Must have valid driver's license - Experience using Auto Cad, Microsoft Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and Project Preferred - Familiarity with instrumentation and controls systems - Experience in related fields or co-op/internships in paper industry - Students that sign up for interviews during the Career Fairs and On-Campus Interview days at the school listed below will be given first consideration. * Knowledge-Skills-Abilities Ability to work well under pressure and within time constraints, multi-task, and build sound relationships with both internal and external customers. Ability to exhibit excellent communication, analytical, organizational, and computer skills. Capable of independently making sound decisions through creative proble