KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation’s Longview mill is strategically located in Longview, Wash., close to several export ports and with ready access to Interstate 5, two rail lines and barge traffic on site, KapStone’s Longview mill is a major producer of kraft paper packaging and is one of the highest-capacity and most diverse paper mills in North America. KapStone also has a West Coast network of well-equipped corrugated container plants in four states (in addition to the box plants they have in other parts of the United States). The Longview mill manufactures more than 70 grades of kraft paper and containerboard, and supply a broad range of corrugated packaging and solid fibre slip sheets.

Summary:   The Reliability Engineer role is critical to KapStone’s efforts to improve reliability and optimize area production units within the mill. This position works closely with operations and maintenance personnel to improve performance of equipment. One of the key deliverables of this position is to help shift the culture from a reactive to a proactive environment.   Responsibilities:

  • Works in team environment to investigate incidents relative to equipment failure, root cause analysis and to develop and follow-up on recommendations
  • Develop inspection procedures, support monitoring equipment
  • Program and update condition-based monitoring
  • Implement into MIS with IT assistance (set up alarm pages/formats, etc.)
  • Monitor alarms
    • ensure appropriate follow-up
  • Review and recommend preventive maintenance tasks
  • Develop preventive and predictive maintenance procedures
  • Document metrics to track cost and reliability improvements
  • Assess, and maintain, priorities for cost and reliability
  • Coordinate training programs associated with diagnostics
  • Ultrasonic inspections, hydraulic training, special electrical inspections, lubrication inspection programs
  • Recommend/request design changes
  • Perform direct engineering for small scope changes
  • Review spare parts with an emphasis on commonality and inventory control
  • Research developing technologies
  • Perform life cycle analysis, failure criticality, failure modes/effects analysis, and root cause failure analysis

Desired Skills and Experience

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