Position Title:

Senior Mechanical Reliability Engineer

Pay Rate:

$93,400 - $124,500

Multiple factors, including Individual experience, skills and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range.

Category/Shift:

Salaried Full-Time Exempt

Physical Location:

Pine Hill Mill (Pine Hill, AL)

The Job You Will Perform (including but not limited to):

Safety Leadership: Leads Safety in all aspects of the RE Role.
Equipment Reliability Strategy as follows:
- Criticalities Assessment Owner: Understand equipment criticalities and maintain for area.
- Owns the maintenance strategy for His/Her area; REs are responsible for defining, developing, and administering the equipment care programs.
- Predictive Maintenance: Understand PdM principles and tools and how to apply each to ensure assets are properly maintained. The Reliability Engineer champions efforts in the MWS meetings to drive timely resolution of deficiencies identified through PdM efforts.
- Preventative Maintenance: Lead development of critical mechanical PMs for the area; work with mechanics, planners, FLL and APM to develop and/or refine PM Routes.
- Lubrication program: Understand key principles for precision lubrication and filtration for industrial equipment to support his/her area to meet very high standards.
- Champion Asset Class Management in area – Establish cradle to grave strategy for critical equipment types and work towards improvements to extend equipment life.
Failure Elimination (Preventable Chronic Failures) The area RE leads efforts around identifying and resolving chronic failures in His/Her area.
RCFA Facilitation: Reliability Engineers Champion proper use of the RCFA process in their respective area to ensure Proper Root Causes “Physical, Human and Latent” are identified and corrective actions developed to eliminate the failure from reoccurring.
MWS: Participate in area meetings to help prioritize work orders and support critical job planning as needed. The RE ensures the MOC (Management of Change process is followed)
Support Core teams: Help resolve technical issues or repair procedures as required; coach maintenance First Line Leaders, Planners, Hourly Craftsmen, Contractors and REACH Engineers as needed
GMS (Global Manufacturing System) Support and Lead Reliability GMS efforts in area.
Facility Plan: Develop and Maintain Five-year repair plan for critical equipment in area.
Participate in Capital Plan development.
Support cost savings goals. Identify opportunities and drive cost savings in area.

The Skills You Will Bring:

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
5+ years experience at Pulp & Paper facility; Maintenance is a plus
Good process knowledge, equipment familiarity
Utilities and Boiler Maintenance Experience is desirable
Ability to manage and lead multiple projects
Proficient with Microsoft Office and Project, SAP PM Applications
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Must have good interpersonal skills with ability to interact at all levels

The Benefits You Will Enjoy:

International Paper offers a benefits package that includes health, welfare and retirement plans including Medical, Dental, Life insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Short-term and Long-term Disability, 401(k), Company-funded retirement contributions, Paid Time Off, Education & Development (including Tuition Reimbursement), Student Loan Repayment Assistance, and Voluntary Benefits including insurance for home, auto, vision and pets

The Career You Will Build:
Leadership training, promotional opportunities

The Impact You Will Make:
We continue to build a better future for people, the planet, and our company! IP has been a good steward of sustainable practices across communities around the world for more than 125 years. Join our team and you’ll see why our team members say they’re Proud to be IP.

The Culture You Will Experience:

International Paper promotes employee well-being by providing safe, caring and inclusive workplaces. We have team members all around the world with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. These are our strengths. We are committed to creating a culture where all individuals are respected, valued, engaged and have an opportunity to do their best work every day. We invite you to bring your uniqueness, creativity, talents, experiences, and safety mindset to be a part of our increasingly inclusive and diverse culture.

The Company You Will Join:
International Paper (NYSE: IP) is the global leader in sustainable packaging solutions. With company headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, and EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) headquarters in London, UK, we employ more than 65,000 team members and serve customers around the world with operations in more than 30 countries. Together with our customers, we make the world safer and more productive, one sustainable packaging solution at a time. Net sales for 2024 were $18.6 billion. In 2025, International Paper acquired DS Smith creating an industry leader focused on the attractive and growing North American and EMEA regions. Additional information can be found by visiting internationalpaper.com.

International Paper is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. International Paper complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact reasonable.accommodations@ipaper.com or (877) 973-3919.

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