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

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent field of study, training, and experience
Experience with: VB.net/C#, .NET framework 4+, source control (preferably Git), Winforms, SQL server database 2017+ (writing SQL queries, creating stored procedures/functions/views), Experience in .NET and SQL is required.
Successful candidates will need to have strong communication and interpersonal skills and have the ability to work well with others in a fast-paced industrial environment.
Must exhibit excellent communication, analytical, organizational, and computer skills, must be capable of independently making sound decision through creative problem-solving and detailed requirements-gathering, must be capable of working with ambiguity and change, must be able to work well under pressure and within time constraints, multi-task, and build sound relationships with both internal and external customers.
Must possess a valid driver's license.
Must be authorized to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications:

3-5 years of experience in Windows desktop development (Windows Forms/WPF)
Supporting/communicating/Interfacing to control networks/PLC’s (PI-OPCDA, PI-OPCHA, PI-OPCUA)
Software/application development using various development kits/tools (PI-OLE, PI-SDK or PIAFSDK)
OSI PI Data Historian management (point creation, interface configuration/support, user access control, and system installation, administration, and support)
Interfacing/communicating with control networks, software development
Pluses for the following experience

ASP.NET MVC, Web API, Blazor
JavaScript, JavaScript frameworks such as AngularJS
HTML5, CSS, Bootstrap
Mobile web development
MS Windows/AD, OSI/PI, and PARCView

Essential Functions:

Develop interactive data base applications designed for a variety of users to improve productivity
Write, develop, debug, diagram, code, and document programs
Provide support and training to in-house personnel
Research, analysis, development, and maintenance of Trident and peripherals
Testing of own projects and other PCA developers
Upgrade applications with new releases and patches (builds)
Work closely with corporate to install new systems and coordinate changes
Take ownership and provide support as directed on local IT systems and programs
Assist with capital project requests and management as needed
Support users/troubleshoot on all mill systems
Comply with document requests for various audits throughout the year
Assist with hardware issues
Various tasks as needed to support millwide IT operations

NOTE: This position is on-site and is not remote or hybrid.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

Starting salary range for position: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00.
Paid Vacation: Three (3) weeks per calendar year. Pro-rata Vacation during the initial year of hire based upon start date within the calendar year.

Paid Holidays.
Within the first 30 days of employment, an employee (and their dependents) is eligible to enroll in certain benefit coverages -- medical, dental, and vision – and are automatically enrolled in life, AD&D, and disability coverages.
Upon hire, an employee is automatically enrolled in the 401k plan. The plan offers both pre-tax and Roth contribution options along with employer provided matching contributions.
Disclaimer: The Compensation and Benefits information in this posting represents PCA’s good faith and reasonable estimate of what it may pay for this position. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

PCA is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Qualified Applicants must apply at careers.packagingcorp.com to be considered.

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