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Role

Provide high-quality process support and technical leadership to the mill’s operations group resulting in improved product quality, productivity, and reduced costs. 

Accountabilities

• Evaluate product improvement or cost optimization projects by conducting trials including development of trial plans and authoring trial reports
• Improve product quality while implementing cost and variability reduction initiatives
• Develop manufacturing specifications for new grades through pilot coater and machine evaluations
• Reduce environmental impact
• Provide technical support for key departments
• Provide problem solving and analytical skills and leadership
• Assist with machine shutdowns and start ups
• Work safely

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering and/or Paper Science is preferred; however, a BS in other engineering disciplines will be considered.
• Experience in process engineering in an industrial setting preferred but not required or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Have the ability to problem solve
• Possess a drive for results
• Make quality decisions
• Be skilled in process management
• Adept at dealing with ambiguity
• Be action oriented
• Able to make timely decisions
• Able to create strong peer relationships
• Possess functional/technical skills

Normal Work Schedule Includes: Monday through Friday with weekend rotation.

Ahlstrom is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Equal opportunity is a sound and just concept to which we are firmly bound. Ahlstrom will not engage in discrimination against, or harassment of, any person employed or seeking employment with our company based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, non-disqualifying disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law.
 
About Us. Ahlstrom is a global leader in combining fibers into sustainable specialty materials. Our purpose is to Purify and Protect, with Every Fiber, for a Sustainable World. Our vision is to be the Preferred Sustainable Specialty Materials Company for all our stakeholders.
Our three divisions, Filtration and Life Sciences, Food and Consumer Packaging, and Protective Materials, address global trends with safe and sustainable solutions. Our net sales in 2024 amounted to EUR 3.0 billion and we employ some 6,800 people.

Learn more at www.ahlstrom.com

Ahlstrom’s manufacturing and hygiene processes, procedures and policies, must be adhered to, as applicable, to the position’s areas of responsibility, in order to meet and maintain the safety, quality, and regulatory compliance requirements for each grade of paper.