Principal Electrical Engineer (High Voltage Power)

Principal Electrical Engineer (High Voltage Power)

at Clearwater Paper Corporation in Lewiston, Idaho, United States

Job Description

Description

Where you will work:

Clearwater Paper (NYSE: CLW) is a publicly held company and a premier supplier of private brand tissue to major retailers, including grocery, drug, mass merchants and discount stores. In addition, the company produces bleached paperboard used by quality-conscious printers and packaging converters, and offers services that include custom sheeting, slitting, and cutting. Clearwater Paper's employees build shareholder value by developing strong relationships through quality and service. Working at Clearwater Paper provides an opportunity to enrich your career through challenging and meaningful work and ongoing training and development-all in a supportive environment. We know our success depends on your success.

This role is an onsite role in Lewiston, ID.

What you will do:

The Principal Electrical Engineer would be leading in collaboration with mill operations, maintenance, and external engineering in the development and deployment of electrical capital and expense improvement projects. This role is responsible for developing scope, costs, and schedules related to capital/expense improvements in the pulp and paper mill located in Lewiston, ID.

The Electrical Principal Engineer will be called upon to execute capital project management best practices including but not limited to Front End Loading reviews, Interactive Planning Sessions, project playbook execution, change management planning, and construction management. This role is also responsible for tracking and reporting to divisional leaders and mill leadership on project schedules and budgets.

Key Responsibilities

Manage electrical projects, design electrical systems, and optimize electrical processes for the Lewiston mill.

Work collaboratively with key stakeholders in the mill and corporate level to develop technical solutions relating to improved productivity, reliability, and quality.

Lead efforts with mill personnel to assist development of Standard Operating Procedures, Standard Maintenance Work Plans, Operator Basic Care rounds, Process Variation Reduction methodologies, and training plans for operators and maintenance personnel

Foster an environment that encourages employee engagement through demonstration and modelling of Clearwater Paper's Core Values

Drive a culture of technical collaboration throughout business

Ensure adequate engineering tracking and reporting controls are being followed to evaluate the projects progress, schedule, and performance

Provide assistance in overseeing construction efforts and assist with any troubleshooting or problem solving required to meet the design intent

Ensures drawings and design details of existing facility are up to date and all field modifications made during construction are accurately documented

Supports site in evaluating projects requiring outside engineering

Develops or enhances project tools and engineering guidelines used to standardize engineering practices as it pertains to project management and implementation

Mentor junior electrical engineers

Key Competencies & Attributes

Strong analytical skills to leverage data to drive quantitative and analytically based business decisions and take smart risks

Demonstrated leadership courage to identify and communicate project risks; develop, align resources and communicate countermeasures to mitigate risks

Able to think strategically and act tactically, hands on

Demonstrated ability to lead in a matrixed and highly collaborative environment to influence change and core processes.

Confidence in dealing with ambiguity; bringing different perspectives to light and rallying others to aligned goals and objectives.

High degree of business curiosity; quick learner with a proactive and agile mindset

Optimistically looks toward future for opportunities to innovate and improve

Exceptional communication skills (written and verbal); leading and presenting complex materials for various audiences.

Demonstrated experience in influencing across diverse team- creating a vision, strategy, gaining alignment, developing plans and tactics to ensure delivery.

Demonstrated strong change management skills; aligning and bringing others along- act to improve culture, process, products.

Demonstrated ability to understand the organizational impact in decision making; see the big picture and distill it into action plans.

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Clearwater Paper is an Equal Opportunity Employer and supports a drug free workplace. It is our policy to seek and employ the best qualified employees and to provide equal opportunity for the advancement of employees and to administer all of our employment policies in a manner that will not discriminate against any person because of race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetic information, on-the-job injuries, or any other legally protected status.

Job Posting: 2411939

Posted On: Jul 31, 2025

Updated On: Jul 31, 2025