Your Job
Leaf River Cellulose in New Augusta, Mississippi, has an exciting opportunity for an Early Career Electrical Engineer. This role is responsible for developing the skills to ensure the continuous and reliable operation of electrical equipment, instrumentation, and control systems. The primary focus of this position is to work closely with experienced employees to learn and obtain the skills and knowledge needed to develop and enhance asset strategies, failure analysis, end-of-life strategies, infrastructure maintenance, and condition monitoring of electrical assets through testing and predictive methods.
Our Team
The Leaf River Cellulose Mill is a large paper plant, north of New Augusta, Mississippi. They produce filter grade pulp and market pulp, which is used in the manufacturing of coffee filters, vacuum cleaner bags, automotive filters, printing paper, tissue paper, and coated paper.

What You Will Do

• Collaborate closely with maintenance, engineering, and operations teams to execute strategies that optimize the electrical and instrument equipment reliability.
• Advance a forward-looking electrical instrumentation and controls health strategy, including electronic monitoring and diagnostic efforts for the mill.
• Work alongside experienced employees to develop scopes and plans for executing preventative maintenance during cold mill outages.
• Work with engineering group on projects through design and implementation to ensure a reliable design, adequate spare parts, and maintenance strategies are in place. Where applicable, manage capital projects to support reliability initiatives.
• Support maintenance from a technical standpoint during mill upset conditions and active failures.
• Promote safety through proactive involvement in safety training, adherence to the mill’s safety program and application of HOP concepts.
• Apply economic thinking to lead reliability initiatives while collaborating with operational support personnel, environmental, engineering, and other maintenance personnel.
• Develop and maintain measures that monitor key reliability data for electrical equipment and instrumentation, establishing additional measures as needed.
• Identify and implement electrical and instrument improvements that result in year-over-year improvements in safety, production, maintenance, and costs.
• Digitize records and document knowledge processes to capture troubleshooting techniques and to help develop the workforce through optimal knowledge transfer.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Enrolled in an Electrical focused degree or alternative program (e.g., 2-year technical college program, certificate program, upskilling program, etc.).
• Eligible for full time employment on or before Summer 2026.
• Legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Enrolled in an Electrical Engineering degree program.

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Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

• Collaborate closely with maintenance, engineering, and operations teams to execute strategies that optimize the electrical and instrument equipment reliability.
• Advance a forward-looking electrical instrumentation and controls health strategy, including electronic monitoring and diagnostic efforts for the mill.
• Work alongside experienced employees to develop scopes and plans for executing preventative maintenance during cold mill outages.
• Work with engineering group on projects through design and implementation to ensure a reliable design, adequate spare parts, and maintenance strategies are in place. Where applicable, manage capital projects to support reliability initiatives.
• Support maintenance from a technical standpoint during mill upset conditions and active failures.
• Promote safety through proactive involvement in safety training, adherence to the mill’s safety program and application of HOP concepts.
• Apply economic thinking to lead reliability initiatives while collaborating with operational support personnel, environmental, engineering, and other maintenance personnel.
• Develop and maintain measures that monitor key reliability data for electrical equipment and instrumentation, establishing additional measures as needed.
• Identify and implement electrical and instrument improvements that result in year-over-year improvements in safety, production, maintenance, and costs.
• Digitize records and document knowledge processes to capture troubleshooting techniques and to help develop the workforce through optimal knowledge transfer