**Job Description**

**Position Title:**

**Reliability Engineer**

**Pay Rate** :

$93,500-$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

**Physical Location** :

3737 Hwy 3

Redwood, MS 39156

A Reliability Engineer’s responsibility is to eliminate unscheduled downtime and increase the life of our assets. At Vicksburg, reliability engineering combines traditional maintenance engineering with process engineering for a holistic approach to address downtime liabilities on a production system. Reliability Engineers focus on making sustainable improvements to critical manufacturing systems and have secondary departmental assignments. The Senior Reliability Engineer reports directly to the Mill Reliability Leader and is a member of the Mill’s Maintenance and Engineering group. Pay will vary depending on experience and skill of the successful candidate.

**The Job You Will Perform:**

Reliability Engineers must be able to interact effectively with all the levels of the organization – from maintenance craftsmen and operators through mill and corporate management. They work closely with operating and maintenance leaders to eliminate chronic problems and to support high priority area objectives. Excellent communication skills are a necessity. Reliability engineering assignments have true impact on the performance of the mill and offer a challenging and rewarding career.

A Reliability Engineer will be accountable for:

+ Working safely in an industrial environment

+ Eliminating unscheduled maintenance downtime

+ Managing asset criticalities, equipment care strategies, and maintenance policies to ensure failure prevention

+ Resolving chronic problems using RCFA or other structured problem-solving techniques

+ Leading step change improvements in key focus areas critical to the mill’s success

+ Influencing maintenance activities to achieve reliability targets and increase asset life

+ Managing repair and capital projects that directly impact the reliability of the equipment throughout the mill

+ Improving Reliability systems and behaviors

+ QA/QC advocate for area

+ Area advocate for maintaining RI database

+ Develop systems to prevent repeat failures

+ Service as IPCC rep as needed to support area maintenance leaders

+ Audit PM for accuracy and necessary changes as they come up

+ Area lead for critical equipment that require outside repairs such as cranes, tanks, etc.

+ Develop equipment checkout procedures for incoming repair/return items

+ Champion roles such as MPM, PM, Lubrication for assigned area

+ Member of area MWS team providing feedback as required

**The Skills You Will Bring:**

+ A bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical or chemical engineering is preferred with 5+ years’ experience in a maintenance/reliability function.Non-degreed candidates with significant experience in a related function will also be considered.

+ Pulp/Paper mill experience is preferred.

Preferred Qualifications include the following experience and knowledge sets:

+ Rotating

+ Lubrication

+ Precision practices

+ Equipment care strategies

+ Lean Manufacturing

+ Root Cause Failure Analysis

+ FMEA

+ Project Management

+ CMMS Systems (SAP is highly preferred)

+ Competencies: Action Oriented, Functional/Technical skills, Problem Solving, Managing through systems, Priority Setting, Organizing, Oral and Written Communication Skills, Results Oriented, Managerial Courage, and Customer Focus

**About Us**

**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.

**Job Identification** 2001261

**Job Schedule** Full time