# Market evidence report — paper-engineer

Source: **28 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 22, gb 6), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-18.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 20 | 71 % |
| junior | 6 | 21 % |
| lead | 2 | 7 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | data analysis | 14 | 50 % |
| 2 | process optimization | 10 | 36 % |
| 3 | process improvement | 6 | 21 % |
| 4 | project management | 5 | 18 % |
| 5 | process engineering | 4 | 14 % |
| 6 | troubleshooting | 4 | 14 % |
| 7 | continuous improvement | 3 | 11 % |
| 8 | problem solving | 3 | 11 % |
| 9 | problem-solving | 3 | 11 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | data analysis | 3 | 11 % |
| 2 | process optimization | 3 | 11 % |
| 3 | project execution | 3 | 11 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 28 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

**Insufficient evidence** — 22 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 6 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.


## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Chemical Engineering Co-Op - Pulp & Paper Process Optimizer | 1 |
| Chemical Process Engineer - Pulp & Paper - Schenectady, NY | 1 |
| Georgia-Pacific Papermaking Developmental Manufacturing Engineer 2026 Full-Time Program | 1 |
| Junior Technical Process Engineer - Paper Production | 1 |
| Lead Process Engineer - Pulp & Paper Optimization | 1 |
| Lead Process Engineer Paper Converting & CI | 1 |
| Manufacturing Engineer - Paper | 1 |
| Paper Making Process Engineer: Safety, Improvement & Impact | 1 |
| Paper Mill Process Engineer - Troy, NY | 1 |
| Paper Mill Process Engineer: Drive Efficiency & Quality | 1 |
| Plant Engineer - Paper Mill | 1 |
| Plant Engineer Paper Mill Upgrades & Optimization | 1 |
| Process Control Engineer - Pulp & Paper Mill - Troy, NY | 1 |
| Process Control Engineer - Pulp Mills - Utica, NY | 1 |
| Process Control Engineer: Paper & Packaging Innovator | 1 |
| Process Engineer | 1 |
| Process Engineer - Paper | 1 |
| Process Engineer - Paper Mill | 1 |
| Process Engineer - Pulp & Paper Lean Improvement | 1 |
| Process Engineer - Pulp & Paper Mill Optimization | 1 |
| Process Engineer: Paper Mill Continuous Improvement | 1 |
| Process Engineer: Pulp & Paper Operations & Innovation | 1 |
| Process Optimization Engineer Paper Mill | 1 |
| Project Engineer - Pulp & Paper - Tacoma, WA | 1 |
| Project Engineer, Paper Machines | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.