Jack Wilke

Background

Jack’s expertise is in operations, gained through over 31 years of manufacturing experience in the pulp & paper industry.  During his time in industry, Jack has held roles as a Process Engineer, Senior Process Engineer, Power and Recovery Tour Foreman, Pulp Mill Tour Foreman, Kiln and Recaust Start-up Coordinator, Biomass Boiler Start-up Coordinator, Recovery Operations Coordinator, Pulp Mill Process Owner, Power and Recovery Process Owner, Power and Recovery Superintendent. 

Specialization

At Pillar Engineering, Jack specializes in, but is not limited to, the following pillars:

Senior Power and Recovery Engineer

Operations

  • Benchmarking

  • SOP Development

  • Best Practices Implementation

  • Outage Support & Management

  • Contractor Oversight

  • Mentoring and Teaching Young Operations Supervisors and Managers

Engineering

  • Process Center-lining

  • Small Project Management

Education

Jack holds a bachelor’s degree in Paper Science and Engineering from the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point.