Process Engineer

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is hiring a Process Engineer to join our team in Toledo, OR (Containerboard).

This position will provide strategic and tactical leadership to achieve key operating objectives in safety, environmental compliance, reliability, production, quality, and cost.

The successful candidate will focus on safely improving productivity and reducing costs through process/equipment optimization and operator knowledge/skill improvement.

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific Toledo is a producer of brown paper used to make cardboard and is a leader in recycling in the Northwest.

The Toledo Mill is located within a 10-minute drive to the Pacific Ocean.

Many outdoor activities are available near the mill including fishing, hiking, mountain biking, kayaking, and boating.

What You Will Do


* Drive a culture of safety and environmental excellence through critical hazard identification, risk reduction, and risk mitigation


* Collaborate directly with operators, shift leaders and asset managers to meet the business objectives of the department and influence continuous improvement


* Lead teams in the identification, development, evaluation and implementation of safety, quality and/or cost reduction initiatives and projects that add the highest value to the operation to drive continuous improvement


* Integral team member of outage planning and execution of routine and annual machine outages


* Drive process & equipment modifications that result in improved product quality, reduced variation, and higher customer satisfaction


* Assist in development and implementation of capital projects involving process improvements to document and optimize efforts

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* Bachelor's Degree or higher in an Engineering discipline (i.e.

Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial, Pulp & Paper)


* Experience with continuous manufacturing processes through work experience or project-based work


* Experience using Microsoft Office tools in the following manner: Excel (sorting data, creating tables and creating graphs); Outlook (scheduling tasks, calendar invitations and general professional correspondence); and Word (document creation/editing)

What Will Put You Ahead


* Two (2) or more years of experience working in a manufacturing, industrial, or military environment


* One (1) or more years of experience leading continuous improvement initiatives and/or reliability strategies


* Experience with paper processes and equipment operation


* Experience with chemical process safety


* Six Sigma training and certification

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