Advanced Process Control Engineer

Your Job

A successful candidate will enjoy utilizing engineering expertise to develop/deploy Advanced Process Controls (APC) Strategies.

This role is based in Atlanta, GA; the role will also require travel to sites periodically.

The Advanced Process Control Engineer in this role will partner with our large Consumer Products, Cellulose, Containerboard, and Building Products manufacturing operations across the United States.

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a qualified professional for the role of Advanced Process Control Engineer within the corporate Process Control Center of Excellence based in Atlanta, GA.

What You Will Do


* Leverage data analytics tools and skills to identify new opportunities for supervisory automation or model-predictive control


* Utilize best practices and fundamentals of supervisory and regulatory process control to optimize standard APC packages for a particular plant/site or to develop new APC control strategies


* Partner with site process control teams to address pre-requisite opportunities in instrumentation and DCS control prior to APC deployment


* Partner with data scientists to integrate advanced analytics and AI forecast modeling to further optimize APC control performance for productivity, cost, and yield


* Partner with Real-time Monitoring teams to ensure that Advanced Process Controls (APCs) are running optimally


* Partnering with the IT/OT on developing and monitoring KPIs for any new APC's


* Create/maintain APC control narratives


* Troubleshoot and optimize OPC communications between APC and DCS

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical, Chemical, Systems Engineering or Computer Science


* Ability to travel approximately 15% to the site


* Experience with PLC OR Distributed Control Systems (DCS) such as TDC3000, Experion, Delta-V or Foxboro

What Will Put You Ahead


* Bachelor's degree or higher in Paper Science


* Experience with Honeywell Profit Suite/Forge or AspenTech DMC3


* Experience in the Pulp and Paper industry and processes


* Experience with JMP, Minitab, MATLAB Simulink


* Experience with Python, GitLab, Docker


* Experience with PI Process Book, PI Vision, PI Asset Framework


* 2 or more years of experience working within a facility operation within an industrial manufacturing environment

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