Automation Engineer Complex Support - Sweetwater

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific's Gypsum division is seeking to add a well-qualified Automation Engineer to work on our team in Sweetwater, TX, to design, deploy, and optimize high value initiatives across the Gypsum business.

Our Team

At Georgia-Pacific, we don't believe that a job is just simply a job.

We see each role as a career and a way to advance your skills to not only better your life but the community as well.

What You Will Do



* Work with product development team on manufacturing requirement and design solutions that improve production processes efficiency, quality, and cost.


* Design and develop control systems for automated manufacturing equipment.


* Sustain and lead the continuous improvement to optimize automated processes.


* Create and maintain documentation related to automation systems, including specifications, manuals, and standard operating procedures.


* Proficiency in automation technologies, including PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) programming, HMI (Human-Machine Interface) design (Ignition), Windows application programming in C++/C#, Python, etc.


* Strong communication skills for teamwork, troubleshooting, brainstorming.


* Leads, develops, and supports the implementation of transformation strategies across the complex in Automation and Digital Process Optimization (DPO) that could be scaled across the Gypsum business and Building Products.


* Ability to effectively work and communicate with corporate resources in Automation/DPO, operations and various other capabilities.


* Strong project management skills, problem solving, sense of urgency, customer focus, and team building.


* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; ability to present to senior leadership; planning and organizational skills; ability to multi-task and prioritize.


* Capable of managing individual projects as well as the overall transformation portfolio.


* Ability to develop transformation strategies and action plans based on robust analysis of opportunities and challenges.


* Work with SMEs in the business to help advance Automation and DPO initiatives and projects.


* Ability to collaborate across roles and diverse groups, gather and share feedback.


* Ability to collect data and formulate operation process flow charts to capture enhancements in safety, quality, cost reduction and throughput and implement through automation.


* Provide technical expertise in process automation and transfer that knowledge to others (operations and maintenance).


* Ability to multi-task and prioritize many different opportunities as they come up.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)



* Five (5) or more years of hands-on engineering experience within a manufacturing operation.


* PLC programming skills (Allen-Bradley PLC experience required)


* Ability to troubleshoot, configure, and repair all types of PLCs & HMIs and install process instruments.


* Able to read assem...