Automation Engineer

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific's Consumer Products division is seeking qualified professionals to consider for a Automation Engineer role to support the Automation equipment and systems in the Naheola Mill shipping department located in Pennington, AL.

The Manufacturing Engineer will be involved with increasing the effectiveness of the asset group by improving reliability, work processes, equipment performance and team member capabilities within the shipping and logistics segment.

This position reports to the Mill Automation Leader.

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific's Naheola Mill located in Pennington, Alabama, is a manufacturing site for the company's well-known consumer products business.

More than 900 employees produce a wide range of products for the consumer business, including Angel Soft® bath tissue, Sparkle® paper towels, as well as bleached paperboard used in Dixie® paper cups and plates.

The mill is the largest employer in the community and is engaged in supporting community outreach, workforce development and education.

The area is a sportsman's paradise with world-class hunting for deer, turkey and other small game and is bounded on the east by the Tombigbee River which provides such recreation as freshwater fishing, boating and water skiing.

Residents of this area enjoy the mild climate, a low cost of living, and is an easy drive to the many resort communities and soft white-sand beaches of the Gulf Coast.

What You Will Do



* Provide strategic and tactical leadership in the areas of Environmental, Health, and Safety


* Coach and Mentor Asset Operators to safely achieve quality production targets in an Ownership Based Work System


* Lead the effort to identify, investigate, recommend, and implement equipment, finished goods and vital supply handling, and automation system improvements, along with process changes that will improve quality of the finished product


* Lead efforts to maintain, improve, and optimize inventory management systems for automation equipment


* Lead efforts in reducing customer complaints


* Lead waste reduction initiatives to reduce all forms of waste within the area


* Manage all business aspects of automation system(s) including monthly operational costs, capital projects, compliance projects and production performance


* Execute financial spend forecast to meet or exceed plan


* Capture and develop opportunities for economic improvement


* Lead assigned projects to completion to provide targeted economic return


* Work as a team player to improve the overall results of the business unit


* Identify and address Shipping team skill performance gaps by collaborating with the Performance Development Leader for improvement strategies


* Lead/Improve Asset and Reliability Strategies (including spare parts, time & condition-based maintenance, down day planning, lubrication, operator basic care routes, asset clean to inspect, Operating Envelope, etc.


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