Commissioning Leader

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Commissioning Leader for the Corporate Projects and Engineering Team supporting the Continuous Manufacturing Group.

This role involves partnering with facilities, project managers and leaders to ensure operations readiness in the Retail & Professional Tissue, Towel, Napkin, Dixie®, Packaging and Containerboard, Cellulose, and Pulp, Power, & Recovery areas.

This opening is part of a capability that is growing across the organization to engage with projects to help them succeed when it's time to start to run.

This exciting opportunity will give you the opportunity to use your project management skills to help Georgia-Pacific sustain and grow our businesses.

This will be a hybrid role where you will work remote and travel to the site when needed.

This role will require travel at least 80% of the time including nights, weekends, and holidays.

The preferred candidate will be near a major airport.

Our Team

This team works directly with project managers, operations teams, and contractors to prepare for the startup of new equipment.

The portfolio of investments includes all of retail, professional, cellulose and containerboard business units.

What You Will Do


* Partner with key stakeholders to ensure project scope and accountabilities are clearly identified


* Develop adequate resourcing plans to support operational and maintenance needs at facilities


* Lead start-ups to include pre commissioning and commissioning plan development and execution


* Supervises the preparation of the performance test procedures and of the operating manuals with the process team.


* Improve work tools, processes, contract exhibits, etc.

to institutionalize commissioning responsibilities and concepts


* Prepares the commissioning progress reports to the project management and to the commissioning department.


* Partner with internal and external Engineering, facility, and capability resources as needed

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* Experience commissioning major process related projects


* Experience working on large capital projects in a manufacturing environment


* Able to read P&IDs


* Experience with scheduling software's such as P6 and Microsoft Project


* Experience with check out and commissioning activities such as pipe and vessel pressure testing, electrical and instrument check out, and dynamic testing of systems.


* Understanding of HSE requirements related to major commissioning (OSHA etc.)


* Experience leading diverse teams comprised of operations, engineering, and trade partners

What Will Put You Ahead


* Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Paper Science Engineering, Construction Science or related field


* Subject matter expertise in medium-to-large project start-up of various equipment types and systems.


* Experience developing commissioning and start up plans on large projects (greater than $400 million)


* Experience re...