Reliability Engineer - Tissue

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is currently recruiting for a Reliability Engineer to support the Tissue Mill area of the Naheola mill.

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

Our Team

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.

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products.

In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses.

Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day -to make everyday products even better.

What You Will Do



* Participate and support in all areas to achieve Environmental, Health & Safety excellence.

Possesses a passion for identifying and mitigating critical hazards.


* Root Cause Analysis Champion: Leads department Root Cause Analysis to the latent root cause of complex and/or repetitive failures and put in place executable corrective actions, tracking to completion.


* The Reliability Engineer develops and supports asset strategy execution for Tissue assets and reports to the Tissue Operations Manager.


* Works closely with equipment owners, remote monitoring teams as well as local maintenance and reliability teams.


* Analyze operational KPIs to identify gaps and areas of potential improvement.

Utilize work processes to effectively improve equipment and process reliability.


* Transfer technical knowledge to operators and supervisors and promote continuing development of a reliability culture.


* Provide technical support on both capital and non-capital projects.


* Work both individually with little supervision and together with a team to achieve improved reliability results.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)



* Two-year degree in Engineering or other technical field or equivalent military experience.


* Four (4) or more years of experience working within a continuous manufacturing / industrial with an operation, maintenance, reliability focus or equivalent military environment.

What Will Put You Ahead



* Bachelor's Degree or higher in engineering or Pulp and Paper Sciences degree


* Experience with collecting, assembling, and analyzing data, including data around operator interactions.


* Experience working in a paper making operation.
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