Engineering & Technology Leader

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific's Consumer Operations is seeking a talented and driven Engineering & Technology Leader to join our team at the Dixie Products Operations Plant in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

In this role, you'll partner closely with reliability, maintenance, and operations teams to enhance productivity, reduce costs, and optimize both processes and equipment, with a key focus on capital projects and automation.

You'll lead efforts to drive innovation, streamline processes, and implement advanced technologies that support the company's strategic goals.

Additionally, you'll lead initiatives to improve the knowledge and skills of operators, fostering a culture of safety and efficiency across the Fort Smith facility.

Your expertise will be pivotal in elevating our team's performance, advancing operational excellence, and successfully executing capital projects and automation initiatives.

Our Team

At our Fort Smith Plant, part of the Dixie® brand, we take pride in safely manufacturing high-quality paper products that lead the market in performance and growth.

As a key player in our operation, you'll contribute to creating products that have a competitive edge in the marketplace.

The ideal candidate will also be a people leader, managing a small team to drive success and collaboration across the facility.

We are committed to fostering a dynamic work environment where top talent thrives.

Our team is dedicated to helping one another, achieving business goals, and embracing our Principle-Based Management culture, which drives everything we do.

With state-of-the-art technology and a focus on continuous improvement, we bring the best people together to deliver exceptional results for our customers, Georgia-Pacific, and the Fort Smith community.

If you're looking for an opportunity to grow your career with a forward-thinking company that values your contributions, we want to hear from you!

What You Will Do



* Embrace influential leadership to support the organization while advancing our Principle-Based Management (PBM) culture


* Providing leadership to drive successful planning execution and commissioning of capital projects for both production and facility related projects - Initiate and develop venture summaries (capital project requests) to address reliability issues //


* Providing leadership in the achievement of improved performance in the areas of safety, environmental compliance, customer satisfaction, organizational effectiveness, cost management and asset utilization in the packaging and converting operations area


* Work closely with operators and customers to troubleshoot process, quality and equipment issues and evaluate and implement improvement ideas


* Lead Root Cause Analysis process and execute effective corrective actions


* Create a safe workplace with all environmental, safety and business practices with emphasis on identifying and mitigating critical risks


* Lead and participate in continuous ...