Fixed Equipment Engineer

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific has an exciting opportunity for a Fixed Equipment Engineer to enhance the maintenance and operation of its Wauna facility Pulp Mill in Clatskanie, OR.

Our Team

This role will be responsible for technical aspects of the program with focus on planning and coordination of FE inspection plans including repairs.

This program ensures that the facility complies with all regulatory requirements for federal, state, and local jurisdictions; company requirements and recommendations; and relevant codes, guidelines, and standards.

What You Will Do


* Maintain and support the site fixed equipment program database(s) to ensure compliance with inspections and repairs related to tanks, heat exchangers, boilers, piping systems, pressure vessels, and evaporators.


* Manage inspection, testing, and preventative maintenance (ITPM) plans for fixed equipment, including planning, scheduling, and technical aspects.


* Develop detailed work packages for routine and outage tasks involving fixed equipment, specifying inspection methods, damage mechanisms, acceptance criteria, and providing cost and time estimates, access requirements (scaffold, manlift, etc.), cleaning, maintenance, and QA/QC needs.


* Deliver effective outage and contractor coordination planning for all inspections and repairs related to tanks, heat exchangers, boilers, piping systems, pressure vessels, and evaporators within the annual outage (AO) work process.


* Manage deficiencies and temporary repairs in fixed equipment like tanks, heat exchangers, and boilers, ensuring administrative controls prevent escalation into serious incidents.


* Maintain comprehensive documentation of inspections and repairs for all fixed equipment to enable consistent mechanical integrity.


* Provide technical content and engineering support for fixed equipment to site teams, including troubleshooting, problem-solving, cost estimates, and execution of design solutions.


* Support communication of the site fixed equipment program to pulp mill leadership, highlighting any abnormal or critical risks.


* Actively engage in site Chemical Process Safety (CPS) management, including ITPM plan development and program training, focusing on all fixed equipment.


* Participate in and lead Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) and Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) to identify root causes of complex and repetitive problems with fixed equipment, implementing corrective actions.


* Actively participate in the design and implementation of Asset Improvement Strategies to enhance production and uptime of all fixed equipment.


* Ensure ongoing communication of the site fixed equipment program to pulp mill leadership, emphasizing any critical risks.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* Maintenance and/or reliability experience in an industrial manufacturing environment


* Working knowledge of relevant codes, guidelines, and standards including Recognized a...