Process Engineer

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking qualified professionals to consider for Process Engineer roles to support our team in Cedar Springs, GA.

These roles will focus on driving improvements across the mill.

Process engineers will be assigned and may be rotated through the pulp, recaustization, power, utility, paper machine and recycle areas of the plant to support both development and individual comparative advantages.

The position(s) will require a motivated, organized and detail oriented individual knowledgeable of industrial processes, equipment, and procedures.

Successful candidates will have a long-term continuous improvement focus that values establishing systemic processes that are sustainable for the long term.

In addition, a degree of flexibility and adaptability will be valuable as the successful candidate will be empowered to drive improvements and close gaps wherever opportunities are found.

These roles are an ideal opportunity for Early Development Professional (EDP) or Leadership Development Program engineers who are ready for the next phase in their career development.

Our Team

The Cedar Springs facility is one of the largest containerboard facilities in the country with three paper machines that make different weights of brown paper & containerboard paper.

The Cedar Springs Mill, located in the southwest corner of Georgia is approximately 28 miles from Dothan, Alabama.

Dothan is the 6th largest city in the state of Alabama with a population of about 70,000.

From Dothan, you are only 90 miles from the beautiful Gulf Coast.

You can easily drive to 3 capital cities in 3 1/2 hours or less.

You are just 1.5 hours from Tallahassee, FL and Montgomery, AL.

Additionally, Dothan has several parks, restaurants, and local entertainment activities.

To learn more about Georgia-Pacific's packaging business please visit: www.gppackaging.com and view the video How Paper Is Made!

What You Will Do



* Understand safe work practices and lead safety by example.


* Lead improvements in our processes for consistent, reliable manufacturing of our containerboard paper grades.


* Work closely with GP's Collaboration and Support Center (CSC) to build predictive modeling for the operations.


* Look for opportunities anywhere in our processes to improve throughput, eliminate waste, reduce cost, or improve quality.


* Support execution of routine maintenance shutdowns as well as major projects.


* Utilize economic and critical thinking and risk-taking mentality to ensure operating costs are minimized wherever practical.


* Encourage operator technicians to demonstrate personal ownership and fostering the personal growth of their capabilities.


* Collaborate with Area Leaders to prioritize work.


* Maintain and track key metrics and provide explanations for metric performance on a weekly and monthly basis - Uptime, raw material consumption, operating supply usage, and machine speed are examples.

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