Electrical Reliability Engineer

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Georgia-Pacific is seeking an Electrical Reliability Engineer to join our Maintenance department in Brewton, AL.

This position will be part of our electrical reliability group, whose primary focus is to ensure the mill-wide reliability of the electrical distribution system, electrical rotating equipment, and associated instruments.

This individual must have extensive knowledge in electrical power distribution, motors, drives, and PLCs.

Strong leadership skills, combined with the ability to work with a team and effectively communicate are essential for this role.

Our Team

The Brewton Mill produces white top linerboard and solid bleached sulfate (SBS) paperboard.

The SBS material is used to make GP's Dixie plates.

White top linerboard is used in production of corrugated containers and displays.

To learn more about our Bleach Board Division, visit www.gppackaging.com \

Learn more about our Brewton facility and employees here: We Are: Brewton

What You Will Do

• Drive mill-wide electrical reliability efforts and maintenance activities.

• Support safety and compliance excellence through effective work execution, personally modeling safe behaviors.

• Ensure safe electrical work practices and arc flash prevention in accordance with GP ESWP standards, National Electrical Code, and NFPA 70E.

• Ensure proper operation, inspection, and repair of electrical power distribution equipment, maintaining standards of NFPA 70B and NETA MTS-2019.

• Ensuring compliance with all electrical codes, standards, regulations, and industry best practices (NFPA70, NEC, ANSI, OSHA).

• Provide expertise on Transformers, Motors, VFDs, starters, relays, and PLCs.

• Lead electrical predictive/preventative maintenance activities, such as infrared and ultrasonic surveys.

• Develop asset strategies, end of life strategies, and implementation of continuous condition monitoring.

• Work with project managers on planning, development, and execution of electrical capital projects.

• Perform Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) on electrical equipment failures.

• Responsible for maintaining mill electrical model up to date, by conducting electrical calculations on loads, equipment sizing, grounding touch and step potentials, short circuit studies, protective devices, electrical drawings, protective relays, and substations.

• Responsible for maintaining transformer maintenance and oil health program.

• Manage outside engineering and electrical contractor resources as required.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• B.S.

degree in Electrical Engineering.

• Three (3) plus years Electrical Power Distribution experience in a heavy industrial, manufacturing, or military environment.

• Strong technical skills in electrical and instrumentation systems

• Experience using Microsoft Office programs such as Word (to write business correspondence), Excel (for use of spreadsheets, reporting, simple formulas) and Outlook (for internal and ex...