Senior Process Engineer - Tissue Machines

Your Job

Do you enjoy leading cross-functional teams to obtain process improvements? Are you the type of person who naturally can works with and through others to reach success? If so, Georgia-Pacific has an opportunity for a talented Senior Process Engineer at our Palatka, Paper manufacturing operation!

The ideal candidate will have strong written and verbal communication skills.

That candidate will also be highly motivated to find and correct issues with the highest value, while developing the skills and knowledge of other engineers and operations employees.

Our Team

The Palatka mill and its products are a critical part of GP's Consumer Products portfolio, including high-profile Angel Soft®, Quilted Northern®, Brawny®, and Sparkle® brands.

GP has invested heavily at Palatka in recent years to deliver competitive tissue and towel products including a new towel paper machine.

The mill also features two Kraft paper machines and recent investments in a state-of-the-art Daily Operations Center (DOC) - a singular control hub for our asset monitoring.

With more than 950 team members, the mill is highly strategic operation for GP and a foundational part of the local community and economy.

Located 45 minutes west of the beautiful beaches of St.

Augustine, the mill is nestled in outskirts of the growing city of Palatka.

Jacksonville, Daytona Beach, and Gainesville are approximately one hour away, and Orlando is only two hours! In an area ideal for many different people, interests, and lifestyles, the Palatka mill is a rare find!

What You Will Do


* Work closely with area operations and management to identify opportunities to improve productivity, minimize cost and reduce process variability.

Work in a Team Atmosphere.


* Debottleneck equipment using a systematic approach to gather data and understand the process to become the Subject Mater Expert for the Process Engineering Areas.


* Champion capital and Compliance projects in the area.


* Raise operator knowledge of processes.


* Challenge "This is how it's always run" through statistical data that support findings.


* Work with our remote collaboration and support center (CSC) to improve processes.


* Continually build relationships with operators and management to enable knowledge sharing that may uncover the best alternative to a problem.


* Perform mass and energy balances around current processes to find opportunity and relate findings back in $/ton so the value creation can be realized.


* Lead and develop entry level engineers to support the above initiatives.

Talent recruitment, development and retention will be a key part of the position.

Safety & Compliance: Commitment to environmental, health, & safety excellence


* Acquires and shares knowledge of applicable standards, policies, and procedures in areas of EH&S


* Leads in a way that clearly values safety, regularly engages in and encourages safety participation amongst crew including ...