Sr. Paper Engineer

Remote Position with 50-70% Travel (US)

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is recruiting for a Senior Engineer to join our Paper Technical Center that is part of the Manufacturing Technical Group.

The successful candidate will provide technical expertise to a variety of paper making assets across Georgia Pacific's North America facilities and will have a strong capability to work with both hourly and salary employees.

Our Team

Utilization of Principle-Based Management and Frameworks to proactively support and grow the diagnostic tools and knowledge for the Paper Manufacturing site's paper machines.

T his would include diagnosing root cause of operational issues, leading and assisting local resources in resolution of issues, identifying improvement opportunities through assessments, developing expertise in others, and maintaining knowledge of emerging technologies.

This role does require domestic travel on a regular basis.

What You Will Do


* Work with hourly and salaried personnel at production sites to identify improvement opportunities for both processes and equipment through site assessments


* Review maintenance and downtime data to identify production equipment that needs repair, replacement, or reconfiguration


* Coordinate and lead efforts to return asset performance to optimized base case with third party support and internal resources as needed


* Support installation, commissioning, and optimization of new assets


* Assist asset owners in managing and prioritizing lists of improvement opportunities for their respective assets based on business need


* Work with Subject Matter Experts and operations personnel within Georgia Pacific to develop standardized operating and maintenance strategies for similar assets and equipment


* Provide technical and professional support and mentoring for hourly and salaried engineering and operations personnel both at local facilities and within the corporate engineering team


* Assist in planning specific outage activities with operations teams to ensure that desired results are achieved


* Apply Subject Matter Expertise to support short-term technical requests across multiple facilities


* Support trials of new process technology and equipment and provide assessment of applicability with existing asset base

Personal Attributes:


* Proven capability of leading through influence; working with and through large cross-functional teams


* 7-10 years' experience in manufacturing/operations experience, preferably in paper or process industry.

Tissue experience a plus.


* Strong communication skills with demonstrated ability to build strong relationships at all levels of the organization.


* Demonstrated team/group facilitation experience - meetings, knowledge sharing, problem-solving, etc.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* Bachelor's Degree in Pulp and Paper Science, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field


* 10-year com...