Converting Engineer

Remote position with up to 50-60% Travel (US)

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific Continuous Manufacturing Group is looking for a Converting Engineer.

The ideal candidate has engineering and operations experience and has demonstrated success in converting paper products.

This individual is primarily responsible for solving the complicated problems in the paper product converting industry, enabling manufacturing partners to become competitive.

Our Team

This position:


* R esides in our Converting Technical Center, which is part of the corporate Manufacturing Technical Group.


* Works closely with operations across GP's North American facilities.


* Collaborates with multiple groups and disciplines throughout operations to improve asset performance and reliability.


* Home-based, and though travel will vary, it will typically range from 50-75%.

Our culture is defined by the Principle Based Management® philosophy, which guides everyday decision-making and provides employees with opportunities to contribute and personally benefit from the value they create.

What You Will Do


* Support projects through the check-out, start-up, commissioning, operational handoff, and troubleshooting of converting assets.


* Support commercialization and product portfolio rollouts as a key technical support resource


* Build a technical solutions capability through a network of internal and external partners (technical SME, engineering, operations, vendor/OEM)


* Identify gaps in current technologies & processes and provide solutions to improve efficiencies.


* Coach and mentor operations, building internal technical skills, capabilities, and efficiencies while improving performance metrics and asset sustainability.


* Scale improvements through knowledge sharing across assets/platforms to fully leverage innovation and process improvements.


* Interact with and learn platform equipment technologies and apply that knowledge and support across the business.

Knowledge & Skills


* Ability and desire to support start-up/commissioning and troubleshooting converting equipment for short periods until performance metrics are achieved.

This will require travel to different facilities across North America.


* Demonstrated success in delivering value to the organization in a principled way with and through others in a technical role.


* Ability to apply engineering and scientific principles to identify and resolve equipment run ability issues.


* Capability of working in a flexible, dynamic, environment.


* Ability to work independently, with little supervision and direction.


* Ability to facilitate and drive resolution to complex equipment problems.


* Sense of urgency and the ability to engage people positively to move initiatives forward in an expedited timeframe.


* Ability to work effectively in ambiguous situations.

Maintain positive approach and be a strong advocate of company driven initiatives.
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