Engineering Manager

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking an Engineering Manager for our facility in Big Island, VA.

The Engineering Manager will lead the Engineering Department which includes Project, Process Control, and Process Engineering capabilities.

Each of these capability groups has a group leader/subject matter expert who reports to the Engineering Manager.

The Manager position is key to setting the culture for the Engineering Department and the application of the customer focus principle as applied to internal mill customers (operations and maintenance) and external resources (corporate and third party).

This role will champion excellence in the execution of the Project Work Processes to drive long-term value creation.

This candidate will manage the capital portfolio for the facility to include managing yearly and 5-year execution plans.

This position will report directly to the Vice President at the mill.

This is a key leader position within the facility that will help shape long-term strategy and overall mill culture.

If you have a passion for driving process optimization, mentoring a team of dedicated engineers, and contributing to the success of the mill, then we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

Our Team

The Big Island, Virginia mill is located 14 miles Northwest of Lynchburg Virginia, surrounded by the picturesque Blue Ridge mountains and the historic James River.

The team is made up of approximately 330 employees who produce 100% recycled linerboard and Semi Chem medium used to support Geogia Pacific's packaging business.

The mill is known for its long-term stability, good long-term capital investment and maintenance strategies, great work culture, disciplined operations, and for being a valued community employer.

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.

To learn more about our Big Island facility, please visit 130 Years at the Big Island Mill | Paper & Packaging .

What You Will Do



* Provide talent development, primarily focused on your direct reports to ensure the mill is positioned advantageously, in order to be effective at capital planning and project execution as well as process and process control engineering excellence


* Align all roles, responsibilities, and expectations with the Mill Vision, Safety Vision, and Reliability Vision.

Review RREs to ensure individual contributions support these visions


* Identify and secure the required resources to execute authorized capital, extraordinary maintenance, and minor projects for the facility


* Encompass document control and Design-for-Reliability practices into Project Work Processes providing a complete project venture for the customer


* Maintain discipline advancing through Project Work Process gates to meet deliverables at each project phase


* Maintain budgetary costing ...