Sr. Electrical Engineer

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer for our Machine Controls team.

You will work on GP's biggest capital opportunities across the country as a Project Discipline Lead for our Consumer Products, Packaging & Cellulose, and Dixie manufacturing sites .

This role will be based in Green Bay, WI or at of one of our facilities with 50% travel.

This position is a n excellent opportunity to challenge your technical, organizational, and leadership skills while creating long term value for our operations partners.

You will be part of the Machine Controls team within the Projects and Engineering Team which is responsible for executing large capital projects typically five million or larger in spend.

A successful candidate will enjoy utilizing your engineering expertise to deliver new installations from concept through completion.

You will also solve problems to improve the safety, reliability, automation, and functionality of existing machine control systems.

Our Team

The Georgia-Pacific Projects and Engineering Team consists of about 400 individuals across the United States.

We are engineers, project managers, subject matter experts, and designers working with our 130 manufacturing facilities to achieve one team, one vision, one result.

The Machine Controls team focuses on integrating electrical, discrete controls, automation, safety, and data.

We partner to develop, design, and implement projects, technology platforms, and electrical and controls engineering solutions that enables GP Manufacturing to be the best.

What You Will Do



* Lead and collaborate with external/internal engineering resources to support project execution


* Drive project teams to successfully deliver the scope of work on budget and on time throughout detailed design, construction, turnover to operations, and closeout


* Guide and participate in the development, evaluation, recommendation, and selection of electrical, controls, and automation technologies with cross functional teams


* Build relationships, coach, and share knowledge to provide platform solutions and improved standards implementation across GP manufacturing sites


* Perform machine controls programming and troubleshooting of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), Human Machine Interface (HMI), and industrial communications networks


* Focus on machine functional safety, apply safety risk reduction standards to designs, and validate safety systems in the field.


* Advance the control systems vision for the organization, communicate complex technical issues to a varied audience, and consult as a Subject Matter Expert

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)



* Experience working in electrical engineering, automation, machine control or process control fields, preferably as a lead project engineer


* Knowledge of theoretical and practical aspects of the design, construction, operation, reliability and maintenance of continuous or discrete manufacturing pr...