Manufacturing Engineer

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific's Dixie® Operations is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer for its Darlington, SC facility.

Our Manufacturing Engineers are responsible for ensuring the performance and efficiency of production assets across the plant.

As an essential member of the operations staff, this role involves monitoring asset KPIs to assess their effectiveness, supporting the resolution of short-term reliability issues, and developing long-term strategies for equipment management.

The successful candidate should approach work with a business-owner mindset, excel at problem-solving, and be eager to collaborate with others to enhance manufacturing assets and streamline production processes.

This position is part of the Operations Team, reporting to the Operations Leader, and will work closely with technical engineering, maintenance execution, and various corporate teams.

Our Team

The Darlington Dixie® plant has been in operation for nearly 85 years and is one of the largest employers in Darlington County.

Owned by Georgia-Pacific, the site boasts more than 450 employees and produces plates, bowls, and other tableware products.

Affectionately known as "Dixie® Cup" by many in Darlington - the plant shifted its focus to exclusively making plates and bowls in 2020 as part of a major facility upgrade and expansion project.

For nearly a century, we've created products that make lives easier.

From the first disposable paper cup to our strong and stylish modern plates, the history of Dixie® is one of bringing people together.

What You Will Do


* Develop and implement comprehensive asset strategies for all assigned assets; to include operating envelope, operator basic care, parts strategy, optimization, condition based monitoring, and predictive & preventative maintenance activities.


* Lead efforts to improve asset performance and reliability with regards to safety, environmental compliance, quality, utilization / efficiency, and cost effectiveness.


* Work with operators and maintenance to identify critical equipment hazards and mitigate the impact of human error where the highest levels of risk exist.


* Communicate with and help employees connect to our vision, priorities, and business objectives.


* Support operations teams with coaching operators on safe equipment operation, operator basic care, operating parameters, equipment changes / upgrades, and best practices.


* Work closely with operators and customers to troubleshoot process, quality and equipment issues and evaluate and implement improvement ideas.


* Work closely with shift supervision to identify knowledge / operator capability gaps and provide support in developing / updating operating procedures.


* Lead the Root Cause Analysis process and execute effective corrective actions.


* Evaluate, approve, and prioritize equipment repairs and scheduled shutdowns; initiating capital projects as needed.


* Perform GEMBA walks in the areas to improve...