Electrical Engineer

About the role

Georgia-Pacific is seeking an Electrical Engineer to join the Paper Finishing Controls team within the Process Control Center of Excellence. This corporate role supports reel, winder, roll handling, and related paper finishing systems across multiple manufacturing sites by providing hands-on controls and automation engineering focused on improving equipment safety, reliability, and long-term performance.

This position is home-based within the U.S. with regular travel to manufacturing facilities. As Georgia-Pacific deploys increasingly advanced reel, winder, and roll handling platforms, this role will help build the internal controls capability needed to troubleshoot, improve, and sustain these systems after startup. The engineer will work directly with site Operations, Process Control, E&I, and other technical resources while converting field learnings into improved diagnostics, documentation, standards, and feedback for future installations.

Travel is required up to 50%, depending on site needs, outage windows, startup activity, and troubleshooting or optimization needs. The ideal candidate would be based in Atlanta, Green Bay or the Southeast.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on controls troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for reel, winder, roll handling, and related paper finishing systems in partnership with site operations, process control, E&I, and maintenance teams
• Read, troubleshoot, modify, and validate PLC/HMI control strategies, including sequencing, permissives, interlocks, speed coordination, drives, motion control, fault handling, and machine diagnostics
• Troubleshoot and improve controls integration between reel, winder, roll handling, and associated upstream or downstream equipment to support simplified machine operation
• Support startup, stabilization, and post-startup improvement of new or upgraded finishing systems, with emphasis on operational readiness and transition to long-term site support
• Work with OEMs, project teams, and GP technical resources to identify recurring controls issues and convert field learnings into practical improvements for future system designs and installations
• Maintain controls documentation, program backups, functional descriptions, troubleshooting guides, and other information needed to support and sustain installed systems
• Develop and share repeatable controls practices, standards, and technical knowledge that strengthen site-level capability across GP facilities

Basic Qualifications

• Associate's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related technical field. Equivalent practical experience will also be considered
• Five (5) or more years of hands-on experience supporting industrial control systems in a manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated experience troubleshooting, configuring, and modifying Rockwell Automation / Allen-Bradley PLC and HMI systems
• Experience troubleshooting integrated machine control systems involving PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, field devices, and industrial networks
• Experience implementing and validating control system changes on operating manufacturing equipment in partnership with operations and maintenance teams
• Working knowledge of pneumatic and hydraulic systems and the ability to interpret basic pneumatic and hydraulic schematics
• Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, control documentation, functional descriptions, and technical drawings
• Strong troubleshooting skills and demonstrated ability to work through complex equipment and controls problems to determine root cause
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively across operations, maintenance, engineering, OEM, and technical teams
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 50% to support manufacturing facilities throughout the U.S.
• Legal authorization to work permanently in the U.S. for any employer without requiring visa sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting paper machine dry-end operations, including reels, winders, roll handling systems, and related material-handling equipment
• Strong understanding of machine control behavior including sequencing, permissives, interlocks, speed coordination, stop/start logic, fault handling, and machine recovery
• Experience with servo systems, coordinated motion control, and advanced drive-based machine applications
• Experience with PID control, closed-loop control strategies, and tuning in industrial machine applications
• Experience with Siemens PLC and HMI platforms
• Experience configuring and troubleshooting machine safety systems, including Rockwell safety controllers, safety routines and I/O, guard systems, safety interlocks, and functional safety concepts
• Experience developing first-out diagnostics, alarming strategies, permissive/interlock visibility, and other troubleshooting tools for operators and maintenance teams
• Experience supporting startup, commissioning, stabilization, and long-term sustainment of new or upgraded manufacturing equipment
• Experience developing and maintaining controls standards, functional descriptions, program backups, troubleshooting documentation, and other technical information
• Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers or technicians through controls troubleshooting, programming, commissioning, or equipment support

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Life insurance, ADD, and disability coverage
• Retirement plan
• Paid vacation and time off
• Educational assistance
• Infertility assistance (may apply)
• Paid parental leave and adoption assistance (may apply)