Electrical Engineer

About the role

Your Job As an Electrical Engineer, you’ll serve within Georgia-Pacific's Design Services Group, supporting the Building Products, Cellulose and Corrugated Divisions’ Operations and capital projects. With a focus on machinery controls, this role executes throughout the full project lifecycle—from development, engineering design, construction, and startup—directly impacting safety, reliability, and cost-efficiency at our facilities. Candidates for this position will primarily support our Building Products facilities in the Southeast and should be based in the Southeastern United States.

Responsibilities

• Project Execution: Perform electrical project development, design, procurement, construction, and commissioning, ensuring installations align with specifications, safety codes, and customer requirements.
• Design Leadership: Provide subject matter expertise as needed for consultant-led projects; review and validate design packages and project documentation developed by external engineering firms.
• Engineering Design & Collaboration: Use computer-assisted design software, such as AutoCAD and Rockwell, to produce engineering deliverables for projects assigned; partner with customers, engineers, and stakeholders to deliver optimized project solutions.
• Compliance & Standards Management: Oversee installation and construction activities, ensuring compliance with standards and regulatory codes, while managing documentation and testing procedures.
• Cost Estimation & Budgeting: Estimate engineering, equipment, material, labor, and construction costs to support project budgeting and approvals.
• Safety & Reliability Focus: Actively drive electrical initiatives that enhance safety, reliability, and cost-efficiency within project specifications.
• Multi-Project Management: Oversee multiple projects concurrently, managing deadlines, deliverables, and quality standards with approximately 30% travel or as required.

Qualifications

• Education & Experience: BS in Electrical Engineering or similar with 4+ years of industrial electrical engineering design experience, or 6+ years designing and supporting industrial electrical systems.
• Technical Proficiency: Capable of designing, programming, and troubleshooting systems based on Rockwell ControlLogix and FactoryTalk View platforms. Candidate should be able to act as SME or design engineer depending on the project needs. Design and support industrial networks, device integrations, and communication between PLC’s, drives, and process equipment.
• General Knowledge: Grounding, lighting, LV power distribution, and NEC requirements for industrial electrical installations.
• AutoCAD Skills: Competency in creating Electrical Plans, Schematics, Interconnection Drawings, PLC sets, and Single-Line Diagrams.
• Bid Package Preparation: Experience assembling specifications, standards, and compliance documentation for competitive bidding.
• Industrial Field Readiness: Professional experience working in heavy industrial facilities. Physically able to work on and around industrial equipment, including climbing ladders and stairs, and wearing PPE in designated areas.
• Self-Directed Execution and Plant Engagement: Self-directed, contribution motivated professional with a proven ability to operate independently, build strong plant relationships, and execute work effectively in field environments, with a commitment to continuous learning.
• Travel: Able and willing to travel up to 30% (project dependent).

Skills

• Motion Applications: Practical experience specifying, commissioning, and troubleshooting Kinetix or Delta RMC motion systems.
• Regulatory Knowledge: Familiar with NFPA and OSHA standards for electrical safety.
• Project Cost & Schedule Estimation: Proficient in developing cost estimates for engineering and construction activities.
• Power Systems Knowledge: Ability to specify and procure MV and LV Switchgear, Transformers, MCCs, and related equipment up to 15kV. Experience with protective relays such as Schweitzer. Experience with short circuit studies, overcurrent device coordination, and arc flash hazard analysis.
• Professional Certifications: EIT or PE licensure in at least one state.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
• Life Insurance
• Disability
• Retail
• Paid Vacation/Time Off
• Education Assistance
• Infertility Assistance
• Paid Parental Leave
• Adoption Assistance