Lubrication & Reliability Leader

Georgia-Pacific’s Consumer Products Division is seeking a Lubrication and Reliability Leader to join our team at the Muskogee Paper Mill in Muskogee, Oklahoma. As the site lubrication subject matter expert, you will lead lubrication excellence across the mill by advancing best practices, building our hourly team’s capability, and improving the health of critical mechanical assets.

About the Team

For over 50 years, the Muskogee Paper Mill has been a major part of the economic lifeblood of the region. With more than 700 employees across more than 600 acres, Muskogee strives to lead the tissue, towel, and napkin business. The team recently invested more than $50 million to grow our brands and continue serving loyal consumers with the quality they expect.

Responsibilities

• Lead and cultivate a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, and Environmental, Health, and Safety excellence in all lubrication-related activities.
• Serve as the mill’s technical subject matter expert for lubrication strategies, contamination control, lubricant selection, oil analysis, filtration, and storage and handling practices.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of lubrication technicians by establishing clear expectations, prioritizing work, removing barriers, and promoting consistent execution of lubrication standards.
• Develop and continuously improve mill-wide lubrication programs, preventive maintenance strategies, inspection processes, work instructions, and lubrication routes.
• Manage the site's oil analysis program, including sampling strategy, interpretation of results, corrective action recommendations, and tracking measurable improvements.
• Partner with maintenance, operations, engineering, stores, and suppliers to optimize lubricant usage, improve contamination control, standardize practices, and extend asset life.
• Support reliability improvement efforts through Root Cause Analysis (RCA), failure elimination activities, and proactive identification of lubrication-related risks.
• Train and mentor maintenance technicians, operators, and leaders on lubrication fundamentals, inspection practices, contamination control, and precision maintenance principles.
• Audit lubrication processes, equipment, storage areas, and field execution to ensure compliance with established standards and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Utilize SAP or other CMMS tools to support maintenance planning, preventive maintenance optimization, documentation, KPI tracking, and corrective work identification.

Requirements

• Experience in industrial lubrication.
• Experience troubleshooting rotating equipment and other lubricated mechanical systems.
• Experience using equipment data and reliability metrics to support decision making (RCA, FMEA, preventive maintenance, etc.).
• Supervisory experience with direct reports.

Qualifications

• ICML Machinery Lubrication Technician (MLT), Machinery Lubricant Analyst (MLA), or similar lubrication-related certification.
• Experience with oil analysis, contamination control, lubricant consolidation, and filtration improvement initiatives.
• Pulp & Paper experience.
• Experience collaborating across operations, maintenance, and engineering teams.
• Experience using a CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System).

Benefits

Our goal is for each employee and their families to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength—focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
• Life insurance, ADD, and disability coverage.
• Retirement plans.
• Paid vacation/time off.
• Educational assistance.
• Infertility assistance, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance (eligibility criteria apply).

Additionally, we seek to enable the best work environment to help you and the business produce superior results.

Pay

Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided, considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location.