Manufacturing Engineer

About the role

Your Job Georgia-Pacific’s Dixie® Operations is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer for its Fort Smith, Arkansas facility. Our Manufacturing Engineers are responsible for improving the performance, reliability, and efficiency of manufacturing assets and production processes across the plant.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement data-driven short- and long-term asset strategies that improve safety, reliability, production efficiency, and overall business performance, including operating envelope, operator basic care, parts strategy, optimization, condition-based monitoring, and predictive and preventative maintenance activities.
• Lead efforts to improve asset performance and reliability with regard to safety, environmental compliance, quality, utilization, efficiency, and cost effectiveness.
• Work with operators and maintenance teams 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 by coaching operators on safe equipment operation, operator basic care, operating parameters, equipment upgrades, and best practices.
• Work closely with operators and business partners to troubleshoot process, quality, and equipment issues while evaluating and implementing improvement opportunities.
• Work closely with shift supervision to identify operator capability gaps and support the development and revision of operating procedures.
• Lead Root Cause Analysis efforts and implement effective corrective actions.
• Evaluate, approve, prioritize, and plan work orders, equipment repairs, and scheduled shutdown activities.
• Lead capital and reliability improvement projects from concept through execution, including business case development, stakeholder alignment, contractor coordination, implementation, and results evaluation.
• Make sound economic decisions regarding maintenance activities, capital spending, and project investments.
• Perform GEMBA walks to improve employee engagement, asset performance, and maintenance effectiveness.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline, OR at least four (4) years of experience in a manufacturing or industrial operations environment.
• Experience troubleshooting and improving manufacturing equipment and processes.
• Experience with manufacturing equipment setup, operation, or repair.
• Must be able and willing to work in a food-grade manufacturing plant environment, including extended periods in areas that may be noisy, non-air conditioned, or unheated.
• Experience using Microsoft Office applications such as Outlook, Word, Excel, and/or Project.

Qualifications

• Experience working with paper converting, packaging, or other industrial manufacturing equipment.
• Experience in the pulp and paper industry.
• Experience with automation, conveyor systems, vision systems, and/or robotics.
• Experience initiating and/or executing engineering projects.
• Experience with PI ProcessBook or other data historian programs.
• Experience analyzing data to drive business decisions and asset strategies.
• Experience developing or implementing asset reliability strategies, including predictive, preventative, or condition-based maintenance programs.