Manufacturing Engineer - Pulp

About the role

Your Job Georgia Pacific’s Consumer Products Division is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to support a critical asset in the pulp department at our Muskogee Paper Mill in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

Responsibilities

• Lead with Principle-Based Management (PBM) and influential leadership, fostering a collaborative and values-driven environment that supports organizational goals and promotes employee engagement.
• Manage assets to ensure optimal performance, longevity, and reliability.
• Prioritize and implement asset strategies by collaborating closely with asset reliability, planning, and purchasing teams to maintain efficient production operations.
• Lead, mentor, and develop production professionals to achieve consistent, reliable operating states.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting assistance while building team ownership and understanding of equipment and processes.
• Implement, sustain, and lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance production efficiency, reduce waste, and improve product quality.
• Utilize data analysis and partnerships with analytics teams to identify, prioritize, and close process gaps.
• Promptly identify and resolve production issues to minimize downtime.
• Lead root cause analyses for manufacturing problems, facilitating investigations to determine underlying causes and executing effective corrective actions.
• Work closely with quality assurance teams to ensure products consistently meet required specifications and industry standards, including leading trials of raw materials to evaluate performance and cost-saving opportunities.
• Ensure all manufacturing processes comply with health, safety, environmental regulations, and corporate standards.
• Participate actively in safety audits, risk assessments, and promote a culture of safety across the production floor.
• Provide expert technical guidance to production teams and collaborate with cross-functional departments to address and resolve complex technical challenges, equipment modifications, installations, and startups.
• Manage engineering projects from design through implementation, including preparing project justifications, benefits analyses, and coordinating onsite and contractor resources to meet deadlines and objectives.
• Utilize data analysis tools to monitor key production metrics, generate insightful reports, and present findings to management to support strategic decision-making and continuous improvement efforts.
• Lead planning and optimization of scheduled unit outages and unplanned downtime to maximize production availability and minimize impact on operations.

Requirements

• Experience working as an engineer in a manufacturing, industrial or military environment.
• Experience leading continuous improvement initiatives and/or reliability strategies.
• Have current legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Engineering, Paper or Bioresource Engineering.
• Pulp and Paper experience.
• Experience training, mentoring and developing others directly or indirectly.
• Experience using data and process analytics tools such as PARCview and PI Vision.
• Experience working with a CMMS system (ex: SAP, Maximo, GCSS-Army, etc.).

Skills

• Technical expertise in pulp and paper manufacturing processes.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
• Life insurance.
• Disability coverage.
• Retailer 401(k) plan.
• Retirement savings plans.
• Time off and vacation.
• Education assistance programs.
• Infertility assistance.
• Paid parental leave.
• Adoption assistance.

Pay

Compensation is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Full-time position.