Reliability Engineer - Utilities

About the role

The Reliability Engineer role in the pulp dryer department at the Leaf River Cellulose Mill in New Augusta, MS supports the area’s reliability, efficiency, and production improvements through asset strategy development, root cause analysis, outage scope management, asset health and condition monitoring, and strategic investment. The role is a key member of the Dryer department, helping support team objectives related to Environmental, Safety, Quality, culture, and personnel while aligning with the company’s Principle Based Management (MBM®). Reporting to the area reliability leader, the engineer works to establish and drive key reliability initiatives, and the team develops tactical and strategic improvement plans targeting gaps identified through asset strategy development, investment, and maintenance repair during area and annual outage planning cycles. The Leaf River Cellulose Mill is a large paper plant north of New Augusta, Mississippi, producing filter grade pulp and market pulp used in coffee filters, vacuum cleaner bags, automotive filters, printing paper, tissue paper, and coated paper.

Responsibilities

• Effectively support the mill vision in the development and execution of reliability plans.
• Actively participate in driving a safety culture where employees address unsafe conditions, unsafe behaviors and make suggestions for improvements.
• Support Environmental, Health & Safety excellence and operational areas with a focus on reliability improvements.
• Support Lubrication and Vibration Technicians in program execution, including oil analysis, Vibration analysis, new technology implementation, and material procurement.
• Analyze operational targets and equipment costs to identify gaps utilizing data driven analysis for potential improvement solutions.
• Collaborate with maintenance, operations, engineering, or others to vet opportunities and/or execute improvements.
• Work with other Georgia Pacific Reliability subject matter experts (SME) to share knowledge.
• Utilize appropriate strategies to improve equipment or operational strategies.
• Use GP reliability network to keep current with the latest technology, tools, and best practices.
• Ensure inspections, PMs, and QA/QC methods deployed can identify the damage mechanisms as early as possible.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement for contribution-motivated employees to ensure a high level of value creation.