What are the responsibilities and job description for the Process Engineer position at Georgia Pacific?
Your Job
Georgia Pacific has an immediate opening for a Process Engineer at our Leaf River Cellulose facility in New Augusta, MS. A successful candidate will have excellent organizational and documentation skills, be self-directed and confident in their decision-making skills.
Our Team
The Leaf River Cellulose Mill is a large paper plant, north of New Augusta, Mississippi. They produce filter grade pulp and market pulp, which is used in the manufacturing of coffee filters, vacuum cleaner bags, automotive filters, printing paper, tissue paper, and coated paper.
What You Will Do
- Support value creation efforts by analyzing process performance and developing key metrics to promote process improvement in safety, environmental, production, quality, and yield performance.
- Collaborate with key site and divisional personnel to value and prioritize identified opportunities and outline execution strategies accordingly
- Optimize and improve process for Pulp Dryer operations
- Develop improvement projects and work with engineering teams to implement innovative ideas
- Lead the systematic troubleshooting of process-related problems and leverage root cause analysis techniques to determine the appropriate repair scope
- Track and drive improvement in costs, energy, throughput, raw material consumption, and efficiency for process equipment
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering OR experience in a process engineering or optimization type role.
What Will Put You Ahead
- Experience working in Pulp Dryer areas and/or pulp and paper.
- Experience working with automated equipment in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience using PI for process data collection.
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Hiring Philosophy
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Who We Are
As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day -to make everyday products even better.
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Our 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. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf