Your Job
Georgia-Pacific is hiring a Process Engineer to join our team in Toledo, OR (Containerboard). This position will provide strategic and tactical leadership to achieve key operating objectives in safety, environmental compliance, reliability, production, quality, and cost. The successful candidate will focus on safely improving productivity and reducing costs through process/equipment optimization and operator knowledge/skill improvement.
Our Team
Georgia-Pacific Toledo is a producer of brown paper used to make cardboard and is a leader in recycling in the Northwest. The Toledo Mill is located within a 10-minute drive to the Pacific Ocean. Many outdoor activities are available near the mill including fishing, hiking, mountain biking, kayaking, and boating.
What You Will Do
- Drive a culture of safety and environmental excellence through critical hazard identification, risk reduction, and risk mitigation
- Collaborate directly with operators, shift leaders and asset managers to meet the business objectives of the department and influence continuous improvement
- Lead teams in the identification, development, evaluation and implementation of safety, quality and/or cost reduction initiatives and projects that add the highest value to the operation to drive continuous improvement
- Integral team member of outage planning and execution of routine and annual machine outages
- Drive process & equipment modifications that result in improved product quality, reduced variation, and higher customer satisfaction
- Assist in development and implementation of capital projects involving process improvements to document and optimize efforts
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in an Engineering discipline (i.e. Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial, Pulp & Paper)
- Experience with continuous manufacturing processes through work experience or project-based work
- Experience using Microsoft Office tools in the following manner: Excel (sorting data, creating tables and creating graphs); Outlook (scheduling tasks, calendar invitations and general professional correspondence); and Word (document creation/editing)
What Will Put You Ahead
- Two (2) or more years of experience working in a manufacturing, industrial, or military environment
- One (1) or more years of experience leading continuous improvement initiatives and/or reliability strategies
- Experience with paper processes and equipment operation
- Experience with chemical process safety
- Six Sigma training and certification
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Hiring Philosophy
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Who We Are
As a Koch company and 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 300,000 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.
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