Manufacturing Engineer

Overview

Georgia-Pacific’s Dixie® Operations is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer for its Darlington, SC facility. Our Manufacturing Engineers are responsible for ensuring the performance and efficiency of production assets across the plant. This role involves monitoring asset KPIs to assess effectiveness, supporting the resolution of short-term reliability issues, and developing long-term strategies for equipment management. The successful candidate should approach work with a business-owner mindset, excel at problem-solving, and be eager to collaborate with others to enhance manufacturing assets and streamline production processes. This position is part of the Operations Team, reporting to the Operations Leader, and will work closely with technical engineering, maintenance execution, and various corporate teams.

What You Will Do

• Develop and implement comprehensive asset strategies for all assigned assets; to include operating envelope, operator basic care, parts strategy, optimization, condition based monitoring, and predictive & preventative maintenance activities.
• Lead efforts to improve asset performance and reliability with regards to safety, environmental compliance, quality, utilization / efficiency, and cost effectiveness.
• Work with operators and maintenance 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 with coaching operators on safe equipment operation, operator basic care, operating parameters, equipment changes / upgrades, and best practices.
• Work closely with operators and customers to troubleshoot process, quality and equipment issues and evaluate and implement improvement ideas.
• Work closely with shift supervision to identify knowledge / operator capability gaps and provide support in developing / updating operating procedures.
• Lead the Root Cause Analysis process and execute effective corrective actions.
• Evaluate, approve, and prioritize equipment repairs and scheduled shutdowns; initiating capital projects as needed.
• Perform GEMBA walks in the areas to improve employee engagement and maintenance performance.

Qualifications (Basic)

• Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering or other relevant technical disciplines, or in lieu of a degree a High School Diploma / GED and (4) years in a manufacturing or industrial operations environment.
• Experience troubleshooting and improving manufacturing equipment and processes.
• Experience with manufacturing equipment set-up, operation, or repair.
• Must be able and willing to work in a food-grade manufacturing plant environment, including extended periods of time in areas which may be noisy, non-air conditioned, or unheated areas.
• Experience with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel and/or Project).

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience working with converting, packaging, or other industrial manufacturing equipment.
• Experience in the pulp and paper industry.
• Experience with automation, conveyor & vision systems, and/or robotics.
• Experience initiating and/or executing engineering projects.
• Experience with PI or other data historian programs.

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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.

Our benefits and work environment information is provided to support employee wellbeing. Specific eligibility criteria, and the fact that benefits may vary by geographic region, are described by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Equal Opportunities

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