Process Engineer

Georgia-Pacific is looking for a Process Engineer to support the Memphis Cellulose facility. As a Process Engineer, you will play a vital role in ensuring the safe and efficient operations of our manufacturing processes. You will be responsible for optimizing production processes, identifying areas for improvement, and implementing solutions to enhance productivity, quality, and cost-effectiveness.

Our Team

The GP Memphis Cellulose location is a significant part of the Georgia-Pacific business, being one of the most diverse cotton cellulose producers in the market. This Memphis Mill manufactures various grades of specialty pulp that find use in a wide range of applications, including LED displays, coatings, plastics, currency papers, construction, pharmaceuticals, food additives, thickeners, and filter applications. The facility has a rich history, having been in operation since 1921, and is recognized for its contribution to the global supply of high-end products.

What You Will Do

• Participate in mill improvement processes in the purification area to reduce manufacturing costs by optimizing and continuously improving throughput and reducing waste to include identifying and closing gaps with sustainability programs, addressing people, processes, and equipment.
• Support an environment to achieve Health, Safety, and Environmental Excellence.
• Assist in executing Georgia-Pacific's Operations Excellence reliability and asset strategy improvement for the Purification area.
• Provide technical assistance and seek, share, and transfer knowledge to the operating team (work with equipment operators to create process work documents)
• Identify, investigate, recommend, and implement equipment improvements, new systems and process changes that will improve productivity, yield, quality and/or reduce costs.
• Develop initial engineering scope of work and financial analysis for capital and expense projects.
• Partner with quality to determine a preliminary Root Cause response to customer complaints.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience in a Process Engineering, process optimization, or supervisory/leadership role within an industrial, manufacturing or pulp and paper environment.
• Experience identifying problems and implementing solutions.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience with continuous/deliberate improvement (e.g. yellow belt, green belt, lean, six sigma).
• Experience in operations of a fiberline/ pulp department.
• Experience implementing reliability engineering principles and maintenance strategies.

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Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

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

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