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Georgia-Pacific is seeking an Operations Engineer to join our Alabama River Cellulose Facility located in Perdue Hill, AL. This position will work with a team of experienced professionals comprising day and shift staffs to ensure the operating departments meet the daily targets to support our continuous operation.

Our Team

Since 1978, the Alabama River Cellulose (ARC) mill has been a major part of the economic lifeblood of the region. Recognized as one of the largest pulp operations in North America, the mill is also considered the largest manufacturer in Monroe County and one of the largest employers in the area.

Learn more about our Cellulose Division by visiting our GP webpage.

What You Will Do

• Successfully contribute on an operating team to achieve excellence in safety, environmental, reliability, quality, production, cost, and capital management.
• Fostering our PBM® culture including valuing safety through risk identification and personal ownership.
• Gather process data and perform statistical/analytical tests to uncover important variables and their impacts.
• Provide technical support for the manufacturing process area to facilitate troubleshooting and problem solving to achieve goals.
• Lead and support root cause analysis (RCA) for the production process.
• Develop technical capability of others by ensuring skill building materials are correct and transferring process and equipment knowledge via daily interaction and formal skill building.
• Partner with operators, Maintenance technicians and Process Control Engineers to understand all processes and how teams and individuals are involved and impacted at each step.
• Develop and implement best practices and innovative solutions to improve and optimize production rates, quality output, direct costs, and uptime.
• Support Disciplined Operations through Key Performance Indicators management.
• Optimizing the operation for efficiency and continuous improvement.
• Identifying capital improvement needs and working with engineering teams to implement.
• Holding team and individuals accountable for operating and reliability strategies.
• Fostering a continuous process improvement work environment.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Operations experience within an industrial, manufacturing or pulp/paper environment.
• Experience in industrial process operations, continuous processing equipment, materials processing, or machine operations.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering or Pulp and Paper Science.
• Experience with power and recovery, continuous digesters, bleaching, or pulp/paper machine operations.
• Experience with lean manufacturing principles and continuous improvement methodologies.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

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.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

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.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some 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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