Georgia-Pacific - Neenah, WI
posted 6 months ago
Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Process Engineer for our Neenah Technical Center operations team. In this role, you will work as an operations-facing engineer for our Consumer Products R&D pilot equipment. Your engineering expertise will be crucial in delivering innovative manufacturing solutions from concept through completion. You will also be tasked with solving problems to enhance the safety, reliability, automation, and functionality of existing systems. This position presents an excellent opportunity to challenge your technical, organizational, and leadership skills while creating long-term value for our innovation pipeline. The Neenah Technical Center (NTC) serves as the central site for research, development, and lab services for Georgia-Pacific's North American Consumer Products business. Our consumer brands are household names throughout North America, including Quilted Northern and Angel Soft bath tissue, Brawny paper towels, Dixie plates and bowls, and many others. We also produce products such as enMotion towels and dispensers, as well as Smart Stock cutlery dispensers for commercial markets. Many of the store-brands at your favorite retailers are our products too! In this R&D facility, which typically operates equipment during the day shift, this role is ideal for someone who enjoys working in an operations environment without the late-night and weekend calls that often accompany operations. You will lead and collaborate with both external and internal engineering resources to support project execution, ensuring that project teams successfully deliver the scope of work on budget and on time throughout detailed design, construction, turnover to operations, and closeout. As a papermaking Subject Matter Expert, you will drive improvements in operations safety and innovative technology implementations, guiding and participating in the development, evaluation, recommendation, and selection of equipment modifications with cross-functional teams. Your responsibilities will also include performing machine process design, validation, and troubleshooting to ensure efficient operation, focusing on machine functional safety, applying safety risk reduction standards to designs, and validating safety systems in operation.