Senior Process Control Engineer

Georgia-Pacific - Hattiesburg, MS

Full-time - Mid Level

Hattiesburg, MS

251-500 employees

Wood Product Manufacturing

About the position

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Senior Process Control Engineer for its Monticello, MS mill. This role involves supporting DCS systems, designing and implementing control improvements, and collaborating with various teams to maintain and troubleshoot the mill's control systems. The position is integral to optimizing process operations and ensuring safety and efficiency within the manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with mill personnel to identify opportunities and solve controls-related problems
• Optimization and support of process operations through both the application of process control systems and general troubleshooting of the processes
• Support of the maintenance group in troubleshooting problems with the processes and the process control systems
• Support of the project engineering group in planning and installing new process equipment and process control systems
• Development of process control modifications that lead to improved safety, reduced costs, and improved efficiency
• Support of the mill OSI PI data historian and its users
• Assemble reports to document process status and changes
• Track metrics to ensure control systems are delivering expected results or to discover areas for improvement
• Utilize organization skills and manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Share department on-call responsibility

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering OR Bachelor's Degree in Paper Science
• 5+ years of experience in Process Controls in a manufacturing or heavy industrial environment
• Good working knowledge of Industrial Control Systems (DCS, PLCs, control valves, industrial instrumentation for positioning, flow, level, pressure, & temperature)

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in supporting process control systems in a Pulp and Paper mill
• Knowledge of paper machine controls and QCS systems
• Engineering and application experience with Emerson DeltaV
• Experience with APCs, VFD drives and Allen Bradley PLCs
• Experience in installing process control systems, including construction, checkout, and startup of new systems