Systems Engineer

Georgia-Pacific - Atlanta, GA

Full-time

Atlanta, GA

Wood Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Systems Engineer position at Georgia-Pacific involves leading the development and execution of digital services for manufacturing operations. This role is crucial in providing technology solutions that enhance asset health, process optimization, and automation across the company's manufacturing sites. The engineer will work closely with IT teams and manufacturing sites to ensure the reliability and efficiency of IT/OT technologies, contributing to the overall success of the Collaboration and Support Center (CSC) team.

Responsibilities

• Build reliability into existing service areas through sensor health, IO, server health, data collection, and data flows.
• Monitor advancements in the marketplace and facilitate decisions related to buy vs. build.
• Work closely with the IT team to ensure proper access, authentication, and usage of IT/OT assets.
• Collaborate with enterprise architecture teams to establish technical standards for scaling products across assets and facilities.
• Ensure IT/OT monitoring technologies are functioning efficiently and effectively on a 24/7 basis across operating facilities.
• Maintain an IT/OT development and deployment backlog/roadmap/schedule by facility and facilitate on-time delivery as services are scaled to new sites.
• Influence cross-functional teams.
• Define and establish data and process governance in collaboration with other SMEs.
• Respectfully challenge at all levels of the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a technical field.
• Hands-on or practical experience with digital and analog sensors, associated repeaters, and gateways.