Area Reliability Engineer - Mailers

Georgia Pacific; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Educational assistance

Infertility assistance

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Reliability Engineer to support our Mailers network across multiple sites. You will improve asset reliability, maintenance effectiveness, and operational performance by developing asset strategies and advancing preventive and predictive maintenance programs.

You will collaborate with site leadership, maintenance, and operations teams to deploy reliability best practices and drive sustainable results across the Corrugated Division.

Qualifications

• Experience in a maintenance reliability, engineering, maintenance leadership, or manufacturing support role.
• Experience developing or improving asset strategies, preventive maintenance programs, predictive maintenance programs, lubrication practices, standard work, or reliability processes.
• Experience analyzing maintenance and reliability data to identify trends, prioritize opportunities, and communicate recommendations.
• Experience facilitating meetings, leading cross-functional initiatives, or training personnel on technical processes and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead reliability improvement initiatives that enhance asset health and operational performance across the Mailers network.
• Own and continuously improve reliability scorecards and KPIs to identify trends and opportunities.
• Facilitate root cause analyses for equipment failures and validate effectiveness.
• Develop, optimize, and sustain asset strategies using FMEA, criticality analyses, bad actor analysis, and field observations.
• Coordinate reliability readiness for new equipment installations, including preventive maintenance programs and spare parts strategies.
• Improve preventive and predictive maintenance through condition monitoring technologies and lubrication excellence.
• Partner with Operations, Maintenance, R&D, OEMs, and SMEs to share One Best Way practices.
• Lead fleet-wide reliability projects coordinating with site personnel, contractors, and suppliers.
• Coach site personnel on reliability tools and processes including RCA, FMEA, and asset strategy development.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Asset strategies

Preventive maintenance

Predictive maintenance

FMEA

Root cause analysis

Condition monitoring

Lubrication practices

Asset hierarchies

One Best Way

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Six Sigma Certification

Tools

Power BI

JMP

SAS

Job description

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific's Corrugated Division is seeking a Reliability Engineer to support our growing Mailers network, including facilities in McDonough, GA; Jonestown, PA; and Tolleson, AZ. In this role, you will help improve asset reliability, maintenance effectiveness, and operational performance by developing asset strategies, advancing preventive and predictive maintenance programs, and driving standardization across multiple sites. Success in this position requires strong technical capability, collaboration, and the ability to translate reliability data into sustainable business results.

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific's Corrugated Division Mailers team operates a growing network of facilities focused on safely and reliably producing padded and recycled unpadded mailers. The Reliability Engineer partners with site leadership, maintenance and operations teams, Reliability Managers, R&D, OEMs, and subject matter experts to deploy reliability best practices and improve asset performance across the segment.

What You Will Do

• Lead reliability improvement initiatives that enhance asset health, reduce repeat failures, and improve operational performance across the Mailers network.
• Own and continuously improve reliability scorecards and key performance indicators to help sites identify trends, prioritize opportunities, and drive continuous improvement.
• Facilitate root cause analyses for equipment failures, develop corrective actions, validate effectiveness, and share lessons learned across facilities.
• Develop, optimize, and sustain asset strategies using tools such as Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), asset criticality assessments, bad actor analysis, and field observations.
• Coordinate reliability readiness activities for new equipment installations, including preventive maintenance programs, spare parts strategies, asset hierarchies, and standard work development.
• Improve preventive and predictive maintenance effectiveness through condition monitoring technologies, lubrication excellence, precision maintenance practices, and other reliability methodologies.
• Partner with Operations, Maintenance, R&D, OEMs, and reliability subject matter experts to identify and implement One Best Way practices across the Mailers segment.
• Lead fleet-wide reliability projects and coordinate efforts among site personnel, contractors, and suppliers to deliver strategic improvements.
• Coach and develop site personnel on reliability tools and processes, including root cause analysis, FMEA, asset strategy development, and maintenance best practices.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience in a maintenance reliability, engineering, maintenance leadership, or manufacturing support role.
• Experience developing or improving asset strategies, preventive maintenance programs, predictive maintenance programs, lubrication practices, standard work, or reliability processes.
• Experience analyzing maintenance and reliability data to identify trends, prioritize opportunities, and communicate recommendations.
• Experience facilitating meetings, leading cross-functional initiatives, or training personnel on technical processes and best practices.
• Willing and able to travel approximately 50% to 75% based on business needs.
• Legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring visa transfer or sponsorship.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Manufacturing experience supporting maintenance, reliability, engineering, or operations functions.
• Experience in paper, packaging, corrugated, converting, or mailers manufacturing environments.
• Experience leading reliability initiatives such as root cause analysis, FMEA, preventive maintenance optimization, asset criticality analysis, or bad actor elimination.
• DMAIC, Six Sigma Green Belt, Six Sigma Black Belt, or other structured problem-solving certification.
• Experience using Power BI, JMP, SAS, or similar tools to analyze reliability performance and communicate insights.

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Hiring Philosophy

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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
• infertility assistance
• paid parental leave
• 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

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