Assistant Reliability Manager

Georgia Pacific; Toledo (OR); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific Toledo is seeking an Assistant Reliability Manager to lead the mill's reliability strategy, partnering with the Reliability Manager and mill leadership to improve equipment reliability and reduce downtime. You will coach reliability engineers, coordinate with operations, maintenance, and engineering, and apply Koch's Principle Based Management to create long-term value.

You will guide condition-monitoring resources, drive improvement projects, and ensure reliability initiatives

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent technical experience.
• Experience in manufacturing, industrial, pulp and paper, chemical, power generation, or other heavy industry environments.
• Experience with reliability engineering, maintenance, predictive maintenance, asset management, or equipment troubleshooting.
• Experience leading projects, supervising teams, coaching employees, or influencing cross-functional teams.
• Knowledge of preventive maintenance, precision maintenance, root cause analysis, reliability-centered maintenance, and asset strategy development.
• Experience using Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Support and help execute the site reliability strategy, asset management initiatives, and long-term reliability improvement plans.
• Provide technical leadership, coaching, and development for reliability engineers, vibration analysts, lubrication technicians, and other reliability resources.
• Partner with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and Planning to improve equipment reliability and reduce production losses.
• Assist in the development and optimization of preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance strategies.
• Lead and facilitate equipment failure investigations, root cause analyses, and defect elimination efforts.
• Monitor equipment health data and use reliability analytics to identify bad actors, evaluate risk, and prioritize improvement opportunities.
• Support vibration analysis, lubrication excellence, oil analysis, thermography, ultrasound, and other predictive maintenance technologies.
• Develop and publish reliability performance indicators, asset health metrics, and program effectiveness reports.
• Collaborate with maintenance teams to ensure reliability findings are converted into high-quality corrective work.
• Provide reliability input for capital projects, major equipment repairs, outage planning, and design-for-reliability initiatives.
• Support equipment criticality assessments, asset strategies, and long-range replacement planning.
• Promote safe work practices by identifying risks, applying critical controls, and ensuring compliance with mill safety and environmental expectations.
• Apply Koch's Principle Based Management framework by using sound economic thinking, respectful challenge, knowledge sharing, and long-term value creation to improve reliability performance.
• Coach team members to develop capabilities, close performance gaps, and contribute according to their comparative advantages while building mutually beneficial partnerships across the mill.
• Work a flexible schedule, including occasional outage and weekend support as needed to support mill performance.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Project leadership

Coaching

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

SAP

CMMS

OSIsoft PI

Reliability databases

Job description

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific Toledo is seeking an Assistant Reliability Manager to help lead and execute the mill's reliability strategy in support of safe, reliable, and cost-effective operations. This role will work closely with the Reliability Manager and mill leadership to improve equipment reliability, reduce unplanned downtime, strengthen asset strategies, and create long-term value through Koch's Principle Based Management framework.

The successful candidate will provide leadership for reliability engineers, condition monitoring resources, and cross-functional improvement efforts while partnering with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and Planning to drive sustainable reliability results. This role requires a principled, contribution-motivated leader who demonstrates integrity, humility, stewardship, knowledge sharing, transformation, and principled entrepreneurship while helping others apply their talents where they can create the most value.

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific Toledo produces brown paper used to manufacture cardboard and is a recycling leader in the Pacific Northwest. The mill operates in a fast-paced, continuous manufacturing environment producing linerboard and corrugated medium.

Located near the Oregon Coast, Toledo offers access to fishing, hiking, mountain biking, kayaking, boating, and many other outdoor activities.

What You Will Do

• Support and help execute the site reliability strategy, asset management initiatives, and long-term reliability improvement plans.
• Provide technical leadership, coaching, and development for reliability engineers, vibration analysts, lubrication technicians, and other reliability resources.
• Partner with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and Planning to improve equipment reliability and reduce production losses.
• Assist in the development and optimization of preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance strategies.
• Lead and facilitate equipment failure investigations, root cause analyses, and defect elimination efforts.
• Monitor equipment health data and use reliability analytics to identify bad actors, evaluate risk, and prioritize improvement opportunities.
• Support vibration analysis, lubrication excellence, oil analysis, thermography, ultrasound, and other predictive maintenance technologies.
• Develop and publish reliability performance indicators, asset health metrics, and program effectiveness reports.
• Collaborate with maintenance teams to ensure reliability findings are converted into high-quality corrective work.
• Provide reliability input for capital projects, major equipment repairs, outage planning, and design-for-reliability initiatives.
• Support equipment criticality assessments, asset strategies, and long-range replacement planning.
• Promote safe work practices by identifying risks, applying critical controls, and ensuring compliance with mill safety and environmental expectations.
• Apply Koch's Principle Based Management framework by using sound economic thinking, respectful challenge, knowledge sharing, and long-term value creation to improve reliability performance.
• Coach team members to develop capabilities, close performance gaps, and contribute according to their comparative advantages while building mutually beneficial partnerships across the mill.
• Work a flexible schedule, including occasional outage and weekend support as needed to support mill performance.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent technical experience.
• Experience in manufacturing, industrial, pulp and paper, chemical, power generation, or other heavy industry environments.
• Experience with reliability engineering, maintenance, predictive maintenance, asset management, or equipment troubleshooting.
• Experience leading projects, supervising teams, coaching employees, or influencing cross-functional teams.
• Knowledge of preventive maintenance, precision maintenance, root cause analysis, reliability-centered maintenance, and asset strategy development.
• Experience using Microsoft Office applications.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience in the pulp and paper industry.
• Experience leading reliability or maintenance teams in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with vibration analysis, lubrication, thermography, ultrasound, motor testing, or oil analysis programs.
• Certification such as CMRP, Category II Vibration Analyst, MLA, MLT, or equivalent reliability certification.
• Experience facilitating root cause analysis and defect elimination programs.
• Experience developing reliability KPIs, asset strategies, and reliability improvement plans.
• Experience with SAP, CMMS systems, OSIsoft PI, reliability databases, or predictive maintenance software.
• Experience supporting capital projects and reliability improvements for rotating equipment such as pumps, motors, gearboxes, fans, compressors, and conveyors.

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.

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 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 300,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day - to make everyday products even better.

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.

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.