Engineering Manager - Manufacturing Capital Projects

Georgia Pacific Corp.; Clatskanie (OR); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Educational assistance

Parental leave

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific’s Wauna Paper Mill in Clatskanie, Oregon seeks an Engineering Manager to lead a broad engineering organization responsible for capital project execution, project leadership, document control, and talent development. You will drive asset performance and process improvements across operations, maintenance, reliability, and procurement to deliver safe, on-schedule projects within budget.

The role emphasizes leadership of diverse engineers, development of talent, and collaboration

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineering, project management, reliability, or maintenance organizations within manufacturing.
• Experience managing capital projects with cross-functional teams to achieve business objectives.
• Experience developing talent, coaching team members, and building organizational capability.
• Experience translating strategic priorities into effective operational execution and sustainable results.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and coach a multidisciplinary engineering team, including Project Managers, Electrical Project Managers, Outage Leaders, Document Control resources, and Engineering Development Program participants.
• Build organizational capability by attracting, developing, and retaining engineering talent while creating opportunities for individual growth and contribution.
• Oversee a significant portfolio of capital and reliability projects, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and aligned with business objectives.
• Provide strategic leadership for planned outages, major maintenance events, and facility improvement initiatives.
• Partner with Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, Environmental, and Procurement teams to identify opportunities that improve asset performance and create long-term value.
• Establish engineering priorities that support mill reliability, productivity, safety, environmental stewardship, and operational excellence.
• Ensure effective engineering processes, project governance, and document control practices are in place to support successful execution.
• Drive continuous improvement efforts through innovation, problem-solving, and application of engineering best practices.
• Support long-range planning, capital strategy development, and execution of complex manufacturing improvement projects.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Reliability engineering

Maintenance leadership

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Paper Science or Bioresource Engineering

Tools

PI Vision

PARCview

SAP

Job description

Georgia-Pacific’s Wauna Paper Mill in Clatskanie, Oregon seeks an Engineering Manager to lead a broad engineering organization responsible for capital project execution, project leadership, document control, and talent development. You will drive asset performance and process improvements across operations, maintenance, reliability, and procurement to deliver safe, on-schedule projects within budget.

The role emphasizes leadership of diverse engineers, development of talent, and collaboration