Manufacturing Engineer

Georgia-Pacific LLC; Paragould (AR); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific LLC is hiring a Manufacturing Engineer for our Paragould, AR facility. This role focuses on optimizing asset performance and developing long-term equipment strategies to drive efficiency and reliability.

You will collaborate with operations, maintenance, and corporate teams to resolve issues, drive improvements, and support capital projects while maintaining safety and quality standards. This position is on-site at the Paragould facility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering or other relevant technical discipline; or 4 years in manufacturing/industrial operations.
• Experience building asset strategy, with root-cause analysis and troubleshooting.
• Experience with manufacturing equipment setup, operation, or repair.
• Experience with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel and/or Project).
• Legal authorization to work permanently in the United States without visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement asset strategies for all assigned assets, including operating envelope, basic care, parts strategy, optimization, and maintenance activities.
• Lead efforts to improve asset performance and reliability with respect to safety, quality, and cost.
• Identify equipment hazards with operators and mitigate human error where risks are highest.
• Communicate with employees to connect to company vision, priorities, and objectives.
• Coach operators on safe equipment operation, parameters, and best practices.
• Troubleshoot process, quality, and equipment issues with operators and customers; evaluate improvement ideas.
• Identify knowledge gaps and help develop operating procedures.
• Lead root-cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
• Prioritize repairs and planned shutdowns; initiate capital projects as needed.
• Collaborate with Learning and Development on employee qualification.
• Conduct GEMBA walks to improve engagement and maintenance performance.

Skills

Asset strategy

Root-cause analysis

Troubleshooting

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical discipline

4 years in manufacturing or industrial operations environment

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific’s Anchor Packaging Operations is now hiring Manufacturing Engineers for its Paragould, AR facility! This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Our Manufacturing Engineers are responsible for ensuring the performance and efficiency of production assets across the plant. As an essential member of the operations staff, this role involves monitoring asset KPIs to assess their effectiveness, supporting the resolution of short‑term reliability issues, and developing long‑term strategies for equipment management.

The successful candidate should approach work with a business‑owner mindset, excel at problem‑solving, and be eager to collaborate with others to enhance manufacturing assets and streamline production processes. This position is part of the Operations Team, reporting to the Operations Leader, and will work closely with technical engineering, maintenance execution, and various corporate teams.

What You Will Do

• Develop and implement comprehensive asset strategies for all assigned assets; including operating envelope, operator basic care, parts strategy, optimization, condition‑based monitoring, and predictive & preventive maintenance activities.
• Lead efforts to improve asset performance and reliability with regards to safety, environmental compliance, quality, utilization/efficiency, and cost effectiveness.
• Work with operators and maintenance to identify critical equipment hazards and mitigate the impact of human error where the highest levels of risk exist.
• Communicate with and help employees connect to our vision, priorities, and business objectives.
• Support operations teams with coaching operators on safe equipment operation, operator basic care, operating parameters, equipment changes/upgrades, and best practices.
• Work closely with operators and customers to troubleshoot process, quality and equipment issues and evaluate and implement improvement ideas.
• Work closely with shift supervision to identify knowledge/operator capability gaps and provide support in developing/updating operating procedures.
• Lead the root‑cause analysis process and execute effective corrective actions.
• Evaluate, approve, and prioritize equipment repairs and scheduled shutdowns; initiating capital projects as needed.
• Partner with the Learning and Development team and assist with employee qualification.
• Perform GEMBA walks in the areas to improve employee engagement and maintenance performance.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering or other relevant technical discipline, or in lieu of a degree 4 years in a manufacturing or industrial operations environment.
• Experience building asset strategy, with root‑cause analysis and overall troubleshooting.
• Experience with manufacturing equipment set‑up, operation, or repair.
• Experience with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel and/or Project).
• Legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience in thermoforming, sheet extrusion, packaging, or plastics manufacturing.
• Experience with automation, conveyor & vision systems, and/or robotics.
• Experience initiating and/or executing engineering projects.

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, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, 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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).