Manufacturing Engineer — Asset Strategy & Reliability

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

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.