Process Control Engineer - Converting - Naheola

Georgia-Pacific; Pennington (AL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Flexible spending accounts

Health Savings Accounts

Life Insurance

Disability (ADD)

Retirement

Paid vacation/time off

Educational assistance

Infertility assistance

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Process Control Engineer to support PLC systems in the Converting department at the Naheola (Pennington, AL) mill. You will design and implement control improvements while collaborating to troubleshoot and maintain Rockwell-based systems. The role emphasizes safety culture and advancing process control technology.

The ideal candidate will mentor junior engineers and work with cross-functional teams to deploy new technologies in manufacturing environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
• At least 3 years of demonstrated experience in Industrial Maintenance / Automation or manufacturing.
• PLC programming experience 3+ years (Rockwell platform preferred).
• Experience with Allen Bradley FactoryTalk platform.
• Ability to troubleshoot and configure AB Drives.
• Familiarity with reviewing basic loop sheets and logic diagrams.
• Read, interpret, and develop control documentation and schematics.

Responsibilities

• Involved in controls and automation design, implementation, and support of hardware and software for mill process equipment (Rockwell).
• Design, configure, and maintain advanced process control strategies.
• Troubleshoot installed systems to improve effectiveness and efficiency.
• Serve as project resource for installation of new instrumentation or control/automation systems.
• Collaborate with corporate teams to implement new technologies for advanced manufacturing.
• Support mill safety program and observe best practices.
• Coordinate with mill personnel to identify opportunities and solve problems.

Skills

PLC programming

Troubleshooting

Mentoring

Problem solving

Economic thinking

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Rockwell Control Systems

Allen-Bradley FactoryTalk

Rockwell FactoryTalk View SE/ME

AB Drives

Job description

Process Control Engineer - Converting - Naheola

The desired candidate must be passionate about mentoring and demonstrates economic thinking & problem-solving skills. This position supports PLC systems in the Converting department and will be responsible for designing and implementing control improvements while working with others to maintain and troubleshoot the mill’s control systems. We are looking for an individual who will assist with the development of process control systems that will allow Naheola to advance its current process systems to new levels of technology to support advanced manufacturing. The ideal candidate will have a strong desire to promote mill and company safety culture as a value while working on improving our processes in operational, mechanical and electrical fields. If you are a someone who is a self-starter who works well under minimal supervision in a team environment, then this may be the right role for you!

Our Team

Georgia Pacific is seeking a Process Control Engineer to join our team in Pennington, AL (Naheola Plant), who can be an additional technical subject matter expert for Process Control systems at our facility.

What You Will Do

• Be involved in the controls and automation design, implementation, and support of hardware and software systems for mill process equipment i.e. Rockwell Control Systems.
• Implement, design, and configure advance process control strategies. Maintain functional design specifications for process control systems.
• Support process operations by troubleshooting installed systems to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of these systems.
• Act as a project resource in installation of new instrumentation or control/automation systems.
• Partner with corporate teams to implement new technologies that support advanced manufacturing.
• Support of the mill safety program both personally and through observation.
• Work closely with mill personnel to identify opportunities and solve problems.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
• At least 3 years of demonstrated experience in Industrial Maintenance / Automation or manufacturing.
• PLC programming experience 3+ years. (Rockwell platform preferred)
• Experience with Allen Bradely FactoryTalk platform
• Ability to troubleshoot and configure AB Drives.
• Familiarity with reviewing basic loop sheets and logic diagrams.
• Read, interpret, and develop control documentation and schematics.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Demonstrated knowledge of Rockwell FactoryTalk View SE and ME.
• Microsoft server and SQL knowledge
• Experience with troubleshooting and programming Fanuc industrial robots
• Experience in project support - scope and estimate development, cost control, and schedule adherence.
• Cyber Security
• Experience mentoring and developing Junior Engineers
• Information Technology and AI utilization experience

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

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