Process Engineer - Entry Level

Georgia Pacific; Toledo (OR); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

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Paid vacation/time off

Educational assistance

Infertility assistance

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific Toledo is seeking an Entry-Level Process Engineer to support safe, reliable operation of a Kraft linerboard mill. You will analyze process performance, troubleshoot issues, support improvements, and help optimize quality, cost, throughput, energy, and environmental performance.

You will learn mill systems while collaborating with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Environmental, Safety, and Engineering teams to deliver practical solutions and document processes for continuous

Qualifications

• Interest in manufacturing and process optimization.
• Ability to analyze data, interpret trends, and act on findings.
• Familiarity with process safety, environmental compliance, process control, statistics, heat and mass transfer, and unit operations.

Responsibilities

• Monitor process data to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
• Troubleshoot production, quality, reliability, and environmental issues.
• Support optimization of furnish quality, refining, drainage, and energy usage.
• Participate in mill trials, root cause investigations, and follow-up actions.
• Create and maintain process documentation, operating guidance, and reports.
• Collaborate with operators to understand constraints and reinforce proper operating practices.
• Support projects from scope development to performance validation.
• Work in alignment with safety standards and regulatory expectations.

Skills

Data analysis

Problem solving

Manufacturing

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Paper Science, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Your Job

The Entry-Level Process Engineer supports safe, reliable, and efficient operation of a Kraft linerboard facility by analyzing process performance, troubleshooting production issues, supporting improvement projects, and helping optimize quality, cost, throughput, energy, and environmental performance. This role works closely with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Environmental, Safety, and Engineering to learn mill systems and deliver practical solutions.

Our Team

Georgia Pacific Toledo is one of four containerboard manufacturing sites within our Packing & Cellulose division. The team is currently comprised of 480+ dedicated employees. They are also a recycling leader in the Northwest United Sates. The Toledo Mill is located within a 10-minute drive to the Pacific Ocean (Newport, OR), 1 hour west of Corvallis, OR, and offers many local outdoor activities including fishing, hiking, mountain biking, kayaking, and boating.

What You Will Do

• Monitor process data from pulp mill, paper machine, stock preparation, chemical recovery, utilities, wastewater, and finishing areas to identify trends, losses, and improvement opportunities.
• Troubleshoot production, quality, reliability, and environmental issues using engineering principles, data analysis, and structured problem solving.
• Support optimization of furnish quality, refining, drainage, basis weight, moisture, chemical usage, steam, water, energy, and machine efficiency.
• Participate in mill trials, audits, root cause investigations, and follow-up actions to improve safety, quality, productivity, cost, and reliability.
• Create and maintain process documentation, operating guidance, process flow diagrams, balances, dashboards, reports, and technical summaries.
• Partner with operators and supervisors to understand constraints, improve process control, and reinforce consistent operating practices.
• Support projects through scope development, data collection, cost justification, commissioning, and performance validation.
• Work in alignment with safety standards, environmental requirements, quality systems, and regulatory expectations.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Paper Science, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related technical field.
• Interest in manufacturing, process optimization, pulp and paper operations, and hands-on technical problem solving.
• Ability to analyze data, interpret trends, draw conclusions, and recommend practical actions.
• Basic understanding of process safety, environmental compliance, process control, statistics, heat and mass transfer, fluid mechanics, and unit operations.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office; willingness to learn mill information systems, data historians, control systems, and reporting tools.
• Ability to work in an industrial environment and build effective relationships with hourly and salaried team members.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Internship, co-op, or project experience in pulp and paper, chemical processing, manufacturing, utilities, wastewater treatment, or heavy industry.
• Exposure to Lean, Six Sigma, Statistical Process Control tools, reliability improvement, root cause analysis, statistical process control, or structured problem-solving tools.
• Familiarity with Kraft pulping, chemical recovery, papermaking, linerboard grades, recycled fiber, wet end chemistry, or process control systems.

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. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

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.

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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.

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.

• 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

Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

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