Process Engineer – Plywood Mill: Drive Efficiency & Safety

Flint Hills Resources; Prosperity (SC); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Process Engineer at our Prosperity Plywood mill in Prosperity, South Carolina. The role focuses on improving operational efficiency and safety within a batch manufacturing environment under our PBM framework.

You will gain deep process understanding, drive throughput and quality improvements, and lead cross-functional teams to reduce downtime and waste while upholding environmental, health, and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Process Engineer or similar role.
• Proficiency in data analytics and statistics, demonstrated through education or professional experience.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Apply Principle-Based Management® to make sound decisions, encourage constructive challenge , adapt to change, and pursue opportunities that create lasting value.
• Develop a deep understanding of mill processes, key process variables, equipment reliability plans, and operational performance to identify sustainable opportunities for throughput, quality, and downtime improvement
• Ensure effective handling and mitigation of combustible dust hazards, with additional oversight of fire systems when necessary
• Lead by example in environmental, health, and safety; maintain full compliance, conduct audits and risk assessments, support incident root-cause analysis, and assist in training employees on safe work practices .
• Manage process and production data quality, reporting, and analysis using relevant business systems; improve reporting efficiency and communicate key performance metrics and trends .
• Plan and execute trials using Design of Experiments and other analytical methods; establish baselines, quantify results, and clearly communicate recommendations and sustained performance gains.
• Lead cross-functional improvement teams and facilitate critical root-cause analyses using tools such as cause maps and 5-Why to prevent repeat failures and close performance gaps .

Skills

Process engineering

Data analytics

Statistics

Manufacturing experience

Education

Associate's or Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Job description

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Process Engineer at our Prosperity Plywood mill in Prosperity, South Carolina. The role focuses on improving operational efficiency and safety within a batch manufacturing environment under our PBM framework.

You will gain deep process understanding, drive throughput and quality improvements, and lead cross-functional teams to reduce downtime and waste while upholding environmental, health, and safety standards.