Process Engineering Leader – Pulp & Paper Mill

Georgia Pacific; Big Island (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental

Vision

FSAs/HSAs

Life insurance

ADD

Disability

Retirement plan

Paid vacation

Educational assistance

Infertility assistance

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Process Engineering Leader at our Big Island, VA containerboard mill. This role leads a site process engineering team, coaching engineers, and partnering with Operations, Reliability, Maintenance, Process Control, Environmental, and Engineering to drive performance and long-term value.

The incumbent will establish priorities, build team capability, and manage projects from trials to startup, aiming to reduce variability and improve safety and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering, paper science, chemistry, or a related technical field.
• Experience coaching, mentoring, supervising, or developing technical employees.
• Experience identifying, analyzing, and resolving complex process or manufacturing problems.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop process engineers and co-ops/interns while strengthening the site's technical and leadership capability.
• Prioritize the process engineering team's work based on safety, environmental risk, reliability, quality, production, and economic value.
• Partner with Operations and mill functions to identify opportunities, troubleshoot performance gaps, determine root causes, and implement sustainable improvements.
• Reduce process variability by improving operating strategies, equipment performance, process controls, instrumentation, and standard work.
• Lead or support process trials, grade development, equipment evaluations, and implementation of new technologies.
• Provide technical leadership for capital projects, including opportunity development, design reviews, commissioning, startup, and performance verification.
• Lead small process-improvement projects executed internally, through third-party partners, or in collaboration with corporate teams.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Cross-functional

Troubleshooting

Capital projects

Process optimization

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering, paper science, chemistry, or related field

Tools

Paper machine operations

Stock preparation

Job description

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Process Engineering Leader at our Big Island, VA containerboard mill. This role leads a site process engineering team, coaching engineers, and partnering with Operations, Reliability, Maintenance, Process Control, Environmental, and Engineering to drive performance and long-term value.

The incumbent will establish priorities, build team capability, and manage projects from trials to startup, aiming to reduce variability and improve safety and efficiency.