Regional Project Manager (Corrugated Projects)

Georgia Pacific; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Regional Project Manager to lead capital and expense projects across various manufacturing sectors. This home-based role involves up to 75% travel, providing a unique opportunity to develop project leadership skills while collaborating with manufacturing and business teams. The ideal candidate will have experience in project management within the corrugated industry and a strong engineering background. Join a forward-thinking company that values innovation and empowers employees to achieve their best, while offering a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Retirement Plan

Paid Vacation

Educational Assistance

Paid Parental Leave

Qualifications

• Experience leading capital and expense projects in heavy manufacturing.
• Ability to manage project budgets, schedules, and contractors effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead project teams from conceptualization through operational testing.
• Communicate project status and manage budgets, schedules, and risks.

Skills

Project Engineering

Project Management

Budget Management

Team Leadership

Corrugated Manufacturing Knowledge

Communication Skills

Decision-Making

Risk Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

EcoSys

MP2

Job description

Your Job

The Georgia-Pacific Corrugated Engineering Team is seeking a Regional Project Manager. This position will lead capital and expense projects across the division including the corrugated box, corrugated sheets, mailers, and digital printing plants. The ideal candidate is an individual driven by the desire to grow their project leadership skills with an increasing level of responsibility through delivering superior project results for our manufacturing and business partners.

This position is home based with up to 75% travel to support projects in US.

Our Team

• Organize and lead project teams in all phases from conceptualization through operational performance testing, by using the Georgia-Pacific Business Process for projects work process.
• Leverage your engineering skillset and experience directly on assigned projects.
• Partner and foster relationships with Manufacturing staff, Business teams, and Technology subject matter experts to deliver results on a portfolio of projects.
• Communicate projects' status transparently and actively manage budgets, schedules, and risks.
• Lead the decision-making process to evaluate project alternatives, select equipment and vendor partners, and establish the most effective contracting strategies.
• Provide field support during construction and startup phases.
• Safely and responsibly deliver project goals including product quality, production rates, schedule, cost, and safety performance for capital and expense projects.

What You Will Do

• Organize and lead project teams in all phases from conceptualization through operational performance testing, by using the Georgia-Pacific Business Process for projects work process.
• Leverage your engineering skillset and experience directly on assigned projects.
• Partner and foster relationships with Manufacturing staff, Business teams, and Technology subject matter experts to deliver results on a portfolio of projects.
• Communicate projects' status transparently and actively manage budgets, schedules, and risks.
• Lead the decision-making process to evaluate project alternatives, select equipment and vendor partners, and establish the most effective contracting strategies.
• Provide field support during construction and startup phases.
• Safely and responsibly deliver project goals including product quality, production rates, schedule, cost, and safety performance for capital and expense projects.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Project Engineering/Management experience leading capital and expense projects in the paper, forest products, or heavy manufacturing industries.
• Experience managing project budgets, schedules, contractors, deliverables with suppliers, leading teams, and managing a portfolio of multiple projects.
• Knowledge of corrugated manufacturing and related converting processes and equipment.
• Able and willing to travel up to 75%.
• Able and willing to work periodic nights and weekends during construction and startup phases.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience managing capital and expense projects over $5MM in the corrugated industry.
• 5+ years of project management experience
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• Experience building highly effective project teams using internal and external resources.
• Experience using AutoCAD software, including Autodesk Construction Cloud / Build software.
• Experience using EcoSys software.
• Experience using MP2 software.
• PMP certification.

For this role, we anticipate paying $120k - $170k per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

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

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

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. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and 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.

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.

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).

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