Senior Paper Engineer, Board Machine Optimization

Georgia-Pacific LLC; Pennington (AL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Flexible spending & HSA

Life insurance & disability

Retirement plan

Paid vacation/time off

Educational assistance

Parental leave

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific LLC in Pennington, AL (Naheola facility) seeks a Senior Paper Engineer to provide technical expertise for Board machines and to drive improvements with both hourly and salary staff. The role emphasizes asset optimization, installation support, and robust collaboration across operations and engineering teams.

You will work with subject matter experts to standardize operating and maintenance strategies, mentor personnel, and lead outages and trials of new process technology to

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in manufacturing/engineering roles supporting paper making operations.
• Knowledge of headbox operations, dryer systems, formation, sheet handling, coating systems, or machine clothing.
• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and communicate effectively in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong collaboration and relationship-building skills across levels.

Responsibilities

• Work with hourly and salaried personnel to identify improvement opportunities for both processes and equipment.
• Review maintenance and downtime data to identify production equipment that needs repair, replacement, or reconfiguration.
• Coordinate and lead efforts to return asset performance to optimized base case with third party support and internal resources as needed.
• Support installation, commissioning, and optimization of new assets.
• Assist asset owners in managing and prioritizing lists of improvement opportunities for their respective assets based on business need.
• Work with Subject Matter Experts and operations personnel within Georgia Pacific to develop standardized operating and maintenance strategies for the machines.
• Provide technical and professional support and mentoring for hourly and salaried engineering and operations personnel.
• Assist in planning specific outage activities with operations teams to ensure that desired results are achieved.
• Support trials of new process technology and equipment and provide assessment of applicability with existing asset base.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Mentoring

Problem solving

Lean manufacturing

Team collaboration

Job description

Georgia-Pacific LLC in Pennington, AL (Naheola facility) seeks a Senior Paper Engineer to provide technical expertise for Board machines and to drive improvements with both hourly and salary staff. The role emphasizes asset optimization, installation support, and robust collaboration across operations and engineering teams.

You will work with subject matter experts to standardize operating and maintenance strategies, mentor personnel, and lead outages and trials of new process technology to