Senior Paper Process Engineer – Optimize Board Machines

Flint Hills Resources; Pennington (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific LLC in Pennington, AL is seeking a Senior Paper Engineer to join the Bleached Board Machine Operating Department. You will provide technical expertise across board machines and mentor both hourly and salary staff.

The role emphasizes process improvement, asset optimization, and collaboration with cross-functional teams. The successful candidate will review maintenance data, support installation and commissioning of new assets, and help prioritize improvement opportunities to

Qualifications

• 7 years experience in manufacturing/engineering roles supporting paper making operations.
• Knowledge of headbox operations, dryer systems, formation, sheet handling, coating systems and machine clothing.
• Ability to lead, communicate with, and mentor others in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong communication skills and ability to build relationships at all levels of the organization.
• Willing to work in environments with platforms/catwalks, elevated temperatures, and variable humidity.

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

7+ years experience

Headbox operations

Dryer systems

Formation

Sheet handling

Coating systems

Machine clothing

Leadership & mentoring

Strong communication

Industrial environment

Education

Bachelors in Pulp & Paper/Chemical/Mechanical Eng

Job description

Georgia-Pacific LLC in Pennington, AL is seeking a Senior Paper Engineer to join the Bleached Board Machine Operating Department. You will provide technical expertise across board machines and mentor both hourly and salary staff.

The role emphasizes process improvement, asset optimization, and collaboration with cross-functional teams. The successful candidate will review maintenance data, support installation and commissioning of new assets, and help prioritize improvement opportunities to