Senior Process Engineer - Kraft Linerboard Excellence

Georgia-Pacific; Toledo (OR); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific’s Toledo, OR site is a Kraft linerboard facility that produces linerboard and corrugated medium on three paper machines. The Senior Process Engineer provides technical leadership to optimize safety, reliability, and cost, partnering across Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, Quality, Environmental, and Capital Projects teams.

You will drive productivity, quality, and energy efficiency while reducing waste, mentoring engineers and operators, and supporting capital projects from

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Paper Science, Mechanical Engineering, or related discipline.
• Seven or more years of process engineering, production, or technical experience in paper, pulp, packaging, or continuous manufacturing.
• Demonstrated ability to use data to solve complex operational problems and deliver measurable results.
• Experience leading trials, process changes, root cause analysis, and cross-functional improvement projects.
• Working knowledge of safety, environmental, quality, and process control requirements in an industrial setting.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, DCS, historian, quality, and production reporting systems.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence operations, maintenance, technical, and leadership teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead process improvement efforts to increase productivity, runnability, first-pass quality, yield, and overall equipment effectiveness.
• Analyze process, production, quality, and DCS data to identify trends, losses, bottlenecks, and improvement opportunities.
• Troubleshoot issues related to basis weight, moisture, strength, formation, drainage, pressing, drying, chemical usage, broke handling, and sheet defects.
• Partner with Operations and Maintenance to conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Plan, execute, and document trials to improve fiber utilization, chemical performance, energy efficiency, water usage, productivity, and quality.
• Support grade development, customer quality requirements, process capability improvements, and operating standardization.
• Use structured problem-solving, statistical analysis, and process control tools to reduce variability and stabilize operations.
• Maintain process documentation, control plans, operating guidelines, and training materials.
• Mentor engineers, technical resources, operators, and team members on process fundamentals and best practices.
• Support capital projects through scope development, design review, commissioning, startup, and optimization.
• Ensure process changes meet safety, environmental, quality, and regulatory expectations.
• Track and communicate KPIs such as production rate, downtime, waste, reject rates, energy, chemical cost, and quality performance.

Skills

Data analysis

Project leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Paper Science, Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Excel

DCS

Historian

Production reporting systems

Job description

Georgia-Pacific’s Toledo, OR site is a Kraft linerboard facility that produces linerboard and corrugated medium on three paper machines. The Senior Process Engineer provides technical leadership to optimize safety, reliability, and cost, partnering across Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, Quality, Environmental, and Capital Projects teams.

You will drive productivity, quality, and energy efficiency while reducing waste, mentoring engineers and operators, and supporting capital projects from