Winder/Finishing area SME

Georgia-Pacific; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Subject Matter Expert for the Manufacturing Technical Group to provide technical expertise across winders and finishing assets at North American facilities. The role requires strong collaboration with hourly and salaried staff and cross-functional teams.

The qualified candidate will lead improvements, support new assets, mentor personnel, and coordinate outages while leveraging SAP and PI ProcessBook for data-driven decisions. Travel up to 75% is expected.

Qualifications

• Experience with paper-making equipment and processes.
• Ability to read P&ID’s, layout and mechanical drawings.
• Proven ability to lead, communicate with, and mentor manufacturing teams.
• Willingness to travel up to 75% depending on project.

Responsibilities

• Act as Change Agents with hourly and salaried personnel to identify improvement opportunities.
• Coordinate efforts to return asset performance to optimized base case with support.
• Support installation, commissioning, and optimization of assets.
• Assist asset owners in prioritizing improvement opportunities.
• Develop standardized operating and maintenance strategies with capability teams.
• Mentor hourly and salaried personnel at facilities and corporate engineering.
• Plan outage activities with operations to achieve results.
• Apply SME knowledge to support short-term technical requests.
• Support trials of new process technology and assess applicability.

Skills

Process improvement

Mentoring others

P&ID reading

Manufacturing leadership

Travel up to 75%

Reading drawings

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or technical field

Tools

SAP

PI ProcessBook

Data historian

Job description

Georgia-Pacific is recruiting a SME to join our Manufacturing Technical Group that is part of the corporate central capability group. The successful candidate will provide technical expertise to a variety of winders and finishing assets across Georgia Pacific’s North America facilities and will have a strong capability to work with both hourly and salary employees.

What You Will Do

• Act as Change Agents through partnerships with hourly and salaried personnel at production sites to identify improvement opportunities for processes, people and equipment
• Coordinate and lead efforts to return asset performance to the optimized base case with third-party support and internal resources as needed
• Support installation, commissioning, and optimization of new or upgraded assets
• Assist asset owners in managing and prioritizing lists of improvement opportunities for their respective assets based on business need
• Work with other Subject Matter Experts, capability teams, and operations personnel within Georgia Pacific to develop standardized operating and maintenance strategies for similar assets and equipment
• Provide technical and professional mentoring support for hourly, salaried engineering and operations personnel both at local facilities and within the corporate engineering team
• Assist in planning specific outage activities with operations teams to ensure that desired results are achieved
• Apply Subject Matter Expertise knowledge to support short-term technical requests across multiple facilities
• Support trials of new process technology and equipment and provide an assessment of applicability with an existing asset base

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Knowledge and experience in one or more specific paper-making equipment and process areas: Finishing end equipment, winders, reels and/or roll handling
• Able to read and interpret piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&ID’s), layout drawings, and mechanical drawings
• Demonstrated ability to effectively lead, communicate with, and mentor others in a manufacturing environment
• Willing and able to travel up to 75% of the time (project dependent)
• Willing and able to work in operating environments that include platforms and catwalks, elevated temperatures, and variable humidity levels
• Willing and able to work occasional weekends, nights, and holidays when needed

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Pulp, and Paper Science, or a Technical degree
• Experience with paper machine applications
• Experience in working with SAP or similar ERP systems
• Experience in manufacturing leadership role(s) supporting paper-making operations
• Experience using PI ProcessBook or comparable data historian
• Previous work experience in a technical design or service capacity related to finishing equipment or paper making

For this role, we anticipate paying $130k - $180k per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

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