Manufacturing Engineer

Your Job

If you have a passion around working with operations teams, solving problems, and improving both processes and equipment, Georgia-Pacific is seeking qualified candidates for a Manufacturing Engineer role supporting our Printing Press Operations at the Dixie Plant located in Darlington, SC. The Darlington Plant is an integrated Dixie plates and bowls manufacturing site with industrial printing and converting operations.

We are looking for an individual who possesses a business owner mindset with strengths in managing both technical aspects of improving equipment capability and soft skills needed to align operating resources to maximize the capability of the asset.

Our Team

This will be a key role supporting the Darlington facility and overall Georgia-Pacific Continuous Manufacturing Group's (CMG) Printing operations. The Printing ME is directly responsible for partnering with our printing operations team to develop and execute asset strategies on our industrial printing presses. This position will also network and collaborate with other Manufacturing Engineers across the site and with corporate teams across GP.

What You Will Do

• Partner with printing supervisors, press leaders and printing technicians to improve and optimize the printing assets.
• Work with the Operations Leader and corporate leaders to build asset strategies.
• Work with team members to capture strategic value opportunities and implement proven operating practices within a core set of designated workstreams: Management Systems; Organization; Production; and Asset Care.
• Support capital projects to improve printing assets.
• Support production leaders in tracking KPIs, identifying learning opportunities, and managing changes to the operations.
• Partner with learning and development to accelerate and assist technician's development of knowledge and skill.
• Assist with troubleshooting support for printing assets
• Coordinate with equipment vendors on upgrades, enhancements, and troubleshooting.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in an Engineering or Technical curriculum. Candidates in their last 6 months of completing these degree requirements will be considered as well.
• Demonstrated experience using Microsoft Office products to include Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
• Demonstrated capability with working alongside coworkers and cross-functional teams up and down the organization.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Prior experience working in a production operation or with operating equipment used in the production, converting, and finishing of paper goods and associated products.
• Experience with SAP.
• Experience with change management/transformation initiatives.
• Experience with industrial printing press assets.
• Project management or experience with project execution.

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

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day -to make everyday products even better.

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.

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