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Join an innovative team at Georgia-Pacific as a Process Engineer at our Prosperity Plywood mill in South Carolina. This pivotal role focuses on enhancing operational efficiency while prioritizing safety in a batch manufacturing environment, all within our Principle Based Management (PBM) framework. As an essential member of our technical and operations teams, you will drive the production of superior products and minimize waste.
What You Will Do
- Apply Principle-Based Management® to make sound decisions, encourage constructive challenge , adapt to change, and pursue opportunities that create lasting value.
- Develop a deep understanding of mill processes, key process variables, equipment reliability plans, and operational performance to identify sustainable opportunities for throughput, quality, and downtime improvement
- Ensure effective handling and mitigation of combustible dust hazards, with additional oversight of fire systems when necessary
- Lead by example in environmental, health, and safety; maintain full compliance, conduct audits and risk assessments, support incident root-cause analysis, and assist in training employees on safe work practices .
- Manage process and production data quality, reporting, and analysis using relevant business systems; improve reporting efficiency and communicate key performance metrics and trends .
- Plan and execute trials using Design of Experiments and other analytical methods; establish baselines, quantify results, and clearly communicate recommendations and sustained performance gains.
- Lead cross-functional improvement teams and facilitate critical root-cause analyses using tools such as cause maps and 5-Why to prevent repeat failures and close performance gaps .
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Previous experience as a Process Engineer or similar role
- Proficiency in data analytics and statistics, demonstrated through education or professional experience
- Experience in a manufacturing environment
What Will Put You Ahead
- Associate's or Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or a related discipline
- Five (5) years of experience as a Process Engineer
- A minimum of two (2) years in a continuous industrial manufacturing process
- Experience in the wood products industry
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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.
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