Koch Industries

Senior Engineer - Paper

Koch Industries$140K — $180K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10 years of experience in manufacturing or engineering roles in paper making operations, with tissue experience being a bonus.
  • Expertise in specific paper-making equipment such as headboxes and yankee steam systems.
  • Ability to interpret P&IDs and mechanical drawings, ensuring technical understanding.
  • Proven leadership and mentoring skills in a manufacturing context.
  • Strong communication skills for relationship-building across various organizational levels.
  • Willingness to travel (50%-70%) and work flexible hours as needed.
  • Ability to wear required PPE and work in varying environmental conditions.

Responsibilities

  • Identify improvement opportunities at production sites through site assessments.
  • Analyze maintenance data to determine necessary repairs or equipment upgrades.
  • Lead efforts to optimize asset performance using internal and third-party resources.
  • Support the installation and commissioning of new manufacturing assets.
  • Assist asset managers in prioritizing improvement needs based on business objectives.
  • Develop standardized operating strategies in collaboration with Subject Matter Experts.
  • Provide technical mentoring for engineering and operations staff throughout the organization.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage.
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts available.
  • Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability benefits.
  • Retirement plan options with employer contributions.
  • Generous paid vacation and time-off policies.
  • Educational assistance for ongoing professional development.
  • Benefits packaged to support family needs such as parental leave and adoption assistance.
Full Job Description
Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is recruiting for a Senior Engineer to join our Paper Technical Center that is part of the Manufacturing Technical Group. The successful candidate will provide technical expertise to a variety of paper making assets across Georgia Pacific's North America facilities and will have a strong capability to work with both hourly and salary employees.

Our Team

Utilization of Principle-Based Management and Frameworks to proactively support and grow the diagnostic tools and knowledge for the Paper Manufacturing site's paper machines. This would include diagnosing root cause of operational issues, leading and assisting local resources in resolution of issues, identifying improvement opportunities through assessments, developing expertise in others, and maintaining knowledge of emerging technologies. This role does require domestic travel on a regular basis.

What You Will Do
  • Work with hourly and salaried personnel at production sites to identify improvement opportunities for both processes and equipment through site assessments
  • 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 similar assets and equipment
  • Provide technical and professional support and mentoring for hourly and 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 to support short-term technical requests across multiple facilities
  • Support trials of new process technology and equipment and provide assessment of applicability with existing asset base


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
  • 10-year combined experience in manufacturing/engineering role(s) supporting paper making operations. Tissue papermaking experience is a plus.
  • Knowledge and expertise in one or more specific paper making equipment and process areas: headbox operations, yankee steam systems, hood systems, formation, sheet handling, pressure rolls, and machine clothing
  • Able to read and interpret piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID's), layout drawings, and mechanical drawings
  • Demonstrated ability to effectively lead, communicate with, and mentor others in a manufacturing environment
  • Strong communication skills with demonstrated ability to build strong relationships at all levels of the organization.
  • Willing and able to travel 50%-70% of the time and willing and able to work occasional weekends, nights, and holidays when needed
  • Willing and able to wear the necessary Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) (i.e. hard hats, safety glasses, face shield, fall protection, respirator, hearing protection, steel-toe boots or safety shoes and other PPE required by specific jobs) while at production facilities
  • Willing and able to work in operating environments that include platforms and catwalks, elevated temperatures, and variable humidity levels


What Will Put You Ahead
  • Bachelor's Degree in Pulp and Paper Science, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
  • Demonstrated team/group facilitation experience - meetings, knowledge sharing, problem-solving, etc.
  • Career progression within Paper Operations (tissue and towel preferred).
  • Proven capability of leading through influence; working with and through large cross-functional teams


For this role, we anticipate paying a base salary of $140k - $180k.

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 .

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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About Koch Industries

Koch Industries, Inc. is an American privately-held multinational conglomerate corporation based in Wichita, Kansas. Its subsidiaries are involved in the manufacturing, refining, and distribution of petroleum, chemicals, energy, fiber, intermediates and polymers, minerals, fertilizers, pulp and paper, chemical technology equipment, ranching, finance, commodities trading, and investing. Koch owns Infor, Invista, Georgia-Pacific, Molex, Flint Hills Resources, Koch Pipeline, Koch Fertilizer, Koch Minerals, Matador Cattle Company, i360, and Guardian Industries. The firm employs 120,000 people in 60 countries, with about half of its business in the United States. The company is the largest non-Canadian landowner in the Athabasca oil sands. With annual revenues of $110 billion by 2014, the company is the largest privately held company in the United States. In 2007, it was ranked as the largest privately held company. If Koch Industries had been a public company in 2013, it would have ranked 17th in the Fortune 500. The company was founded by its namesake, Fred C. Koch, in 1940 after he developed an innovative crude oil refining process. Fred C. Koch died in 1967 and his majority interest in the company was split amongst his four sons. In June 1983, after a bitter legal and boardroom battle, the stakes of Frederick R. Koch and William "Bill" Koch were bought out for $1.1 billion and Charles Koch and David Koch became majority owners in the company. Charles owns 42% of the company; trusts for the benefit of Elaine Tettemer Marshall and Elaine's children, Preston Marshall and E. Pierce Marshall Jr., own 16% of the company. The heirs of David Koch, who died on August 23, 2019, own the balance, 42%, of the corporation.
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