Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products Operation is seeking qualified professionals to consider for a Manufacturing Engineer - Converting role supporting the Consumer Products Group Operations located in Muskogee, OK. The Muskogee facility uses integrated technology to manufacture tissue and paper towel products in a progressive production environment. This is a great opportunity to work in a climate-controlled work environment with opportunities for advancement.

The Muskogee Plant is part of the tissue, towel, and napkin paper products manufacturing operation. We are proud to safely manufacture quality products that have a competitive advantage and solid growth within the marketplace.

We create a work environment that attracts, engages, and retains the best people. Our technology is state of the art, and we will bring the best team together to deliver for our customers, Georgia-Pacific, and the Muskogee community.

Muskogee, OK.

• Providing leadership in the achievement of improved performance in the areas of safety, environmental compliance, customer satisfaction, organizational effectiveness, cost management and asset utilization in the packaging and converting operations area
• Evaluate, approve, and prioritize equipment repairs and scheduled shutdowns utilizing the Asset Maintenance Work Process
• Coach and develop operators to reliably operate equipment and processes
• Work closely with operators and customers to troubleshoot process, quality and equipment issues and evaluate and implement improvement ideas
• Develop, initiate, and execute capital projects
• Lead Root Cause Analysis process and execute effective corrective actions
• Create a safe workplace with all environmental, safety and business practices with emphasis on identifying and mitigating critical risk
• Lead and participate in continuous improvement efforts.
• Maintain necessary departmental records and reports.
• Regularly help communicate, articulate, and direct departmental priorities to achieve mill and company visions.
• Experience and ability to successfully work in a team-based environment.
• Work closely with area leaders and operations employees to assess the execution of our work processes and the state of our manufacturing improvement initiatives
• Facilitate, coach, and teach operational optimization concepts, work processes, methods, & tools
• Apply Discipline Operations strategy for managing continuous improvement of Product Systems and Processes leading to product improvement
• Provide feedback to the Facility leadership team on manufacturing work process gaps and results
• Mentor and support area leaders with daily manufacturing work process execution and improvement efforts
• Effectively apply the challenge process; coach initiative owners to urgently escalate issues that are prohibiting the delivery of initiative results

• Experience working within a manufacturing, industrial or military environment
• Strong interpersonal skills: verbal and written communication, ability to influence without direct authority, collaboration, careful listening, ability to build trust, overcome barriers, and ability to coach others
• Experience with improving existing work processes and leading change in manufacturing areas
• Experience using Microsoft Office programs such as Word (to write business correspondence), Excel (for use of spreadsheets, reporting, simple formulas), Teams, and Outlook (for internal and external correspondence)

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering or Paper Science

• At least three (3) years of experience working in a paper or converting mill
• Experience initiating and/or executing capital projects
• Experience working in a recycled pulp or paper operation
• Experience with PI or other data historian programs

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.

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