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Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Reliability Engineer to join our Alabama River Cellulose team in Perdue Hill, AL who will advance our team's capabilities. This role will work closely with reliability, maintenance, and operations departments to facilitate continuous improvements, safely improving productivity, reducing costs through process/equipment optimizations and operator knowledge and skill improvements throughout the facility while striving for 100% in assigned areas. This position will report to the Maintenance/Reliability Leader.

Our Team

Since 1978, the Alabama River Cellulose (ARC) mill has been a major part of the economic lifeblood of the region. Recognized as one of the largest pulp operations in North America, the mill is also considered the largest manufacturer in Monroe County and one of the largest employers in the area.

Learn more about our Cellulose Division by visiting our GP webpage.

What You Will Do

• Participate in and support in all areas to meet Environmental, Health & Safety excellence
• Provide support to operational areas with emphasis on short and long-term reliability improvements
• Provide leadership to drive continuous improvement with asset and site reliability
• Participate in/lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA efforts to identify root causes of complex and/or repetitive problems and put in place executable corrective actions
• Develop, implement, and support preventative and predictive maintenance strategies for new and existing equipment (vibration analysis, lubrication program, oil analysis, ultrasonic, infrared, NDT, thermography, MCE testing, and precision maintenance)
• Review plans for new equipment and contribute to the Design for Reliability process by validating reliability and maintainability of the systems
• Support implementation of reliability processes aimed at developing skilled maintenance and operating personnel who operate with a reliability-centric mindset
• Analyze operational data, KPIs, OEE, etc. to identify gaps and areas of potential improvement
• Work with other Reliability Engineers to share knowledge and gain expertise in development of mill wide reliability strategies
• Actively participate in design and implementation of Asset Improvement Strategies for systems to improve production and uptime.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Reliability experience in a manufacturing, industrial, chemical, or military environment.
• Experience using a CMMS and other reporting/productivity software.
• Experience utilizing Root Cause Analysis (RCA).

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering
• Experience with preventative and predictive maintenance and KPIs.
• Pulp and Paper industry experience
• Recaust/kiln experience

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Hiring Philosophy

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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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