Your Job

As an Industrial Manufacturing Platform Engineer, you will build and operate the software platform capabilities that enable Georgia-Pacific's Connected Worker and Industry 4.0 initiatives. You'll help bring "smart factory" concepts to life by creating reliable, reusable services that connect manufacturing data to modern applications used by frontline teams and operational leaders.

You'll partner directly with manufacturing teams to translate operational problems into scalable solutions that can be deployed across operations. This role is for someone who can connect how factories run with how modern software is built-turning operational needs into reliable, reusable platform services and intuitive frontline experiences.

Location: Atlanta, GA Onsite Three Days Per Week.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Our Team

The Connected Worker team delivers Industry 4.0 capabilities through persona-based frontline applications that improve safety, quality, reliability, and productivity in our mills and converting facilities.

Our focus is building and scaling connected worker solutions-digital tools that help operators, technicians, and leaders execute standard work consistently and make better decisions in the moment. These applications are designed around distinct frontline personas and real plant conditions, providing the right workflow, data, and context at the point of work.

We work closely with operations leaders and cross-functional technology partners to ensure solutions integrate with core manufacturing systems and align with GP's broader smart factory roadmap-moving beyond pilots to sustainable, repeatable capabilities deployed across our global network.

What You Will Do

• Evaluate smart manufacturing technologies by monitoring industry direction, conducting lightweight market scans, and running targeted proofs-of-concept to validate fit and inform standards/reference architectures
• Turn trends into execution plans by translating insights into roadmaps that balance standardization, speed-to-scale, security, and architectural alignment across plants
• Design and build platform services that enable Connected Worker and smart manufacturing use cases
• Develop modern web experiences using React to support operational workflows and frontline usability in real plant conditions
• Create reusable components and patterns that can be adopted across multiple plants and product teams to improve scalability and consistency
• Partner with site teams and stakeholders to understand constraints, validate solutions in production environments, and iterate based on feedback
• Deliver with strong engineering practices by aligning to enterprise architecture/security standards, using DevOps/CI/CD, and applying GenAI tools responsibly with appropriate judgment and quality controls

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Industrial Engineering background or equivalent manufacturing process expertise
• Experience building production applications with .NET, DevOps and React
• Experience with database development (tables, views, stored procedures; performance-aware design)
• Experience with Agile delivery and DevOps practices (CI/CD, automated deployments, source control workflows)
• Experience facilitating cross-functional technical decisions (e.g., documenting options/tradeoffs, driving to a decision, and aligning stakeholders) in a matrixed environment
• Willingness to travel up to 15%
• Must have legal authorization to work permanently in the United States without requiring visa transfer or sponsorship

What Will Put You Ahead

• BS/MS in Industrial Engineering, Industrial Technology, Controls Engineering, or equivalent
• Manufacturing/Industrial domain experience with hands-on manufacturing exposure
• Experience translating operational problems into digital solutions
• Lean/Six Sigma experience (e.g., participation in Kaizen events, value stream mapping, root cause analysis, or standard work)
• Experience with IIoT / Industry 4.0 concepts and data sources
• Experience with cloud-native design and hybrid (plant + cloud) architectures
• Experience building solutions for frontline workers (mobile-friendly UX, offline/low-connectivity considerations, usability at the point of work)

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. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).

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