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We are looking for a passionate and experienced professional who is eager to contribute to groundbreaking advancements in papermaking technology and grow with Georgia-Pacific. Experience in papermaking and innovation pipeline development will enable you to drive impactful projects and contribute to Georgia-Pacific's success.

Join Georgia-Pacific as an R& D Research Fellow at the Neenah Technical Center! You'll play a key role in our innovative papermaking technology development team, driving advancements that will shape the future of our industry!

What You Will Do

• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive innovation.
• Design, develop, prototype, and test cutting-edge papermaking components, equipment, and machinery.
• Create specifications for new parts or prototypes and identify the best materials and processes to ensure top-notch quality and performance.
• Develop strategies to guide organizational investment decisions through experimentation and landscape studies.
• Analyze and test prototypes to identify weaknesses and improve processes.
• Develop as a Subject Matter Expert in structured papermaking technology. Get informed by using internal and external resources to proactively seek out best knowledge. Establish and expand knowledge processes that build networks with our key partners, including Operations, Engineering, Product Development, and Preferred Suppliers to drive transformation within the company. Participate in troubleshooting, training, and knowledge transfer to provide direction to team members.
• Identify and lead research projects involving papermaking technologies for our manufacturing processes of tissue-based consumer products, leading to new or improved products or machine performance. Use economic thinking to determine viability, use the scientific method to evaluate, use statistical process control to analyze data, and use written and verbal techniques communicate and document the results and next steps to various groups, including business, leadership and operations in a timely and effective way.
• Translate business priorities into actionable development initiatives. Identify and coordinate key resources to work as a team to execute project initiatives and experiments that pursue new technology and support business goals. Proactively address and solve problems and analyze data with a creative and open-minded approach. Support scale-up trials and troubleshooting within production facilities to eliminate waste, increase productivity, reduce cost, develop future grades and future assets.
• Support the organization through developing Intellectual Property strategies that include landscape investigation, invention disclosures, patent applications and maintaining trade secrets. Improve current test methods or develop new test methods for characterizing and evaluating various papermaking technologies. Be creative and think beyond the obvious.
• Utilize Georgia-Pacific systems to document projects and daily work, ensuring data retrieval and protection of proprietary information.
• Identify and resolve technical issues that hinder unit objectives, while also recognizing opportunities for improvement.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• A bachelor's or advanced degree in papermaking, chemical engineering, or a related field from an accredited college or university will equip you with the knowledge and skills to excel in this role.
• Extensive relevant experience in the paper industry.
• Project management experience.
• Proficient computer skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SAP.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work closely and communicate effectively with tradespeople and key stakeholders in leadership roles.
• Ability to work in an industrial environment (noise, dust, moving equipment), including long periods of sitting and/or standing, occasional bending, reaching, lifting, carrying up to 40 lbs., climbing, twisting, stooping, etc. Scheduled hours may vary based on 24/7 operation.
• Willingness to flex schedule to support personal and business objectives.
• Availability for "call ins" to support business objectives.
• Willing to travel up to 25%.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience in papermaking/tissue.
• Experience in the industrial/manufacturing environment.
• Innovation pipeline development.
• Using data to form points of view.

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

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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