Winder​/Finishing area SME

Georgia-Pacific is recruiting a SME to join our Manufacturing Technical Group that is part of the corporate central capability group. The successful candidate will provide technical expertise to a variety of winders and finishing assets across Georgia Pacific’s North America facilities and will have a strong capability to work with both hourly and salary employees.

• Act as Change Agents through partnerships with hourly and salaried personnel at production sites to identify improvement opportunities for processes, people and equipment
• Coordinate and lead efforts to return asset performance to the optimized base case with third-party support and internal resources as needed
• Support installation, commissioning, and optimization of new or upgraded assets
• Assist asset owners in managing and prioritizing lists of improvement opportunities for their respective assets based on business need
• Work with other Subject Matter Experts, capability teams, and operations personnel within Georgia Pacific to develop standardized operating and maintenance strategies for similar assets and equipment
• Provide technical and professional mentoring support for hourly, 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 knowledge to support short-term technical requests across multiple facilities
• Support trials of new process technology and equipment and provide an assessment of applicability with an existing asset base

• Knowledge and experience in one or more specific paper-making equipment and process areas:
  Finishing end equipment, winders, reels and/or roll handling
• Able to read and interpret piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&’s), layout drawings, and mechanical drawings
• Demonstrated ability to effectively lead, communicate with, and mentor others in a manufacturing environment
• Willing and able to travel up to 75% of the time (project dependent)
• Willing and able to work in operating environments that include platforms and catwalks, elevated temperatures, and variable humidity levels
• Willing and able to work occasional weekends, nights, and holidays when needed

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Pulp, and Paper Science, or a Technical degree
• Experience with paper machine applications
• Experience in working with SAP or similar ERP systems
• Experience in manufacturing leadership role(s) supporting paper-making operations
• Experience using PI Process Book or comparable data historian
• Previous work experience in a technical design or service capacity related to finishing equipment or paper making

For this role, we anticipate paying $130k - $180k per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

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