Manufacturing Engineer

Manufacturing Engineer

Location(s) Fort Smith, Arkansas Company Georgia-Pacific Career Field Engineering

Develop and implement data-driven short- and long-term asset strategies that improve safety, reliability, production efficiency, and overall business performance, including operating envelope, operator basic care, parts strategy, optimization, condition-based monitoring, and predictive and preventative maintenance activities.

Lead efforts to improve asset performance and reliability with regard to safety, environmental compliance, quality, utilization, efficiency, and cost effectiveness.

Work with operators and maintenance teams to identify critical equipment hazards and mitigate the impact of human error where the highest levels of risk exist.

Communicate with and help employees connect to our vision, priorities, and business objectives.

Support operations teams by coaching operators on safe equipment operation, operator basic care, operating parameters, equipment upgrades, and best practices.

Work closely with operators and business partners to troubleshoot process, quality, and equipment issues while evaluating and implementing improvement opportunities.

Work closely with shift supervision to identify operator capability gaps and support the development and revision of operating procedures.

Lead Root Cause Analysis efforts and implement effective corrective actions.

Evaluate, approve, prioritize, and plan work orders, equipment repairs, and scheduled shutdown activities.

Lead capital and reliability improvement projects from concept through execution, including business case development, stakeholder alignment, contractor coordination, implementation, and results evaluation.

Make sound economic decisions regarding maintenance activities, capital spending, and project investments.

Perform GEMBA walks to improve employee engagement, asset performance, and maintenance effectiveness.

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