Manufacturing Engineer - Pulp

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Georgia Pacific's Consumer Products Division is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to support a critical asset in the pulp department at our Muskogee Paper Mill in Muskogee, Oklahoma. This role is dedicated to safely improving pulp operations by developing team capabilities, raising equipment reliability, standardizing and simplifying work processes, and maximizing the efficiency of pulp-production systems. You will lead continuous improvement initiatives and deliver measurable value by enhancing asset availability, optimizing workflows, and ensuring top performance of pulp‑making equipment.

• Lead with Principle‑Based Management (PBM) and influential leadership, fostering a collaborative and values‑driven environment that supports organizational goals and promotes employee engagement.
• Manage assets to ensure optimal performance, longevity, and reliability. Prioritize and implement asset strategies by collaborating closely with asset reliability, planning, and purchasing teams to maintain efficient production operations.
• Lead, mentor, and develop production professionals to achieve consistent, reliable operating states. Provide technical support and troubleshooting assistance while building team ownership and understanding of equipment and processes.
• Implement, sustain, and lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance production efficiency, reduce waste, and improve product quality. Utilize data analysis and partnerships with analytics teams to identify, prioritize, and close process gaps.
• Promptly identify and resolve production issues to minimize downtime. Lead root cause analyses for manufacturing problems, facilitating investigations to determine underlying causes and executing effective corrective actions.
• Work closely with quality assurance teams to ensure products consistently meet required specifications and industry standards, including leading trials of raw materials to evaluate performance and cost‑saving opportunities.
• Ensure all manufacturing processes comply with health, safety, environmental regulations, and corporate standards. Participate actively in safety audits, risk assessments, and promote a culture of safety across the production floor.
• Provide expert technical guidance to production teams and collaborate with cross‑functional departments to address and resolve complex technical challenges, equipment modifications, installations, and startups.
• Manage engineering projects from design through implementation, including preparing project justifications, benefits analyses, and coordinating onsite and contractor resources to meet deadlines and objectives.
• Utilize data analysis tools to monitor key production metrics, generate insightful reports, and present findings to management to support strategic decision‑making and continuous improvement efforts.
• Lead planning and optimization of scheduled unit outages and unplanned downtime to maximize production availability and minimize impact on operations.

• Experience working as an engineer in a manufacturing, industrial or military environment.
• Experience leading continuous improvement initiatives and/or reliability strategies.
• Have current legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship.

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Engineering, Paper or Bioresource Engineering.
• Pulp and Paper experience.
• Experience training, mentoring and developing others directly or indirectly.
• Experience using data and process analytics tools such as PARCview and PI Vision.
• Experience working with a CMMS system (ex: SAP, Maximo, GCSS‑Army, etc.).

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, AD&D, 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.

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.