Manufacturing Engineer - Converting

Position: Manufacturing Engineer - Converting - United States
Location(s):
Zachary, Louisiana Company:
Georgia-Pacific Career Field:
Engineering Job Number: 194815

Apply:  Job Georgia-Pacific's Consumer Products Division is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Engineer to support a key asset in the converting department at our Port Hudson Paper Mill in Zachary, Louisiana. This role is designed for professionals with demonstrated experience in tissue converting, paper converting, towel converting, corrugated, cellulose, fiber-based manufacturing, or similar manufacturing operations. The Manufacturing Engineer in Converting serves as a subject matter expert responsible for equipment ownership, asset strategy development, operational leadership, and continuous improvement.

This position focuses on safely improving asset performance by building team capability, increasing reliability, optimizing work processes, and maximizing equipment effectiveness. Success in this role requires both strong technical expertise and the ability to influence, develop, and collaborate with teams across the organization.

Our Team For over 50 years, the Port Hudson Paper Mill has been a major part of the economic lifeblood of the region. With more than 300 employees, Port Hudson strives to lead the tissue and towel business. Our team recently invested more than $50 million to grow our brands and continue to serve our loyal consumers with the great quality they have come to expect.

Learn more by visiting our consumer products homepage.

What You Will Do Lead with Principle-Based Management (PBM) and influential leadership, fostering a collaborative and values-driven environment that supports organizational goals and promotes employee engagement.

Own the performance, reliability, and long-term asset strategy of assigned converting assets to improve safety, quality, throughput, reliability, and cost performance.

Serve as the subject matter expert for assigned equipment and manufacturing processes, providing technical leadership and operational guidance to production teams.

Partner closely with operations, maintenance, reliability, planning, and purchasing teams to identify equipment vulnerabilities, prioritize improvement opportunities, and implement sustainable solutions that improve asset performance.

Lead, coach, mentor, and develop operators and production teams to establish reliable operating practices, strengthen technical capabilities, and improve ownership of equipment and process performance.

Utilize strong communication and relationship-building skills to influence operational decisions, align stakeholders, and drive results across multiple functions without direct authority.

Implement, sustain, and lead continuous improvement initiatives that enhance production efficiency, reduce waste, improve product quality, and create value through optimized operations.

Utilize data analysis and partnerships with analytics teams to identify, prioritize, and close process performance gaps.

Promptly identify and resolve production issues to minimize downtime, facilitate root cause investigations, and implement effective corrective actions.

Work closely with quality assurance teams to ensure products consistently meet required specifications and industry standards, including leading material and process trials that improve performance and reduce cost.

Ensure all manufacturing processes comply with health, safety, environmental regulations, and company standards while promoting a culture of safety throughout the operation.

Provide expert technical guidance regarding equipment modifications, process improvements, installations, startups, and troubleshooting activities.

Manage engineering projects from concept through implementation, including developing project justifications, benefits analyses, and coordinating internal and contractor resources.

Utilize data and process analytics tools to monitor key performance indicators, generate actionable insights, and support strategic decision-making.

Lead outage planning, downtime optimization, and equipment improvement efforts to maximize operational reliability and production availability.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
Experience supporting manufacturing operations within tissue converting, paper converting, towel converting, corrugated, cellulose, fiber-based manufacturing, or a similar industrial manufacturing environment as a manufacturing engineer.

Experience owning, troubleshooting, optimizing, and improving manufacturing equipment and production processes.

Experience leading…