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Maintenance Engineer

Georgia Pacific
life insurance, parental leave
United States, Georgia, Cedar Springs
Mar 14, 2025
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[1] Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Maintenance Engineer to join our Cedar Springs, GA team. The Maintenance Engineer will be responsible for identifying opportunities to increase reliability and uptime, to support operational metrics. This position requires a highly motivated individual who enjoys working in a multi-faceted environment. The individual will be expected to support Operational and Maintenance personnel while adhering to a safe and environmentally responsible work environment. This position will require the ability to work effectively within a team along with critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. The ideal candidate will have a strong sense of personal drive, a desire to develop expertise, and the ability to work without constant supervision. This position will be expected to provide support to their assigned teams with technical, engineering, and troubleshooting guidance. Our culture is defined by the [2] Principle Based Management philosophy which guides everyday decision making and provides employees with opportunities to contribute and personally benefit from the value they create.

Our Team

The Cedar Springs facility is one of the largest containerboard facilities in the country with three paper machines that make different weights of brown paper & containerboard paper. The Cedar Springs Mill, located in the southwest corner of Georgia is approximately 28 miles from Dothan, Alabama. Dothan is the 6th largest city in the state of Alabama with a population of about 70,000. From Dothan, you are only 90 miles from the beautiful Gulf Coast. You can easily drive to 3 capital cities in 3 1/2 hours or less. You are just 1.5 hours from Tallahassee, FL and Montgomery, AL. To learn more about Georgia-Pacific's packaging business please visit: [3] www.gppackaging.com and view the video [4] How Paper Is Made!

What You Will Do
* Participate and support in all areas to meet Environmental, Health & Safety excellence
* Provide support to operational areas with emphasis on short and long-term reliability improvements
* Provide leadership to drive continuous improvement with asset and site reliability
* Participate and lead Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) and Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) efforts to identify root causes of complex and/or repetitive problems and put in place executable corrective actions
* Develop, implement, and support preventative and predictive maintenance strategies for new and existing equipment (vibration analysis, lubrication program, oil analysis, ultrasonic, infrared, NDT, thermography, MCE testing, and precision maintenance)
* Review plans for new equipment and contribute to the Design for Reliability process by validating reliability and maintainability of the systems
* Support implementation of reliability processes aimed at developing skilled maintenance and operating personnel who operate with a reliability-centric mindset
* Analyze operational data (KPIs, OEE, etc.) to identify gaps and areas of potential improvement
* Work with all departments to share knowledge and gain expertise in development of mill wide reliability strategies
* Actively participate in design and implementation of Asset Improvement Strategies for systems to improve production and uptime
* Apply sound logic and scientific principles to problem solving
* Effectively manage multiple priorities and customers simultaneously
* Work both individually with little supervision and together with a team

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
* High School Diploma or GED
* Reliability experience in a manufacturing/industrial or military environment
* Experience using Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Outlook

What Will Put You Ahead
* Bachelor's degree in engineering
* Pulp and Paper industry experience
* Certification or continued education in reliability applications, practices, and management
* Experience with Reliability Improvement tools (Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), Preventative/Predictive maintenance, KPIs
* Six Sigma experience or certification

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 [5] here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day -to make everyday products even better.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our [6] 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 [7] here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click [8] here, [9] aqui, or [10] tu).
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3. http://www.gppackaging.com/
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiWwzwFAeSM
5. https://jobs.kochcareers.com/pages/culture
6. https://www.kochind.com/about/business-philosophy
7. https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/EVerifyParticipationPoster.pdf
8. https://labor.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idol/employers/posters/e-verify/Right%20to%20Privacy%20in%20the%20Workplace_English.pdf
9. https://labor.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idol/employers/posters/e-verify/Right%20to%20Privacy%20in%20the%20Workplace_Spanish.pdf
10. https://labor.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idol/employers/posters/e-verify/Right%20to%20Privacy%20in%20the%20Workplace_Polish.pdf
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