Reliability Engineer

Your Job

Join our team at Koch's Georgia-Pacific Naheola Mill as a Reliability Engineer in the Tissue Mill area, where you'll play a key role in driving innovation and value creation in our manufacturing processes. At Georgia-Pacific, part of our commitment to Principle-Based Management (PBM) involves empowering individuals to challenge the status quo, focus on continuous improvement, and contribute to the success of our well-known consumer products business.

Our Team

The Naheola Mill is the largest employer in the community and actively supports community outreach, workforce development, and education. The area offers excellent outdoor activities, including world-class hunting and access to the Tombigbee River for fishing, boating, and water skiing. Residents enjoy a mild climate, low cost of living, and proximity to the Gulf Coast's beaches and resorts.

As part of Koch, Georgia-Pacific is a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, and building products. We also operate a major recycling business. With over 30,000 employees in more than 150 locations, we're committed to meeting customer needs with quality products and continuous innovation.

What You Will Do

• Support and participate in achieving Environmental, Health & Safety excellence with a focus on identifying and mitigating critical hazards.
• Lead Root Cause Analysis to identify and address complex or repetitive failures, ensuring corrective actions are tracked to completion.
• Develop and support asset strategy execution for Tissue assets, reporting to the Tissue Operations Manager.
• Collaborate with equipment owners, remote monitoring teams, and local maintenance and reliability teams.
• Analyze operational KPIs to identify improvement opportunities and enhance equipment and process reliability.
• Share technical knowledge with operators and supervisors to foster a culture of reliability.
• Provide technical support for both capital and non-capital projects.
• Work independently and as part of a team to achieve improved reliability outcomes.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Two-year degree in Engineering or other technical fields, or equivalent military experience.
• Four (4) or more years of experience in a continuous manufacturing or industrial environment with a strong focus on operations, maintenance, reliability, or equivalent military environment, showcasing a proven ability to identify and implement process improvements, drive innovation, and create value.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering or a Pulp and Paper Sciences degree
• Experience with collecting, assembling, and analyzing data, including data around operator interactions.
• Experience working in a paper-making operation.
• Experience using Root Cause Analysis (RCA) concepts to resolve issues concerning manufacturing assets.

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 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 the 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 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.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf