Senior Plant Engineer

Georgia-Pacific Gypsum is looking for a contribution-motivated engineer to lead the Plant Engineering Team at their Savannah, Georgia facility. The Plant Engineering Team is dedicated to efficiently delivering high-quality projects to the facility. You will be joining a community of mechanical engineers dedicated to scoping and designing valuable improvements in the production units.

Our Team

At Georgia-Pacific Gypsum your career and professional development are a top priority. This includes a personal development plan, assigned mentors, dedicated offsite training, and tuition reimbursement programs. The Plant Engineering Department has a proven track record of upward development leading to increasingly challenging roles across Georgia-Pacific and Koch Industries.

What You Will Do

• The Senior Plant Engineer manages other engineers and multiple small capital improvement projects in a timely, safe, and cost-effective manner to improve unit/plant operations.
• Prepares specifications, drawings, bid packages, quotation analyses, and other applicable documents for purchase, construction, and/or repair of refinery equipment and facilities.
• Works closely with other departments to investigate problems, identify, recommend, and execute long-term, reliable, scalable solutions to unit issues.
• Identifies & utilizes in-house resources for technical/engineering support, i.e. process engineering, reliability engineering, inspection, etc.
• Provide engineering support for daily operations.
• Support unit shutdowns and turnarounds.
• Understand business, economic, and operational drivers behind assigned projects.
• Complies with all Georgia-Pacific environmental and safety policies, specs/standards, and Principle-Based Management (PBM) Principles.
• Periodically support the facility after hours when "on call".
• Aids in supporting, mentoring, knowledge sharing, and training within the engineering group to develop and further enhance team-members technical skills.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• 1 - 3 years of experience in engineering mechanical or other industrial sectors.
• Strong technical background with solid troubleshooting/problem-solving capabilities.
• Experience working with Microsoft Office tools i.e. Excel, Word, etc.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's degree in engineering.
• Previous experience in a supervisor role.
• Background in manufacturing (industrial plant) maintenance, operations, and/or reliability fields beneficial.
• Project estimating knowledge is a plus.
• Previous internship or co-op experience as a project, plant, or maintenance/reliability engineer.

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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

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia-Pacific is one of the world's leading manufacturers and marketers of building products, tissue, packaging, paper, cellulose and related chemicals. The company employs more than 30,000 people at approximately 300 locations in North and South America. Georgia-Pacific creates long-term value by using resources efficiently to provide innovative products and solutions that meet the needs of customers and society, while operating in a manner that is environmentally and socially responsible and economically sound. Georgia-Pacific is an independently managed and operated company of Koch Industries, Inc., a private company headquartered in Wichita, Kansas .

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.

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 visit the following website for additional information: