Cost Engineer - Plywood

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Georgia-Pacific is seeking an innovative and forward-thinking individual to join our team as a Cost Engineer for the Outage Team in Plywood Group.

Team members are located across the United States and work with facility annual outages to include maintenance turnarounds and capital projects in Plywood group in the Building Products division.

The Outage Team is a capability to implement long range planning and execution to improve asset condition and integrate new production processes with predictable and competitive results.

The Cost Engineer plays a crucial role in mid and large outages by providing data driven analytics with line of sight to outage health, risk, and opportunities that positively influence the outcome.

In this role you will report to the Sr.

Manager of Outages and be a part of a growing team! It is a hybrid role offering the opportunity to work remotely or at a Georgia-Pacific office as needed.

Travel is expected to be
This position will utilize a core set of principles to drive continuous improvement in outage performance.

Our culture is defined by the Principle Based Management philosophy which guides everyday decision making and provides employees with opportunities to contribute and personally benefit from the value they create.

What You Will Do


* Provide cost management functions - budgeting, earned value, forecasting, analytics, change management - for mid to large turnaround and shutdown outages (typically between $1M to $50M)


* Active member of the project team providing cost guidance and knowledge to understand impacts to other areas such as schedule, risk, change, work breakdown structure, etc.


* Collaborate with key operations, maintenance, and project partners, internal and external, to ensure fully integrated and accurate cost management including identifying areas of opportunity, following to resolution.


* Provide guidance to facility personnel and verify outage accounting of purchased parts and services are correctly coded proper expense for capital categories.


* Maintain outage reporting and ad hoc requests for Outage, Project, and Leadership Teams.


* Continuously look to transform the way we do business through use of process, tools, and reporting along with being an active participant in testing and implementation.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* Bachelor's degree or higher in Accounting, Business, Finance, or Economics, OR 3 years' experience as a project Cost Engineer


* Experience using Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Outlook


* Knowledge and application of cost functions - forecasting, audit, accounting, etc.


* Experience supporting 24/7 operations


* Access to a National or International Airport


* Live within (or open to relocate to) 100 miles of the corporate headquarters located in Atlanta or one of the 8 US Plywood facilities.

The US Plywood facilities are located in Camden, TX; Corrigan, TX; Dudley, N...