Winder/Finishing area SME

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Georgia-Pacific is recruiting a SME to join our Manufacturing Technical Group that is part of the corporate central capability group.

The successful candidate will provide technical expertise to a variety of winders and finishing assets across Georgia Pacific's North America facilities and will have a strong capability to work with both hourly and salary employees.

What You Will Do


* Act as Change Agents through partnerships with hourly and salaried personnel at production sites to identify improvement opportunities for processes, people and equipment


* Coordinate and lead efforts to return asset performance to the optimized base case with third-party support and internal resources as needed


* Support installation, commissioning, and optimization of new or upgraded assets


* Assist asset owners in managing and prioritizing lists of improvement opportunities for their respective assets based on business need


* Work with other Subject Matter Experts, capability teams, and operations personnel within Georgia Pacific to develop standardized operating and maintenance strategies for similar assets and equipment


* Provide technical and professional mentoring support for hourly, salaried engineering and operations personnel both at local facilities and within the corporate engineering team


* Assist in planning specific outage activities with operations teams to ensure that desired results are achieved


* Apply Subject Matter Expertise knowledge to support short-term technical requests across multiple facilities


* Support trials of new process technology and equipment and provide an assessment of applicability with an existing asset base

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* Knowledge and experience in one or more specific paper-making equipment and process areas: Finishing end equipment, winders, reels and/or roll handling


* Able to read and interpret piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&ID's), layout drawings, and mechanical drawings


* Demonstrated ability to effectively lead, communicate with, and mentor others in a manufacturing environment


* Willing and able to travel up to 75% of the time (project dependent)


* Willing and able to work in operating environments that include platforms and catwalks, elevated temperatures, and variable humidity levels


* Willing and able to work occasional weekends, nights, and holidays when needed

What Will Put You Ahead


* Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Pulp, and Paper Science, or a Technical degree


* Experience with paper machine applications


* Experience in working with SAP or similar ERP systems


* Experience in manufacturing leadership role(s) supporting paper-making operations


* Experience using PI ProcessBook or comparable data historian


* Previous experience using Root Cause Analysis strategies - KT, 5 Why, etc.


* Previous work experience in a technical design or service capacity related ...