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Georgia-Pacific's Building Products division is seeking qualified professionals to consider for their Engineering Manager opportunity for the Gypsum manufacturing facility located in Wheatfield, IN.

Georgia Pacific’s Building Products group is searching for an Engineering Manager for our wallboard manufacturing facility in Wheatfield, IN. The Engineering Manager will lead an organization that drives the fundamental understanding of equipment systems and their impact on product quality and plant efficiency. This role will interface with multiple engineering disciplines, Maintenance, and Operations to ensure equipment systems meet production requirements and plant key initiatives. Reporting to the Reliability Manager, you will be responsible for leading, empowering, and motivating a team of engineers.   The position is responsible for electrical, mechanical, controls and project engineering for a 24:7 manufacturing operation.

What You Will Do In Your Role

The successful candidate will provide leadership and direction to Engineering and Mill Operations to ensure the plant is meeting the objectives in safety, quality, innovation, and plant performance. The candidate will lead technical support for project planning and execution, as well as troubleshooting electrical controls components to minimize downtime and maximize process efficiencies across all plant operations.

·         Leading an engineering & maintenance team aligned with our Principle Based Management (PBM®) Values while continuously developing your own personal knowledge regarding PBM

·         Coaching, mentoring, and developing engineering capabilities in alignment with the PBM Role of a Supervisor

·         Safety Leadership: Accountable for the safety performance of the engineering area while promoting personal accountability for working safely and addressing safety concerns in all areas of the mill department

·         Capital Projects:  Provide coaching and mentoring to project engineers on planning, commissioning, execution, and close-out best practices

·         Experience with AutoCAD software and the creation of electrical drawings for control systems and automated equipment

·         Able to manage, prioritize, and deliver on a portfolio of projects and group initiatives

·         Seek and apply knowledge of new technology available, industry trends, and development to improve all aspects of plant automation

·         Innovating in a way that eliminates waste

·         Share knowledge externally and internally and leverage improvements across the plant to encourage transformation and value creation

·         Use knowledge to develop and carry out objectives, solve problems, and be able to respond to short-term as well as long term department and mill goals

·         Help direct reports understand who their customers are and how their work directly impacts operations and mill production

·         Demonstrate results by working effectively with other plant leaders and resources to improve year over year results

·         Meet regularly with direct reports and other teams as needed to increase knowledge and improve skills

·         Business Culture:  Embrace Market Based Management philosophy and help continue to change the culture through tools, and processes available to create long term value with mutually beneficial outcomes

The Experience You Will Bring

Requirements:

·         5 or more years of maintenance or engineering experience within an industrial management, manufacturing, or production environment

·         Knowledgeable in the areas of PLC's, conveyor systems, breakers, boilers, hydraulic and pneumatic systems

·         Able to read mechanical, structural and electrical drawings

·         Experience using the following Microsoft Office Software: Excel – (sorting data, creating tables and creating graphs); Outlook – (scheduling tasks, calendar invitations and general professional correspondence); Word – (document creation/editing); PowerPoint – (presentation creation/editing); and Project (creating a project plan, adding tasks, resources and milestones)

What Will Put You Ahead

·         A Bachelor's Degree or higher in Industrial Management or in a technical field Mechanical, Electrical or Chemical engineering.

·         Experience supervising direct reports

·         Previous experience working within a gypsum facility

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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.

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