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Senior Electrical Engineer - CSO

Georgia Pacific
life insurance, parental leave
United States, Georgia, Cedar Springs
Nov 07, 2024
Your Job
Georgia-Pacific is seeking an Electrical Engineer to join our Containerboard mill in Cedar Springs, Georgia. The Electrical Engineer is responsible for planning, directing, and guiding the plans and processes for electrical infrastructure. They will develop and carry out objectives, solve problems, and be able to respond to short-term as well as long term department and mill goals.

The candidate will lead and support preventative maintenance programs, electrical upgrade projects, RCFA's (Root Cause Failure Analysis) and provide technical support for troubleshooting to minimize downtime and maximize process efficiencies. The Electrical Engineer will provide leadership through the application of Koch's [1] Principle Based Management (PBM) philosophy to achieve superior results.

Our Team

The Cedar Springs facility is one of the largest containerboard facilities in the country with three paper machines that make different weights of brown paper & containerboard paper. The Cedar Springs Mill, located in the southwest corner of Georgia is approximately 28 miles from Dothan, Alabama. Dothan is the 6th largest city in the state of Alabama with a population of about 70,000. From Dothan, you are only 90 miles from the beautiful Gulf Coast. You can easily drive to 3 capital cities in 3 1/2 hours or less. You are just 1.5 hours from Tallahassee, FL and Montgomery, AL. Additionally, Dothan has several parks, restaurants, and local entertainment activities. To learn more about Georgia-Pacific's packaging business please visit: [2] www.gppackaging.com and view the video [3] How Paper Is Made!

What You Will Do
* Be a safety steward to prioritize employee and contractor health and safety.
* Ensure the reliability and availability of electrical equipment throughout the facility through effective PM and PDM strategies to prevent and resolve equipment failures.
* Establish effective relationships with mill personnel, contractors and corporate SMEs to improve electrical reliability throughout the facility.
* Subject Matter Expert (SME) for motor reliability and Drive Systems including MCC's, troubleshooting, required preventive maintenance and spare parts.
* Assist in identifying relevant standards and providing training for the organization; GP ESWP, NFPA, OSHA
* Assist with maintaining electrical power system modeling and records.
* Design and implement long-term continuous improvement projects and systems to enhance electrical reliability.
* Responsible for establishing and administering maintenance and capital work for electrical system improvements.
* Participate in weekend call support on a rotating basis.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
* Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution with five (5) or more years of electrical engineering experience in a manufacturing or military environment.
* Thorough understanding of engineering documents associated with electrical systems.
* Experience with maintaining, troubleshooting and repairing 2300V and 480V VFD's and DCS/PLC control systems.
* Thorough understanding of electrical standards (NEC, NFPA 70E, etc.)
* Basic understanding of medium and low voltage equipment protection systems (motors, feeders, transformers, switches) and their coordination.
* Experience as a participant or leader of root cause failure analysis events.

What Will Put You Ahead
* Ten (10+) years of electrical maintenance and reliability experience.
* Experience in the Pulp and Paper industry.
* Electrical maintenance and reliability experience.
* Knowledge and experience with synchronous motor maintenance and troubleshooting.
* Hands on field experience maintaining medium and low voltage equipment and protection systems (motors, feeders, transformers, switches) and their coordination.
* Experience with power system modeling software.
* Experience with utility, turbine generator and standby power systems.
* Management or project leadership experience in an industrial, manufacturing/production operations or military environment.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

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 [4] 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 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 [5] 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 click [6] here for additional information.

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1. http://www.kochind.com/philosophy
2. http://www.gppackaging.com/
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiWwzwFAeSM
4. https://jobs.kochcareers.com/pages/culture
5. https://www.kochind.com/about/business-philosophy
6. https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/EVerifyParticipationPoster.pdf
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