Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Georgia-Pacific is seeking an Electrical Engineer to join its Paper Finishing Controls team within the Process Control Center of Excellence. The role provides hands-on controls and automation engineering support for reel, winder, roll handling, and related paper finishing systems across multiple manufacturing sites, including troubleshooting, startup support, system improvements, documentation, and development of repeatable controls practices.
Responsibilities
- Provide hands-on controls troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for reel, winder, roll handling, and related paper finishing systems in partnership with site operations, process control, E&I, and maintenance teams
- Read, troubleshoot, modify, and validate PLC/HMI control strategies, including sequencing, permissives, interlocks, speed coordination, drives, motion control, fault handling, and machine diagnostics
- Troubleshoot and improve controls integration between reel, winder, roll handling, and associated upstream or downstream equipment to support simplified machine operation
- Support startup, stabilization, and post-startup improvement of new or upgraded finishing systems, with emphasis on operational readiness and transition to long-term site support
- Work with OEMs, project teams, and GP technical resources to identify recurring controls issues and convert field learnings into practical improvements for future system designs and installations
- Maintain controls documentation, program backups, functional descriptions, troubleshooting guides, and other information needed to support and sustain installed systems
- Develop and share repeatable controls practices, standards, and technical knowledge that strengthen site-level capability across GP facilities
Skills
- Associate's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related technical field. Equivalent practical experience will also be considered
- Five (5) or more years of hands-on experience supporting industrial control systems in a manufacturing environment
- Demonstrated experience troubleshooting, configuring, and modifying Rockwell Automation / Allen-Bradley PLC and HMI systems
- Experience troubleshooting integrated machine control systems involving PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, field devices, and industrial networks
- Experience implementing and validating control system changes on operating manufacturing equipment in partnership with operations and maintenance teams
- Working knowledge of pneumatic and hydraulic systems and the ability to interpret basic pneumatic and hydraulic schematics
- Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, control documentation, functional descriptions, and technical drawings
- Strong troubleshooting skills and demonstrated ability to work through complex equipment and controls problems to determine root cause
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively across operations, maintenance, engineering, OEM, and technical teams
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 50% to support manufacturing facilities throughout the U.S
- Legal authorization to work permanently in the U.S. for any employer without requiring visa sponsorship
- Experience supporting paper machine dry-end operations, including reels, winders, roll handling systems, and related material-handling equipment
- Strong understanding of machine control behavior including sequencing, permissives, interlocks, speed coordination, stop/start logic, fault handling, and machine recovery
- Experience with servo systems, coordinated motion control, and advanced drive-based machine applications
- Experience with PID control, closed-loop control strategies, and tuning in industrial machine applications
- Experience with Siemens PLC and HMI platforms
- Experience configuring and troubleshooting machine safety systems, including Rockwell safety controllers, safety routines and I/O, guard systems, safety interlocks, and functional safety concepts
- Experience developing first-out diagnostics, alarming strategies, permissive/interlock visibility, and other troubleshooting tools for operators and maintenance teams
- Experience supporting startup, commissioning, stabilization, and long-term sustainment of new or upgraded manufacturing equipment
- Experience developing and maintaining controls standards, functional descriptions, program backups, troubleshooting documentation, and other technical information
- Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers or technicians through controls troubleshooting, programming, commissioning, or equipment support
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Flexible spending accounts
- Health savings accounts
- Life insurance
- Accidental death and dismemberment (ADD) insurance
- Disability insurance
- Retirement benefits
- Paid vacation/time off
- Educational assistance
- Infertility assistance, which may be available depending on eligibility criteria and geographic region
- Paid parental leave, which may be available depending on eligibility criteria and geographic region
- Adoption assistance, which may be available depending on eligibility criteria and geographic region
- A work environment designed to support individual work and personal needs
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