Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Georgia-Pacific is a manufacturing company 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 for reel, winder, roll handling, and related paper finishing systems, including troubleshooting, startup support, documentation, and controls improvements across multiple U.S. manufacturing sites.
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
- Home-based within the U.S. with regular travel to manufacturing facilities
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Flexible spending and health savings accounts
- Life insurance
- Accidental death and dismemberment (ADD) coverage
- Disability coverage
- Retirement plan
- Paid vacation/time off
- Educational assistance
- May also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance
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