Manufacturing Engineer

  • Leominster
  • Koch Industries
Your Job
Georgia-Pacific Continuous Manufacturing Group Operations is seeking qualified professionals to be considered for our Manufacturing Engineer role to support our Dixie Cutlery operations located in Leominster, MA. The Manufacturing Engineer role is primarily accountable for the performance and capability of manufacturing assets. Some responsibilities include monitoring asset KPI's to understand asset performance, providing support to resolve short-term reliability issues, and developing longer-term equipment asset strategies.
Our Team
The Leominster Plant is an integrated Dixie Cutlery products manufacturing operation. You will help to ensure that we meet the challenge of improving at a faster rate than our competition. We will do this through flawless execution of our reliability asset strategies and development of our employee's knowledge, skills, and abilities.
What You Will Do
  • Working with operators and others to ensure all environmental, safety, and business practices are in play and efforts are focused on identifying critical risks within the operation and mitigating the impact of human errors where the highest levels of risk exist.
  • Regularly help communicate and connect employees to our vision, priorities, and business objectives.
  • Coaching and developing operators to operate equipment and processes safely and efficiently with a focus on stabilizing, and then optimizing, production.
  • Working closely with operators and customers to troubleshoot process, quality and equipment issues and evaluate and implement improvement ideas.
  • Working closely with shift supervision to identify knowledge / operator capability gaps and provide support in developing / updating operating procedures.
  • Leading the Root Cause Analysis process and executing effective corrective actions.
  • Developing and implementing comprehensive asset strategies for all assigned assets; to include Operating Envelope, Operator Basic Care/Zone Ownership, Spare Parts / Stocking Strategy Optimization, Condition Based Monitoring, and Predictive & Preventative Maintenance activities.
  • Evaluating, approving, and prioritizing equipment repairs and scheduled shutdowns; initiating capital projects as needed.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
  • Experience working in a manufacturing, industrial or military operations environment
  • Experience troubleshooting, commissioning, and / or improving manufacturing equipment and processes
  • Experience with manufacturing equipment set-up, operation, or repair
What Will Put You Ahead
  • Bachelor's degree or higher in an Engineering or other relevant technical discipline
  • Experience working in a pulp/paper/tissue mill or converting
  • Experience working with automated packaging equipment, conveyor & vision systems and/or robotics
  • Experience initiating and/or executing capital projects
  • Experience with PI or other data historian programs

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 here.
Who We Are
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.
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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.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information:
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