Process Engineer - Quality

Your Job

Must have legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific is one of the nation's leading corrugated box manufacturers. We manufacture standard corrugated containers providing cost-effective corrugated solutions for virtually any product. Come join our team! To learn more about this facility and our Packaging division, please visit: www.gppackaging.com

What You Will Do

• Lead the quality program for outsourced packaging products, working with suppliers to develop and maintain robust quality practices through application of quality tools such as PFMEA, Control Plans, Gauge R&R, advanced problem solving, and 6 Sigma.
• Apply appropriate risk-based thinking to proactively identify opportunities to reduce our quality risk profile.
• Collect Voice of Customer (VOC) feedback, communicate insights to the wider GP team and key suppliers, and drive actions to enhance customer satisfaction.
• Respond promptly to customer quality challenges, managing complaints with suppliers in collaboration with the cross-functional team.
• Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and develop preventive and corrective action plans (CAPA).
• Conduct quarterly supplier audits and leverage comparative testing (round-robin testing) to maintain product quality standards.
• Serve as the quality database owner, ensuring accurate data collection and effective storage of quality data.
• Identify and develop key customer success metrics for internal reporting and continuous improvement.
• Support supplier & customer trials for new and differentiated products and solutions.
• Provide effective communication with cross-functional teams (operating teams, customers, R&D engineers).
• Understanding of the customer application (how the SmartPaper machine works) and which requirements are more critical than others.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a technical field with 3+ years of experience in a manufacturing or quality role, or 7+ years of experience in a manufacturing or quality role without a degree.
• Past experience in manufacturing plant working with a process and analyzing quality data coming from the process.
• Basic quality/six sigma statistical knowledge of Mean, Standard Deviation, process capability calculation, and histograms.
• Understanding of how our specific SmartPaper production process works, where the measurements come from, and which properties relate to each other.
• Experience leading continuous improvement initiatives/projects/programs within a cross functional team.
• Experience applying problem-solving methodologies (FMEA root cause, 5-why).
• Willing and able to travel up to 50% of the time.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience in Paper, Packaging, or Converting industries.
• Experience demonstrating an ability to analyze large data sets and apply statistics to generate knowledge systems that present actionable information.
• Experience demonstrating the application of additional Quality Capabilities (Auditing, Gage R&R, 3L5W, Poka Yoke, VOC, et).
• Experience demonstrating an understanding and application of economics, value create and risk-based thinking for continuous improvement.
• Intermediate to advanced experience with Microsoft Applications like Excel and Power Bi, and data manipulation to support data analysis.

For this role, we anticipate paying $90,000 - $120,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

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 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 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 here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).

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