Area Reliability Engineer - Mailers

Your Job Georgia-Pacific's Corrugated Division is seeking a Reliability Engineer to support our growing Mailers network, including facilities in McDonough, GA; Jonestown, PA; and Tolleson, AZ. In this role, you will help improve asset reliability, maintenance effectiveness, and operational performance by developing asset strategies, advancing preventive and predictive maintenance programs, and driving standardization across multiple sites. Success in this position requires strong technical capability, collaboration, and the ability to translate reliability data into sustainable business results.

Our Team Georgia-Pacific's Corrugated Division Mailers team operates a growing network of facilities focused on safely and reliably producing padded and recycled unpadded mailers. The Reliability Engineer partners with site leadership, maintenance and operations teams, Reliability Managers, R&D, OEMs, and subject matter experts to deploy reliability best practices and improve asset performance across the segment.

What You Will Do

• Lead reliability improvement initiatives that enhance asset health, reduce repeat failures, and improve operational performance across the Mailers network.
• Own and continuously improve reliability scorecards and key performance indicators to help sites identify trends, prioritize opportunities, and drive continuous improvement.
• Facilitate root cause analyses for equipment failures, develop corrective actions, validate effectiveness, and share lessons learned across facilities.
• Develop, optimize, and sustain asset strategies using tools such as Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), asset criticality assessments, bad actor analysis, and field observations.
• Coordinate reliability readiness activities for new equipment installations, including preventive maintenance programs, spare parts strategies, asset hierarchies, and standard work development.
• Improve preventive and predictive maintenance effectiveness through condition monitoring technologies, lubrication excellence, precision maintenance practices, and other reliability methodologies.
• Partner with Operations, Maintenance, R&D, OEMs, and reliability subject matter experts to identify and implement One Best Way practices across the Mailers segment.
• Lead fleet-wide reliability projects and coordinate efforts among site personnel, contractors, and suppliers to deliver strategic improvements.
• Coach and develop site personnel on reliability tools and processes, including root cause analysis, FMEA, asset strategy development, and maintenance best practices.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience in a maintenance reliability, engineering, maintenance leadership, or manufacturing support role.
• Experience developing or improving asset strategies, preventive maintenance programs, predictive maintenance programs, lubrication practices, standard work, or reliability processes.
• Experience analyzing maintenance and reliability data to identify trends, prioritize opportunities, and communicate recommendations.
• Experience facilitating meetings, leading cross-functional initiatives, or training personnel on technical processes and best practices.
• Willing and able to travel approximately 50% to 75% based on business needs.
• Legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring visa transfer or sponsorship.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Manufacturing experience supporting maintenance, reliability, engineering, or operations functions.
• Experience in paper, packaging, corrugated, converting, or mailers manufacturing environments.
• Experience leading reliability initiatives such as root cause analysis, FMEA, preventive maintenance optimization, asset criticality analysis, or bad actor elimination.
• DMAIC, Six Sigma Green Belt, Six Sigma Black Belt, or other structured problem-solving certification.
• Experience using Power BI, JMP, SAS, or similar tools to analyze reliability performance and communicate insights.

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