Area Reliability Engineer - Mailers

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.

• 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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