Process Controls Engineer - Gypsum - Georgia-Pacific

Our Gypsum Business is hiring a Controls Engineer at the Sweetwater, Texas facility. The Process Control Engineer will provide technical expertise and project engineering as required to support the facility's execution plan and operations. The Control Engineer will be responsible for the facility's Instrumentation and Controls project development, design, procurement, construction, and maintenance. The role will have direct impact on safety, reliability, cost reduction, and process improvement at the assigned facility.

The successful candidate will be provided a $15,000 signing bonus after starting the new role. External candidates and internal Koch company employees moving to the new location when hired are considered eligible.

Our Team

At Georgia-Pacific, we don't believe that a job is just simply a job. We see each role as a career and a way to advance your skills to not only better your life but the community as well.

What You Will Do

• Implement, design, and configure advanced process control strategies. Maintain functional design specifications for process control systems.
• Develop engineering and capital cost estimates for assigned projects.
• Support process operations by troubleshooting installed systems to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of these systems.
• Act as a project resource in the installation of new instrumentation or control/automation systems.
• Partner with corporate teams to implement new technologies that support advanced manufacturing.
• Support of safety program both by implementing automation systems solutions and through observation.
• Work closely with production personnel to identify opportunities and solve problems.
• Develop engineering and capital cost estimates for assigned projects.
• Provide design documentation sufficient for construction, operations, and maintenance.
• Design, program, modify, and maintain PLC and HMI systems.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Process Control, Chemical or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Experience in Industrial Control Systems (PLCs and Motor Controls).
• Experience in Automation or Process Control
• PLC programming
• AC & DC motor control experience, including drives.
• Process Control Networking
• HMI/SCADA Maintenance and Design
• Experience in Control System documentation using MS Office and AutoCAD.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Industrial electrical knowledge, including both power (480VAC) and control circuits.
• Server and PC knowledge, both Windows and Linux.
• Prior experience in a plant maintenance department.
• Preferred platform and standards: Rockwell Studio 5000 and legacy platforms (RS Logix 5, 500), Ignition SCADA, Software, GE Proficy iFix, and FactoryTalk View, Rockwell E300/E200, Powerflex and Kinetix drives, ControlLogix, GuardLogix. CIP Motion,Ethernet/IP, DeviceNet, ControlNet, Profibus communication protocols

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Hiring Philosophy

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Who We Are

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia-Pacific is one of the world's leading manufacturers and marketers of building products, tissue, packaging, paper, cellulose and related chemicals. The company employs more than 30,000 people at approximately 300 locations in North and South America. Georgia-Pacific creates long-term value by using resources efficiently to provide innovative products and solutions that meet the needs of customers and society, while operating in a manner that is environmentally and socially responsible and economically sound. Georgia-Pacific is an independently managed and operated company of Koch Industries, Inc., a private company headquartered in Wichita, Kansas.

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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.

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.

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