Mechanical Design Engineer - Georgia-Pacific

Are you passionate about exploring new ideas and breaking through conventional norms? At Georgia-Pacific, we share your enthusiasm for pushing boundaries and embracing creative solutions. We constantly challenge the status quo, take calculated risks, and strive to improve the products we make.

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer to support the Dixie® business with a focus on Dixie® plates, the #1 paper plate in the market. It is a great opportunity to solve complex consumer problems by combining creative design solutions with deep understanding of materials and manufacturing principles. The position will report to the Neenah Technical Center located in Neenah, WI with hybrid work considered.

Our Team

The Georgia-Pacific Dixie® R&D team is responsible for the technical developments that will allow the Dixie brand to maintain its position as the preferred brand of disposable plates, cups, cutlery and food packaging.

We are entrepreneurs who innovate daily and collaborate cross-functionally to design products and execute projects that create value for our consumers, customers, communities, and company. We value lifelong learners who want to contribute and grow with us.

Our team is successful because we have self-starters who work collaboratively and leverage the diverse skills across the team to solve complicated problems, which enables everyone to maximize their contributions to business success.

What You Will Do

• Design and Experimentation: Design, experiment, and evaluate alternatives to solve complex problems and execute product roadmaps based on understanding of technical capabilities, business and market needs.
• Technology Development: Collaborate with internal and external technology partners to develop and implement new tooling design, pressed paper manufacturing, and substrate technologies into product roadmaps across lab, pilot, and commercial scales.
• Consumer Focus: Connect market and consumer needs to product performance by designing alternatives and setting technical specifications on final product design.
• Collaboration: Work with business stakeholders, innovation team, consumer research, quality, operations, and our supply partners to drive product/cost improvements by maximizing throughput, minimizing waste, and optimizing products in the portfolio.
• Risk Management: Design and execute experiments to understand and mitigate technical risk of new products by considering market feedback plus manufacturing capability.
• Product Support: Provide technical support on product claims, data substantiation, intellectual property, and overall product points of view to our business leaders, operations, manufacturing, sales, and marketing teams.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering
• Experience creating 3D parts and drawings in Solidworks, AutoCad Inventor, or Pro/Engineer
• Product development experience including independently leading technical projects

What Will Put You Ahead

• Ten (10) or more years of experience in research, product and technology development
• Advanced degree in Engineering
• Papermaking or paper converting processes experience
• Tooling design and manufacturing experience
• FEA, predictive modeling experience
• Consumer products product development experience
• Experience managing relationships with outside vendors (design/manufacture/materials)

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.

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: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf