Process Controls Engineer – Corrugated
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Process controls engineer optimizing corrugated manufacturing lines for Georgia-Pacific. Modifying PLC/HMI strategies, commissioning equipment, and improving reliability across West Coast sites.
Responsibilities:
- Support controls-focused optimization efforts to improve product flow, stability, and throughput on corrugated assets
- Read, modify, test, and validate PLC and HMI control strategies to improve line behavior and reduce operator intervention
- Partner with Operations, Process Control, IT, and Electrical & Instrumentation teams to identify improvements, develop test plans, and execute production trials
- Support startup and commissioning of new or upgraded equipment
- Develop documentation and standard approaches to sustain and replicate control improvements across sites
- Participate in troubleshooting, commissioning, and optimization activities while building controls capability with site engineers and technicians
Requirements:
- Hands-on experience supporting industrial control systems in a manufacturing environment
- Experience troubleshooting, configuring, and modifying Allen Bradley and/or Siemens PLC and HMI systems
- Experience implementing and validating control changes in live production environments with operations and maintenance teams
- Working knowledge of industrial electrical systems, including control panels, field devices, and industrial power distribution
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 50% to support site needs
- Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively with operations, maintenance, and engineering partners
- Associate’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related technical field is preferred; equivalent practical experience will also be considered
- Experience supporting corrugated operations, including corrugators, flexo folder gluers, rotary die cutters, and related material handling equipment
- Understanding of converting line control behavior, including accumulation/backpressure, stop/start logic, sequencing and permissives, speed coordination, and fault recovery
- Experience with VFDs, servo or motion systems, and industrial networks
- Exposure to machine safety systems, including safety PLCs, interlocks, guarding, and functional safety concepts
- Experience working with legacy equipment
- Ability to document control improvements clearly
- Interest in mentoring or supporting less experienced engineers or technicians
Benefits:
- Variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Flexible spending accounts
- Health savings accounts
- Life insurance
- Accidental death and dismemberment (ADD) insurance
- Disability insurance
- Retirement benefits
- Paid vacation/time off
- Educational assistance
- May include infertility assistance
- May include paid parental leave
- May include adoption assistance
- Flexible work environment




















