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For more than 35 years, the Leaf River team has been on a journey to make the best products possible for customers while doing it in new and innovative ways. Our products include chemical cellulose, custom fibers, and nonwoven materials that are used in products such as diapers, baby wipes and coffee filters. As one of six mills in the GP Cellulose business, Leaf River is a showcase of safety, operational and environmental excellence. To learn more about our Cellulose division, please visit: www.gppackaging.com.

What You Will Do

• Provide process safety influential leadership for the site, working with the mill's Safety team, with specific focus on ensuring that mill process safety systems reduce risk and assure compliance.
• Provide technical direction to achieve the Process Safety vision using management systems.
• Foster process safety ownership within the organization through leadership, coordination, and coaching in keeping with risk-based process safety and Principal Based Management.
• Provide routine communication to mill management regarding process safety issues impacting the mill and support for safe mitigation.
• Lead risk assessments at the facility for anticipating, identifying, and evaluating hazards as well as more formal PHAs.
• Partner with corporate process safety and compliance IT groups to develop and improve training, tools, and policies that support the mill.
• Assist S&H leadership with the development of short and long-term process safety objectives, targets, strategies, and measures that prioritize and mitigate risks.
• Provide analysis of process safety incidents and near misses to assure sustainable corrective actions are implemented and detailed technical direction to improve process safety performance.
• Review training systems for effectiveness and making recommendations for improvement.
• Ensure and provide metrics to monitor process safety compliance.
• Review and validate the following: process equipment design specifications, safeguard specifications, and operating procedures.
• Coordinate the engineering review capability for process hazard analyses (PHA), management of change (MOC), and pre-startup safety reviews (PSSR).
• Provide oversight for the mill's process safety information including: P&ID's, PFD's, chemical compatibility matrix, etc.
• Serve as a mentor for technical and hourly employees to make process safety an everyday mission for continuous improvement in daily operations.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or process plant experience equivalent.
• Experience and working knowledge of Process Safety regulations (i.e.: 29 CFR 1910.119 and 40 CFR 68, OSHA)

What Will Put You Ahead

• Degree in chemical engineering with process plant experience and/or 5+ years' experience in a process plant
• Experience in a process engineering, mechanical integrity, or reliability role within a PSM regulated operation.
• Experience with Process Hazard Analysis (PHA).
• Experience in the pulp & paper industry.
• Experience and knowledge of how manufacturing processes work and basic equipment operation within the processes.

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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.

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 visit the following website for additional information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf