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Koch Capabilities, LLC
Pulp Mill Technical Assistant
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What they do
A Reliability Engineer evaluates and analyzes the reliability of manufacturing and production equipment and processes. Identifies pro-active maintenance requirements and process improvements. Works to maximize reliable performance and prevent equipment or process failures.
$125,110 / year median in Oregon
+10% projected growth
Job Description
Your Job The Pulp Mill Technical Assistant supports the safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation of the Pulp Mill through a PBM mindset focused on long-term value creation, stewardship, and mutual benefit. This role provides technical leadership for process improvement, equipment reliability, maintenance prioritization, operator development, and continuous improvement initiatives. The position works closely with operators, crew leaders, maintenance, and engineering teams to improve safety, production, quality, and operating performance. It requires building shared understanding of roles, responsibilities, expectations, and decision rights so work is done by those with the best knowledge and closest connection to the opportunity or risk. Our Team Georgia-Pacific's Toledo, OR site manufactures linerboard and corrugated medium on three paper machines, using virgin and recycled fiber. The mill employs approximately 450 people and focuses on safe, sustainable, reliable operations. Our culture is grounded in integrity, respect, and mutual benefit. We expect all team members to hold themselves and others accountable for both results and behaviors. What You Will Do
- Promote safe operations, environmental compliance, and stewardship by holding self and others accountable to Our Values, operating discipline, and risk-based decision making.
- Identify and implement process, reliability, and cost improvement opportunities that create superior value for the mill, employees, customers, and community.
- Use knowledge, data, and field engagement to diagnose gaps, understand root causes, compare alternatives, and recommend actions that improve long-term results.
- Support maintenance planning, outage execution, and asset reliability efforts by aligning priorities to value at stake, risk reduction, and sustainable equipment performance.
- Develop and maintain operating procedures, troubleshooting guides, and training materials that help crews apply principles, build capability, and make better decisions.
- Coach and train operators to improve knowledge, judgment, ownership, and contribution, helping employees self-actualize and strengthen comparative advantage.
- Lead or support continuous improvement and capital projects with a principled entrepreneurship mindset: challenge current practices, seek better methods, and learn from results.
- Support disciplined operations and standard work across all crews while encouraging respectful challenge, bottom-up knowledge sharing, and continual improvement when better approaches are identified.
- Communicate clearly with operations, maintenance, engineering, and leadership to create shared understanding, remove barriers, and drive mutual benefit across work groups. Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Two (2) or more years of supervisory experience in a manufacturing, heavy industrial, or military environment
- Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook What Will Put You Ahead
- Associates Degree or higher in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management, or a related field
- Experience coaching and mentoring employees to improve their knowledge and skills, as well as performance
- Working knowledge of paper machine operation
- Experience using Kronos
- Experience communicating (written and orally), and presenting to individual contributors to senior management At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs.
Benefits
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance