Maintenance Area Engineer- Fiberline

Posted Thursday, December 4, 2025 at 5:00 AM

Columbus, MS

$90,000 - $110,000

The Maintenance Area Engineer position is located at the Columbus, MS Global Cellulose Fibers mill. As one of the largest softwood pulp producers in the world, this location produces bleached softwood pulp for use in paper and specialty products such as absorbent personal care products, pharmaceuticals and photographic-based papers.

As the Maintenance Area Engineer, you will focus on the Fiberline area and will:

• Be a role model and champion for an injury-free workplace
• Analyze chronic equipment failures and high maintenance/cost equipment. Use “Failure Analysis” to systematically understand failures by determining and documenting the root cause. Develop and implement solutions to prevent repeat failures.
• Analyze maintenance-related downtime weekly to fully understand the source of the downtime and ensure appropriate level of response is taken to eliminate repeat issues.
• Provide technical “go to” support in solving day-to-day production and maintenance problems
• Champion the preventive and predictive maintenance programs
• Maintain Mechanical Integrity program and procedures for Process Safety Management
• Provide input to area maintenance budgets for major maintenance items and optimizations
• Analyze financial service cost vs. target and address equipment not delivering targeted cost performance.
• Develop long term maintenance plan for rotating equipment, rebuilds and major maintenance
• Estimate, plan and manage maintenance projects to budget for routine work, quarterly outages and major outages.
• Provide capital and expense project design, development and execution
• Provide contractor work management and coordination for routine and major shutdown jobs per mill standards using best engineering practices

• BS (minimum) in Mechanical or Metallurgical Engineering required
• Minimum 3 years of reliability/maintenance engineering experience in continuous process industry, preferably Kraft pulp manufacturing
• Knowledge and experience in Maintenance Best Practices
• Working knowledge of ASME, NBIC and API codes and OSHA regulations
• Extensive knowledge of rotating equipment, pressure vessels, piping systems, and atmospheric storage tanks
• Use of precision measurement tools and assembly techniques
• Able to teach others
• Interpersonal skills necessary to work within a diverse organization
• Able to work in a high-performance team environment
• Ability to manage multiple projects at one time
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, organizational and planning skills, facilitation skills, computer skills and the ability to achieve results through others
• Willingness to work extended hours, particularly during scheduled outages

Our GCF business helps customers transform renewable cellulose fibers into essential everyday products. Our safe, high-quality pulp forms the basis for a wide range of applications like towel and tissue products, diapers, feminine care, incontinence and other personal care products that promote health and wellness. In addition, our specialty pulp serves as a sustainable raw material used in construction materials, paints, coatings and more.

GCF generated $2.8B in revenue in 2024 and has 3,300 employees globally, with nine manufacturing facilities and eight regional offices. Additional information can be found by visiting

Global Cellulose Fibers promotes employee well-being by providing safe, caring and inclusive workplaces. We have team members all around the world with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. These are our strengths. We are committed to creating a culture where all individuals are respected, valued, engaged and have an opportunity to do their best work every day. We invite you to bring your uniqueness, creativity, talents, experiences, and safety mindset to be a part of our increasingly inclusive and diverse culture.

At Global Cellulose Fibers, our employees are our most important asset and that’s reflected in our benefits package that includes health, welfare and retirement…