Your Job
Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Maintenance Area Leader for our Paper Department in Cedar Springs, GA. This position is directly responsible for the safety, development, training, and productivity of an assigned crew. This individual will optimize operations, consistently manage through use of the labor agreement, ensure EHS compliance, and oversee qualification of employees. The position will oversee the prioritization of reliability through the management systems.
Our Team
The Cedar Springs facility is one of the largest containerboard facilities in the country with three paper machines that make different weights of brown paper & containerboard paper. The Cedar Springs Mill, located in the southwest corner of Georgia is approximately 28 miles from Dothan, Alabama. Dothan is the 6th largest city in the state of Alabama with a population of about 70,000. From Dothan, you are only 90 miles from the beautiful Gulf Coast. You can easily drive to 3 capital cities in 3 1/2 hours or less. You are just 1.5 hours from Tallahassee, FL and Montgomery, AL. Additionally, Dothan has several parks, restaurants, and local entertainment activities. To learn more about Georgia-Pacific's packaging business please visit: www.gppackaging.com and view the video How Paper Is Made!
What You Will Do
- Driving safety and compliance excellence through effective work execution, personally modeling safe behaviors.
- Work a M-F Day shift schedule, be flexible to work other shifts during outage and capital project work and occasional weekend work as required.
- Verify and audit standards within the crews for safety, environmental, quality, productivity, training, and cost control.
- Providing leadership, technical support, and direction to the Electrical and Mechanical Crew Leaders
- Work with high integrity to teach and motivate team in the assigned areas while holding employees accountable for their assignments.
- Work in a collaborative and cooperative manner with all departments and personnel.
- Create the Leader Standard of Work to share and implement with direct reports.
- Maximize employee value through realistically assigned responsibilities and making employees aware of the Company's expectations.
- Be flexible and manage multiple tasks.
- Self-motivate and self-direct with a strong desire to excel at leadership.
- Complete daily tasks using time management, computer skills, excellent communications skills, and superior interpersonal skills.
- Analyze processes and recommend changes.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
- One or more years of supervisory/management experience with responsibility for direct reports in a heavy industrial, manufacturing, or military environment.
- Experience in developing and implementing improvement processes and projects.
- Experience using Microsoft Office programs such as Word (to write business correspondence), Excel (for use of spreadsheets, reporting, simple formulas) and Outlook (for internal and external correspondence)
- Willing and able to work a flexible schedule, including occasional weekend duty as necessary to manage facility performance.
What Will Put You Ahead
- Bachelors Degree or higher in Engineering/Engineering Technology or Paper Science.
- Experience working in a Process Safety Management (PSM) covered facility.
- Three (3) or more years of Supervisory/Management experience in industrial mechanical maintenance.
- Ten (10) or more years of experience within linerboard/corrugated medium setting (i.e., experience with paper machines, etc.)
- Experience teaching, coaching and mentoring others.
- Experience supervising in a union environment.
- Experience with precision alignment equipment.
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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.
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
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