Electrical Superintendent - Plywood

Posted: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Valid Thru: Friday, 17 October 2025
Index Requested on: 09/17/2025 01:40:40
Indexed on: 09/17/2025 01:40:40

Location: Gurdon, AR, 71743, US

Industry: Advertising and Public Relations
Occupational Category: 37-0000.00 - Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance
Type of Employment: FULL_TIME

Georgia-Pacific is hiring!

Description:

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking an Electrical Superintendent at our Plywood facility in Gurdon, AR. The Electrical Superintendent is responsible for planning, directing, and guiding the business goals, plans, and processes for the electrical maintenance department. This leader will leverage their expertise in electrical systems, controls, and power distribution to develop and carry out objectives, solve problems, and respond to both short-term challenges and long-term department and mill goals.

The successful candidate will provide leadership and direction to ensure the mill's electrical systems and maintenance efforts meet objectives in safety, reliability, cost, and customer service. This leader will champion preventative and predictive electrical maintenance programs while providing technical support for troubleshooting to minimize downtime and maximize process efficiencies.

Our Team

At Georgia-Pacific, we are innovative, we manufacture products that make people's lives easier, and we provide careers-not just jobs-for our employees. We foster a culture that values integrity and compliance above all and encourage our employees to challenge the status quo. Learn more about our Building Products division at www.buildgp.com .

What You Will Do
  • Foster a safe work environment, ensuring all electrical maintenance personnel practice best safe work practices, and lead the identification and mitigation of electrical hazards.
  • Ensure compliance with GP policies, procedures, and electrical safety standards (NFPA 70E, NEC, etc.).
  • Collaborate with operations leaders to ensure availability and reliability of electrical and control systems critical to production.
  • Oversee all plant electrical functions including power distribution systems, PLCs, drives, motor controls, automation systems, instrumentation, and building electrical facilities.
  • Enforce effective predictive and preventive electrical maintenance strategies and storeroom management practices.
  • Provide technical direction for troubleshooting and root cause analysis of electrical issues to minimize downtime.
  • Coordinate daily work activities with operations to maximize equipment uptime and value creation.
  • Assess technician performance, provide coaching, mentoring, and feedback, and support career development.
  • Manage department resources, including labor hours, electrical maintenance & capital spend, and annual outages.
  • Develop and implement electrical reliability and improvement strategies within budgetary goals.
  • Utilize Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) to manage workflow processes, planning, and scheduling.
  • Promote a departmental culture aligned with Koch Industries, Inc.'s Principle Based Managementâ„¢ framework.


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in the electrical maintenance field in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
  • Minimum of 5 years of supervisory/management experience.
  • Experience leading improvement efforts in Electrical Maintenance, Reliability, Predictive and Preventive Maintenance.
  • Experience using a CMMS system for daily activities.
  • Ability to read and interpret electrical drawings and schematics.
  • Experience utilizing Root Cause Analysis (RCA) or similar problem-solving tools.
  • Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) for documentation, analysis, and reporting.


What Will Put You Ahead
  • Bachelor's Degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Technology, or a related field.
  • Advanced knowledge in PLC programming, drives, automation systems, SCADA, and motor control centers.
  • Experience with industrial power distribution systems (medium and low voltage).
  • Familiarity with instrumentation, sensors, and industrial networking protocols.
  • Experience implementing electrical safety programs and compliance with NFPA 70E standards.
  • Strong background in electrical troubleshooting, reliability engineering, and predictive technologies (infrared thermography, vibration analysis, motor testing).


At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

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 click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu ).

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