Your Job
Georgia-Pacific is currently seeking a dynamic and driven Power and Recovery Area Leader (Superintendent) with our Cedar Springs, GA Containerboard Mill. The successful candidate in this role will be responsible for leading daily operations, providing direction in operations excellence performance in the areas of safety, environmental compliance, customer satisfaction, reliability, cost, productivity, yield, organizational effectiveness, and strategic planning.

This position reports directly to the mill Operations Manager and will be responsible for managing a department that includes process optimizers, manufacturing engineers, technical capability leaders, shift supervisors and an hourly workforce.

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

• Lead the department to achieve a safety and environmental incident free workplace identifying critical hazards and mitigating the risk based on criticality
• Provide leadership consistent with our Principled- Based Management® guiding principles to facilitate the development of the knowledge and skills of self, salaried, and hourly employees to improve operational performance of the department and facility
• Continuously evaluate and identify constraints to eliminate quality and production bottlenecks and lead plans to improve current capability, and yield to improve our relative competitive position
• Optimize and coordinate planning for scheduled shutdowns, operator training, and maintenance and capital projects
• Provide daily support and technical expertise to area operators and maintenance personnel
• Understand and communicate goals in the areas of quality and production
• Collaborate and share knowledge with other departments across mill and other levels within the organization to ensure success of operational goals
• Communicate with all levels of the organization (i.e., via reports, e-mail, verbally, and/or in small/large group settings) in a team environment

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree or higher OR Four (4) years or more of experience working in the pulp and paper industry or industrial utilities
• Three (3) or more years of leadership experience working within an industrial utility setting (i.e., experience with turbines, boilers, etc.)
• Experience using Microsoft Office programs such as Word, Excel and Outlook
• Experience in developing and implementing improvement processes and projects
• Willing and able to work a flexible schedule, including occasional weekend duty as necessary to manage facility performance

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering
• Five (5) or more years of supervision and leadership experience in an operating department
• 10 or more years of experience within an industrial utility setting (i.e., experience with turbines, boilers, etc.)
• Experience working in a Process Safety Management (PSM) covered facility
• Experience developing and implementing transformative organizational designs and work processes
• Experience with Microsoft project, CMMS, and PI
• Process control experience
• Product stewardship and quality systems experience

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
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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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