Developmental Superintendent - Georgia-Pacific

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Developmental Department Superintendent at our plywood manufacturing facility in Gurdon, AR. This person will train to lead a wood products production department to work injury-free/incident-free in a batch manufacturing environment consistent with Georgia Pacific's Principle-Based Management (PBM®) Philosophy and Framework.

What You Will Do

• Continuously drive safety as a core value for the business.
• Drive safety excellence through promoting employee involvement, ownership, and accountability to proactively identify hazards and implement the appropriate mitigating strategies based on the risk involved
• Provide safety training to team members
• Fully utilize Work Process to develop job plans, track work completion and promote preventive and predictive maintenance
• Ensure all departments operate effectively and efficiently
• Facilitate team development and growth, and review and manage performance
• Build employee commitment and ownership, and hold employees accountable
• Identify contributions and missed opportunities
• Monitor the quality of work and provide direction to team members to maximize efficiency
• Assist with troubleshooting and solving production issues
• Complete data entry and generate reports
• Responsible for maintaining a flexible work schedule
• Effectively operate within an industrial manufacturing environment, including extended durations in areas that may be noisy, and non climate controlled
• Work Safely and actively promote safe work practices

Contacts/Interfaces: Interact with key operations personnel such as the Plant Manager, Supervisors, Reliability Manager, Human Resources Manager, Safety Manager, Environmental Manager, maintenance personnel and employees at all levels of the site organization.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Three (3) or more years of experience in an industrial, manufacturing or military environment
• Two (2) or more years of supervisory or management experience in an industrial, manufacturing or military environment
• Experience in leading a department in EH&S, Reliability, Production Cost and Quality Excellence
• Must have working knowledge and experience with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and ability to learn various PC-based production and operations applications
• Must have experience in employee performance management and change management as it relates to furthering our MBM based culture

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical engineering or a similar discipline AND three (3) years of supervisory or management experience in wood products environment -OR- Associate's Degree in a technical field AND five (5) or more of supervisory or management experience in a wood products environment
• Experience working with computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) - SAP, MP2, ActivPlant

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.

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