Fiberline Process Manager

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Fiberline Process Manager for our Alabama River Cellulose (ARC) facility in Perdue Hill, AL. In this role, you will optimize Pulp Mill activities, focusing on safety, productivity, and cost reduction using PBM® Guiding Principles. You will be responsible for converting business plans into daily operations, analyzing data, and coaching the team to improve processes. You will be responsible for employee development, cross-functional collaboration and technical support. This role works closely with the Production Area Leader to optimize the pulp mill activities.

Our Team

Since 1978, the ARC mill has been a major part of the economic lifeblood of the region. Recognized as one of the largest pulp operations in North America, the mill is also considered the largest manufacturer in Monroe County and one of the largest employers in the area.

Learn more about our Cellulose Division by visiting our GP webpage.

What You Will Do

• Provide leadership rooted in the PBM® Guiding Principles to ensure a safety and environmental incident-free workplace.
• Convert business line plans into actionable daily operating plans, optimizing production to meet departmental and mill goals.
• Analyze data and perform data mining to understand and address operational issues, leveraging insights to drive improvements.
• Facilitate and coach the operations team to proactively troubleshoot and improve processes using tools like PTM, Root Cause Analysis, and PGRS, with a focus on Safety, Environmental, Quality, Productivity, Cost, and Development.
• Lead, coach, and develop both salaried and hourly employees using PBM® and Operations Excellence tools to enhance their capabilities and performance.
• Work closely with reliability engineers and maintenance planners to ensure effective execution of reliability and maintenance activities, including operational downs.
• Provide daily technical support and expertise to area operators and maintenance personnel, assisting in the planning and execution of maintenance work.
• Facilitate continual improvement in the Manufacturing Excellence culture by developing effective systems such as SOPs, troubleshooting documents, and other training materials.
• Coordinate with other business units to optimize area production, engage in process evaluations, and implement best practices using various resources.
• Help employees understand the relationship between long-term value creation and the PBM® Guiding Principles, ensuring asset improvement generates value and controls cost through effective idea evaluation and prioritization.
• Demonstrate a willingness to dig into problems independently, take initiative, and be resourceful in finding solutions while balancing this with the ability to stop, evaluate situations, and ask for help when needed.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience working in engineering or a related field within a manufacturing, industrial, or military environment.
• Experience in leading, coaching, and developing both salaried and hourly employees.
• Experience in managing projects.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelors degree or higher in engineering, paper science, or a related field.
• Experience working within Process Safety Management processes.
• Pulp and Paper experience.

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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.

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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