Maintenance Manager - Brunswick

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Georgia-Pacific has a rewarding opportunity for a Maintenance Manager at our Brunswick Cellulose facility. As a member of the mill's senior management team, the Maintenance Manager will have the opportunity to spearhead a transformative integration effort as we lead a profound performance improvement journey. This challenging role will be responsible for leading the establishment of defined maintenance practices and integrating the primary maintenance function with our disciplined operations initiative, e.g. reliability teams and stores team.

The leader in this space will drive the initiatives that will redefine operational excellence, setting the stage for sustainable growth and success. This is an opportunity to participate in creating a culture where professionalism of our crafts people thrives in challenging environments. The chosen leader must be motivated to lead change that will make a lasting impact. This role presents a remarkable platform to showcase your skills and expertise within Koch Industries, one of the largest private companies in the United States and a leading global manufacturer.

The Brunswick Cellulose facility is one of the largest integrated fluff pulp mills in the country with a modern woodyard, fiberline, three paper machines, waste treatment plant, and utilities operations. The Brunswick Cellulose Mill is situated within Georgia's beautiful Golden Isles coastal region, within minutes of historic downtown Brunswick and about an hour from Jacksonville, Florida, to the south and Savannah, Georgia, to the north.

• Lead organizational change while cooperating with and integrating reliability efforts to ensure the delivery of sustainable and improved operational results.
• Lead engagement and commitment from the maintenance, operations, and engineering teams to support the transformation process.
• Implement our comprehensive maintenance strategies aimed at minimizing downtime, improving equipment availability, and maximizing asset utilization.
• Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to track and measure the effectiveness and results of these initiatives.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute turnaround projects to optimize maintenance activities and improve plant performance.
• Monitor and report progress during turnaround, identifying areas for improvement and implementing corrective actions as needed.
• Work closely with maintenance and engineering teams to develop and implement preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Analyze historical data and collaborate with subject matter experts to identify critical failure modes and develop strategies to mitigate risks.
• Lead root cause analysis and reliability improvement initiatives for recurring equipment failures, ensuring long-term solutions are implemented.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to enhance equipment reliability, optimize maintenance strategies, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Provide leadership for the area to embrace and advance disciplined operations as established by the mill's vision for sustainably creating a stable, capable, and predictable manufacturing process.

• A minimum of 10 years of supervisory/management experience within manufacturing.
• Experience managing and developing salaried leaders within manufacturing.
• Experience in leading improvement efforts in reliability and predictive/preventive maintenance in a manufacturing or pulp/paper environment.
• A minimum of 5 years' experience in leading organizational change initiatives and fostering collaboration across departments.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in maintenance of facilities and engineering systems. A successful candidate should be able to efficiently manage mechanical and engineering duties associated with the role.
• Must have effective working knowledge of MS Word and Excel, and ability to learn various PC‑based production and maintenance reporting systems applications.
• Able to read mechanical, structural and electrical drawings.
• 4 + years' experience utilizing Root Cause Analysis (RCA) or other similar problem‑solving tools.
• Process optimization and plant support experience…