Utilities Area Leader

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Georgia-Pacific has an exciting opportunity for a talented Area Leader - Utilities at our Monticello, MS Container board facility. The successful candidate will have leadership responsibility for the safe and environmentally compliant operation of 3 natural gas boilers, evaporators, turbines, compressed air, and feedwater systems. This individual will work closely with manufacturing engineers, maintenance planners, craftspeople, engineering managers, operations personnel, and contractors.

As a salaried leader, this position carries responsibility for supporting business operations beyond regular work hours when necessary. This includes maintaining on-call availability and responding to urgent operational matters during evenings, weekends, and other non-business hours.

The Georgia-Pacific Monticello, MS facility is one of the most diverse container board producers in the market. The GP Monticello Mill is a Pulp and Paper Manufacturer;
Specializing in Container board used for packaging. The Mill is part of Georga Pacific, a leading global manufacturer of tissue, pulp, packaging, and building products owned by Koch Industries since 2005. The site is approx. 2,200 acres. The Mill earned the Wildlife Habitat Council Certification and is proud to host the Catch a Dream hunt at the Monticello site.

• Provide leadership for the department to strive for excellence in safety and environmental compliance.
• Build and lead a strategy to optimize the current capability of the utilities department and track performance against capability.
• Provide leadership to direct reports to facilitate the development of the knowledge and skills of operators 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 to improve our relative competitive position.
• Work continuously to identify and eliminate waste and non-value-added costs in direct and indirect costs to improve the mill's relative competitive position.
• Manage chemical inventories with good communications to procurement.
• Coordinate with area maintenance leadership to ensure the strategic operating plan is being executed and reliability issues are being addressed efficiently and effectively.
• Collaborate with area maintenance leadership using root cause analysis tools to resolve reliability issues and operational issues.

• Experience in a leadership role within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Experience with maintenance strategies, such as preventive maintenance and reliability-centered maintenance.
• Experience driving continuous improvement initiatives and implementing best practices.

• Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering, paper science, or a related field.
• Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or other process improvement methodologies experience.
• Utilities area experience to include natural gas boilers, turbines, and feedwater systems.
• Pulp and Paper industry experience.

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, 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 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  for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information , aqui, or tu).

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