Operations Manager

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Georgia-Pacific’s Consumer Products division is searching for an Operations Manager for our paper mill located in Rincon, Georgia. This leader will be passionate about continuous improvement of a high-performing team (salaried and hourly) in the Pulp and Power departments in a continuous manufacturing environment.

Georgia-Pacific’s Consumer Products division is searching for an Operations Manager for our paper mill located in Rincon, Georgia. This leader will be passionate about continuous improvement of a high-performing team (salaried and hourly) in the Pulp and Power departments in a continuous manufacturing environment.

This position is an opportunity to be part of a transforming organization that offers a tremendous amount of growth potential. The successful candidate will report to the VP Manufacturing (Mill Manager) and have leadership responsibility for the safe and environmentally compliant operation of Mill Operations. This position provides leadership and strategic direction to the facility through the application of our Principle Based Management (PBM®) Philosophy.

• Lead the operating departments to achieve a safety and environmental incident free workplace identifying critical hazards and mitigating the risk based on criticality
• Manage and direct the work processes for complex operations including a pulp mill, steam turbine, and other related process equipment
• Provide leadership consistent with our Principle 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
• Understand, communicate, and align goals in the area of safety, quality, production, and reliability through mill-wide collaboration and leveraging of resources across departments and throughout G-P.
• Continuously evaluate and identify constraints to eliminate quality and production bottlenecks and lead plans to improve current capability and reduce waste 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
• Work closely with stake holders to apply reliability principles and prioritize resources and process optimization

• Experience leading and developing people leaders with responsibility for a large, diverse team within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Experience driving process transformation and delivering measurable results.
• Experience developing and executing strategies to address both short and long-term development of people, processes, and projects

• Experience with pulp mill, power and/or recovery operations, including knowledge of processes, equipment operation, and effective interface with maintenance
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering or Pulp and Paper Science
• Experience with process optimization analysis and implementation

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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…