Plant Manager

Plant Manager – Georgia-Pacific LLC

Apply now for the Plant Manager role at Georgia‑Pacific LLC’s Dixie facility in St. Marys, Georgia.

The Plant Manager leads a team to success while ensuring a safe and injury/incident‑free environment in our fast‑paced board extrusion plant. The role motivates, coaches, and inspires by demonstrating, promoting and applying Georgia‑Pacific’s Principles Based Management (PBM®) in daily actions and decisions to deliver maximum value to the business and our customers.

We are part of the Dixie® production network and integrated with our Lexington, Kentucky operation to support the production of Dixie Cup products. The plant employs roughly 50 employees in a union operating environment.

• Develop capabilities within a team of leaders to drive improved performance of the entire production and maintenance workforce.
• Balance supply and demand requirements through collaboration with other G‑P production operations.
• Design and execute the operational vision, plans and processes to improve operations performance to established maximum potential.
• Lead and set the example with expectations tied to compliance and stewardship (EH&S).
• Collaborate with key stakeholders (business leaders, Operations VP, Dixie manufacturing and business leadership) to set and drive vision and operational strategy for facility.
• Define and use clear Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure results and monitor progress.
• Attract, retain, and develop talent to increase our competitive advantage.
• Manage capital investment and expenses to ensure the facility achieves financial targets and promotes growth and profitability.

• Experience supervising and developing people leaders within an industrial, manufacturing, or other production environment.
• Experience driving process transformation and delivering measurable results in an industrial, manufacturing, or other production environment.

• Prior experience working in board extrusion operation.
• Experience leading a maintenance and/or operations department within a production facility.
• Experience driving transformation in a union environment.

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.

As 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. We operate one of the largest recycling businesses and our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day – to make everyday products even better.

We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength. Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Eligibility criteria may vary by region.

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 , aquí, or tu).

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Management and Manufacturing

Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing