Department Leader - Bleaching and Pulping

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific has an exciting opportunity for a talented Department Leader for Pulping and Bleaching at our Brunswick Cellulose facility in Brunswick, GA. The Department Leader will be part of the mill leadership team and reports directly to the Operations Leader. The role is expected to lead the Pulping area and Bleaching area organizations to achieve safety, environmental, and quality excellence and to lead transformational change through work processes and implementation of technology. Our culture is defined by the Principle Based Management philosophy which guides everyday decision making and provides employees with opportunities to contribute and personally benefit from the value they create.

Our Team

The Brunswick Cellulose facility is the largest integrated fluff pulp mills in the country with a modern woodyard, fiberline, three paper machines, waste treatment plant, and utilities operations. Brunswick is nestled on the Georgia coast, midway between Savannah, GA and Jacksonville, FL and its four beautiful barrier islands: St. Simons Island, Sea Island, Little St. Simons Island, and Jekyll Island. Pristine stretches of marshland, and beaches provide a vast array of activities such as hunting, fishing, bird watching, boating, water sports in addition to golfing, horseback riding, and shopping. To learn more about Brunswick, check out this link: www.brunswickgoldenisleschamber.com

What You Will Do

• Effectively lead team
• Working with and through others
• Setting expectations, and holding employees accountable, providing effective coaching as needed
• Exhibits strong leadership skills with the ability to develop and encourage high levels of teamwork and participation on a diverse team
• Actively engaged with employees and focused on development of talent
• Supports training and development initiatives for the crew and department
• Inclusive leader that values collaboration and building rapport with team
• Operations Excellence: Manage operations to achieve mill goals
• Understanding and communicating goals in the areas of quality and production
• Collaborating and knowledge sharing with other departments across mill to ensure success of operational goals
• Develops an understanding of the true current state and the desired future state, develops and executes plans and strategies to close the gaps
• Demonstrates a sense of urgency and accountability in: Housekeeping, Prioritizing and processing work, supporting routine and annual outages, and planning, assigning, and providing follow-up of work
• Strives for continuous improvement, recognizes opportunities to minimize and eliminate waste - follows-through to ensure achievement of results
• Manages and advances all aspects of manufacturing to include: Reliability, Quality, Cost, Yield, Compliance and Capital/Maintenance Investment
• Safety & Compliance: Commitment to environmental, health, & safety excellence
• Acquires and shares knowledge of applicable standards, policies, and procedures in areas of EH&S
• Leads in a way that clearly values safety, regularly engages in and encourages safety participation amongst crew including facilitating safety meetings
• Possesses a passion for identifying and mitigating critical hazards
• Pursues environmental excellence

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• 10 or more years of operations experience in Pulp and Paper manufacturing
• Seven (7) or more years of supervisory experience leading a team of direct reports
• Experience with pulping processes to include working with digesters, screens and washing systems, bleaching systems

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's Degree or higher
• Experience with Pulping processes
• Experience with Maintenance and Reliability Management Systems

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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. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).