Shift Supervisor (Converting)
 Georgia Pacific | |
life insurance, parental leave
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 United States, Arkansas, Fort Smith | |
 Feb 18, 2025 | |
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Your Job
Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Shift Supervisor (Converting) for our Operations Department at the Dixie Fort Smith, AR facility. This role involves managing approximately 25 direct reports ensuring safety and environmental compliance. As a Shift Supervisor, you will coach, train, and develop personnel in safety, quality, production, problem-solving, and technical skills. Our Team The Fort Smith Plant is part of the Dixie brand plates and bowls paper products operation. We pride ourselves on manufacturing quality products with a competitive advantage and solid market growth. Our work environment attracts, engages, and retains top talent, promoting our Principle-Based Management culture. We leverage state-of-the-art technology and are committed to our employees' and customers' success, as well as the Fort Smith community. What You Will Do * Lead team members towards excellence in Environmental, Health, and Safety compliance. * Establish a strong commitment to Safe Quality Food culture and Good Manufacturing Practices. * Connect individual team members to the overall vision and help them develop necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to meet key department metrics. * Partner with group leaders and leverage Learning & Development resources to address skill gaps and build operating capabilities. * Collaborate with department leaders, manufacturing engineers, and other support functions to enhance equipment/process efficiency. * Establish shift priorities aligned with site vision and business objectives. * Manage shift performance metrics, including safety, environmental, quality, overtime, staffing to plan, Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), and waste management. * Work with team members to identify and mitigate critical hazards and risks to safety/product quality, ensuring effective resolution of issues. * Apply economic thinking to evaluate priorities and address operational challenges. Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) * High school diploma or GED. * At least three (3) years of experience in a supervisory or lead role within a manufacturing, industrial, or military environment. * Proficiency with Microsoft Office Software (Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint) and the ability to learn other business software such as SAP & ICPAQs. * Ability and willingness to work a twelve (12) hour shift schedule (including days/nights, weekends, and holidays). What Will Put You Ahead * Direct experience supervising skilled and semi-skilled workforces. * Proven experience in training, coaching, and managing people. * Prior experience in paper and/or food-grade manufacturing. At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy. 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 [1] 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 [2] 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 [3] here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click [4] here, [5] aqui, or [6] tu). References Visible links 1. https://jobs.kochcareers.com/pages/culture 2. https://www.kochind.com/about/business-philosophy 3. https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/EVerifyParticipationPoster.pdf 4. https://labor.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idol/employers/posters/e-verify/Right%20to%20Privacy%20in%20the%20Workplace_English.pdf 5. https://labor.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idol/employers/posters/e-verify/Right%20to%20Privacy%20in%20the%20Workplace_Spanish.pdf 6. https://labor.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idol/employers/posters/e-verify/Right%20to%20Privacy%20in%20the%20Workplace_Polish.pdf | |