We use cookies. Find out more about it here. By continuing to browse this site you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
#alert
Back to search results

Operations Manager

Georgia Pacific
life insurance, parental leave
United States, Georgia, Cedar Springs
Feb 26, 2025
Your Job

[1] Georgia-Pacific has an exciting opportunity for a talented Operations Manager for the Pulp, Power, and Chemical area at our Cedar Springs, GA [2] containerboard mill. The Operations Manager will be part of the mill leadership team and reports directly to the Vice-President/General Manager of Cedar Springs Operations.

The role is expected to lead the operations organization 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 [3] 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 Cedar Springs facility is one of the largest containerboard facilities in the country with three paper machines that make different weights of brown paper & containerboard paper. The Cedar Springs Mill, located in the southwest corner of Georgia is approximately 28 miles from Dothan, Alabama. Dothan is the 6th largest city in the state of Alabama with a population of about 70,000. From Dothan, you are only 90 miles from the beautiful Gulf Coast. You can easily drive to 3 capital cities in 3 1/2 hours or less. You are just 1.5 hours from Tallahassee, FL and Montgomery, AL. To learn more about Georgia-Pacific's packaging business please visit: [4] www.gppackaging.com and view the video [5] How Paper Is Made!

What You Will Do

People: 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
* 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)
* Ten or more years of operations experience in a Pulp and Paper manufacturing operation
* Seven (7) or more years of supervisory experience leading a team of direct reports
* Experience with chemical recovery processes to include working with recovery boilers, evaporators, causticizing and lime kilns

What Will Put You Ahead
* Bachelor's Degree or higher
* Experience with Pulping processes
* Experience with Maintenance and Reliability Management Systems

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 [6] 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 [7] 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 [8] here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click [9] here, [10] aqui, or [11] tu).

#LI-DK1
References

Visible links
1. http://www.gp.com
2. https://www.gppackaging.com/containerboard/
3. https://www.kochind.com/about/business-philosophy/
4. http://www.gppackaging.com/
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiWwzwFAeSM
6. https://jobs.kochcareers.com/pages/culture
7. https://www.kochind.com/about/business-philosophy
8. https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/EVerifyParticipationPoster.pdf
9. https://labor.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idol/employers/posters/e-verify/Right%20to%20Privacy%20in%20the%20Workplace_English.pdf
10. https://labor.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idol/employers/posters/e-verify/Right%20to%20Privacy%20in%20the%20Workplace_Spanish.pdf
11. https://labor.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idol/employers/posters/e-verify/Right%20to%20Privacy%20in%20the%20Workplace_Polish.pdf
Applied = 0

(web-b798c7cf6-8cvgl)