Department Superintendent
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Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Dry End Production Superintendent for our Lumber Mill in Dudley, NC. This position will manage both Dry Kilns and Planer mill processes. The Superintendent will be responsible for leading a wood products production team to work injury-free/incident-free in a manufacturing environment consistent with PBM management philosophy and framework. They will support and lead efforts around continuous improvement, quality, cost, and employee development. What You Will Do * Lead the Dry End department and build capacity to recognize and mitigate hazards utilizing PTZ to achieve zero SIFs. * Facilitate the development and growth of a large team, regularly reviewing, creating, conducting and managing performance plans. Your team will be comprised of up to 6 direct reports and 60 indirect reports, in both salaried and hourly roles both on dayshift and nightshift. * Establish ability to connect direct reports to the vision within their department and align strategies to achieve production and quality bets utilizing a disciplined operation approach. * Work with supervisors to ensure each team is structured to maximize contributions by identifying individual's comparative advantage to achieve long-term sustainable success. * Will be responsible for uptime performance, quality, departmental cost and other KPI's to show YOY improvement. * Plans and directs production activities and establishes production forecasts for products to meet demands of current and future customers on-time. * Coordinates with capabilities across all departments to obtain optimum production, utilization, recovery, yield and quality standards. * Provide frequent feedback and support to front-line leaders utilizing PBM aimed at closing operational gaps that exist within each production team. * Will be responsible for analyzing production, quality control, maintenance, and operational reports to determine causes of nonconformity with product specifications and operating or production problems. * Develops and implements operating methods and procedures designed to eliminate operating problems and improve uptime and product quality through our continuous improvement program. * Demonstrate strong leadership skills, coordinating and managing talent development of team members' creating RRE's and conducting meaningful performance reviews. * Work with department planners to prioritize all maintenance work. Fully utilizing Work Process team to ensure adequate job plans, scheduling work, and promote effective preventive and predictive maintenance. * Build employee commitment and ownership, holding employees and leaders accountable for work and career development. Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) * 2 Years Supervisory or management experience in an industrial or manufacturing setting. * Experience in leading a department or organization in EH&S, Reliability, Production, Cost and Quality Excellence * Experience managing department-level P-N-L budgets and data. * Experience working with computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) such as SAP, MP2, MES * Solid understanding and knowledge of optimization equipment and processes What Will Put You Ahead * Bachelor's Degree or higher in Business, Industrial, Mechanical, or Electrical engineering * Supervisory experience in Green or dry-end operations, planning, and shipping 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). #LI-AJ 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 |