Quality Supervisor

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is now hiring a Quality Supervisor at our Paragould, AR facility! This position will provide direct supervision of at least four employees in the Quality Assurance Department & Lab department. The successful individual will ensure employees are engaged in visual, dimensional, and performance tests required for quality control of plastic packaging products. In addition, they will ensure compliance with company standards, regulatory requirements (e.g., FDA), and customer specifications for products used in supermarkets, food service, and food-processing applications.

This individual will be based out of our Paragould, AR facility but will also support our location in Marmaduke, AR.

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific Northeast Arkansas facilities produce plastic packaging products under the Anchor Packaging name. These manufacturing locations employee ~900 individuals dedicated to applying innovative processes to produce high quality rigid containers and cling film for the food service industry.

What You Will Do

• Hire, develop and retain contribution-motivated employees with a diversity of aptitudes so your team's culture more fully exemplies Our Values for the Product System
• Help each employee better understand and embrace the team/business vision (and associated strategies and priorities) so they can make the greatest contribution to Anchor Packaging & Georgia-Pacific
• Develop team members into Principled Entrepreneurs through an effective organizational structure, including Roles, Responsibilities and Expectations connected to the facility vision
• Build and support a culture where employees identify risks and work to reduce them
• Accelerate training and verification process of team members
• Assist QA team members in diagnosing and resolving complex issues, ensuring that quality metrics and production timelines are met
• Maintain and enforce QA standards that align with regulating bodies and other applicable guidelines
• Identify and implement measures to enhance testing protocols, data collection, and overall quality outcomes
• Assist with investigating and resolving product complaints, by assisting with root-cause analyses, implement corrective/preventive actions, and communicate outcomes to all relevant stakeholders
• Perform additional tasks or projects as assigned by the Quality Manager or upper management to support organizational goals

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience in a quality role in a manufacturing or industrial environment
• Demonstrated supervisory or team-lead experience
• Experience leading and developing a team, crew, and/or shift
• Experience facilitating 1 on 1 and group conversations

What Will Put You Ahead

• Knowledge of FDA regulations
• Experience in plastics processes (thermoforming, sheet extrusion, blown film) or food-contact packaging
• Knowledge of visual and dimensional inspection and common performance tests
• Ability to interpret test data and perform basic data analysis to communicate findings

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.

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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 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 300,000 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).