Maintenance Area Leader (Paper)

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Maintenance Area Leader for our Paper Department in Cedar Springs, GA.

This position is directly responsible for the safety, development, training, and productivity of an assigned crew.

This individual will optimize operations, consistently manage through use of the labor agreement, ensure EHS compliance, and oversee qualification of employees.

The position will oversee the prioritization of reliability through the management systems.

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.

Additionally, Dothan has several parks, restaurants, and local entertainment activities.

To learn more about Georgia-Pacific's packaging business please visit: www.gppackaging.com and view the video How Paper Is Made !

What You Will Do



* Driving safety and compliance excellence through effective work execution, personally modeling safe behaviors.


* Work a M-F Day shift schedule, be flexible to work other shifts during outage and capital project work and occasional weekend work as required.


* Verify and audit standards within the crews for safety, environmental, quality, productivity, training, and cost control.


* Providing leadership, technical support, and direction to the Electrical and Mechanical Crew Leaders


* Work with high integrity to teach and motivate team in the assigned areas while holding employees accountable for their assignments.


* Work in a collaborative and cooperative manner with all departments and personnel.


* Create the Leader Standard of Work to share and implement with direct reports.


* Maximize employee value through realistically assigned responsibilities and making employees aware of the Company's expectations.


* Be flexible and manage multiple tasks.


* Self-motivate and self-direct with a strong desire to excel at leadership.


* Complete daily tasks using time management, computer skills, excellent communications skills, and superior interpersonal skills.


* Analyze processes and recommend changes.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)



* High School Diploma or GED equivalent.


* One or more years of supervisory/management experience with responsibility for direct reports in a heavy industrial, manufacturing, or military environment.


* Experience in developing and implementing improvement processes and projects.


* Experience using Microsoft Office programs such as Word (to write business co...