Asset Availability Leader - Paper

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking an Asset Availability Leader - Paper (AAL) at our Cedar Springs, GA containerboard mill.

This role is an exciting opportunity to drive reliability and performance improvements within an operation.

The AAL will be instrumental in gathering and analyzing data, then driving reliability performance improvements and leading the mill to a higher state of reliability.

The successful candidate will work closely with key leaders and vendors to drive out repeat failures and implement all aspects of the Georgia-Pacific Reliability Mental Model.

Long-term value is created through the application of the company's business philosophy of Principle Based Management™ .

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



* Promote the growth of our culture by utilizing our mental models in interactions with mill team members, GP team members, vendors, and visitors


* Assist in connecting operators to overall long-term vision as well as business unit metrics


* Coordinate/Facilitate the departments machine outage preparation and execution meetings


* Develop and lead equipment reliability improvement initiatives


* Document and close the loop on troubleshooting activities, improvement ideas, operating procedural changes, change of work practices, and training


* Analyze and communicate key reliability measures and suggest new measures as needed (to include updating the Asset Availability Database)


* Lead/participate in the RCFA (Root Cause Failure Analysis), ASI (Asset Strategy Improvements) and other processes designed to identify and eliminate operational and equipment problems


* Help drive RCFA recommendations to completion


* Coordinate handoffs to the Reliability Engineering group


* Work closely with the Engineers, Capability Leaders, and operators to build skill and capabilities of operators


* Be an active member of the operational leadership team


* Participate in operational duty on a rotating basis

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)



* High School Diploma or GED


* Two (2) or more years of work experience in a paper, chemicals, manufacturing or utility operations environment


* Experien...