Continuous Improvement Manager

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Continuous Improvement Manager for our new lumber mill in Albany, GA.

TheContinuous Improvement Manager will utilize leadership, influence, operations experience, and communication abilities to analyze key performance data on process, product, and equipment to identify strategic improvements that create value.

This position provides process engineering oversight for the entire manufacturing process, reliability to improve quality, increase production and yield, and eliminate waste.

The incumbent is responsible for working with team members at all levels to capture strategic value opportunities and implementing operating practices to improve Albany's overall competitive position.

What You Will Do


* Be a safety role model and s how a high level of safety awareness and help drive a culture based on continuous improvement in safety.


* Actively promote and develop forward looking practices, procedures and techniques that foster an operating posture that models' "perfect" operations of all machine centers.


* Work with other capabilities(Integrated Planning, Sales and Marketing, Wood Supply) to ensure that mill optimization parameters are set and managed to drive maximum value creation.


* Develop, analyze and report appropriate performance metrics that evaluate machine center/department/mill performance.

Identify improvement opportunities , work with the appropriate team members to execute, and track the success of change efforts.


* Troubleshoot for equipment problems when optimizing and/or positioning equipment is not performing correctly.


* Continuously evaluate machine performance in the mill through daily analysis, checks, calibrations, and proactive approaches.


* Institute recovery control measures and monitoring procedures to minimize fiber loss due to out-of-control processes.


* Work with outside vendors and technicians as required to maintain mill optimization systems.


* Communicate constantly with controls technicians on opportunities to improve mill flow, reduce process variation, and improve machine execution.


* Provide technical assistance to all computer optimization systems in the mill.


* Promote quality standards as defined by governing agency and Georgia Pacific lumber standards.


* Actively prevent quality issues by managing QC processes and educating operations.


* Manage and supervise the Quality control team and their development opportunities .


* Conduct new product development and testing


* Routinely identify and implement cost-saving opportunities in the board manufacturing process.


* Track, prioritize, and assign responsibilities for process improvement projects that improve EH&S, quality, throughput, and product costs


* Interface with and maintain strong working relationships with production and maintenance teams.

Provide leadership to troubleshoot operating and maintenance issues affecting quality or pro...