Team Leader

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Team Leader for our OSB mill in Gladys, VA.

This position creates value by building capability to lead a production team to work safely in a continuous manufacturing environment.

This individual will ensure product quality and contribute to the overall direction and success of the operations team through coaching individuals, developing strong teams, promoting safe work practices, and applying problem solving skills to maximize production.

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific located in Gladys, Virginia manufactures Oriented Strand Board (OSB), a popular type of wood product used for flooring, walls, and roof sheathing in mostly residential construction applications.

Georgia-Pacific's building product business has consistently been among the nation's top suppliers of building products to building materials dealers and large warehouse retailers.

Georgia-Pacific employees strive for safety and health excellence while achieving an injury free workplace

What You Will Do


* Lead a wood products production team to work injury-free/incident free in a continuous manufacturing environment - consistent with our PBM® management philosophy and framework.


* Supervise/coordinate production efforts that result in long term improvement in work processes - including, but not limited to: Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) compliance, variability reduction, reliability, quality, production, and costs.


* Facilitate team development and communication, employee skill development, problem-solving and resolution, and build employee commitment and ownership.


* Establish roles, responsibilities, and expectations for direct reports with appropriate coaching, feedback, and development, to achieve results.


* Drive cultural change in which employees take ownership for running the facility (Team size may range from 10 - 15 members)


* Support a variety of shift schedules such as rotating day / night / weekends / holidays, with the understanding that shift schedules can change during employment


* Work in a variety of environments such as, but not limited to: confined spaces, high spaces, hot/cold/humid/noisy


* Wear the necessary Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) - hard hat, safety glasses, face shield, chemical suit, respirator, ear plugs, hearing protection, steel-toe boots / shoes, and other PPE required for specific jobs.

Also must be able to work without wearing jewelry.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* Supervisory experience in an industrial, manufacturing, or military environment that includes a strong understanding of not only production, but also day to day operations including, but not limited to the following: HR, EHS, Quality


* Must have a solid working knowledge of MS Word (creating, editing, formatting documents, preparing reports and tables) and Excel (creating, modifying spreadsheets, using functions, filters, and graphs to analyze data).


* Demonstrated experience coac...