Technical Assistant - Recaust

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Technical Assistant for the Recaust area to join our Cedar Springs, GA containerboard mill.

This position will optimize operations across all shifts and crews (DO), manage through use of the labor agreement, ensure EHS compliance, oversee process safety management, support the department training efforts, and support/maintain the development of the lock/tag/verify system.

The Recausticizing department primary responsibility is to safely, compliantly and cost effectively operate the recausticizing equipment, lime kiln and tall oil plant.

The unit operations consist of green, white, and weak wash clarification equipment, slakers, causticizers, lime kilns, as well as the tall oil equipment.

Our culture is defined by the Principled Based Management ® philosophy which guides everyday decision making and provides employees with opportunities to contribute and personally benefit from the value they create.

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



* Develop troubleshooting guides, short interval controls, operator basic care routes, and operating envelopes to support and improve our Discipline Operations (DO) efforts


* Support department efforts to develop and maintain the lock/tag/verify system


* Maintain our Process Safety Management (PSM) system through operator training and procedure reviews


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


* Provide safety leadership and knowledge


* Follow Leader Standard of Work


* Maximize employee value through realized Roles, Responsibilities and Expectations


* Be flexible and manage multiple tasks


* Effectively administer pay and other associated transactions for direct reports


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


* Utilize interpersonal skills to meet and exceed expectations at all times


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


* Work with high integrity to teach and motivate team in the assigned areas while holding others accountable


* Work in a collaborati...