Paper Mill Production Unit Leader (Assistant Superintendent)

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Paper Mill Production Unit Leader (Assistant Superintendent) to join our containerboard mill in Cedar Springs, GA supporting the paper mill.

This position will provide strategic and tactical leadership to achieve key operation objectives in safety, environmental compliance, reliability, production, quality, and cost for one linerboard paper machine.

The successful candidate will focus on safely improving productivity and reducing costs through process/equipment optimization and operator knowledge/skill improvement.

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 sixth 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.

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



* Drive a culture of safety and environmental excellence through critical hazard identification, risk reduction, and risk mitigation


* Collaborate directly with operators, shift leaders and maintenance to meet the business objectives of the department


* Lead teams in the identification, development and implementation of safety, quality and/or cost reduction initiatives that add the highest value to the operation and drive continuous improvement


* Develop strategic plan for paper machine in all aspects including safety, quality, cost reduction, and improved productivity


* Implements disciplined manufacturing into department through systems


* Integral team member of the paper machine outage planning and responsible for the safe execution of routine and annual machine outages


* Understand, communicates, and align goals around quality, production, safety, and reliability


* Drive process and equipment modifications that result in improved product quality, reduced variation, and higher customer satisfaction


* Utilize effective communication (written and verbal), organizational, and planning skills


* Effectively communicate needs of the department with crew, peers, and senior mill management


* Employ strong people skills (i.e., coaching, mentoring, counseling, directing, delegating, advising, collaborating, and influencing) for the hourly team members on your machine, as well as the manufacturing enginee...