Pulp Unit Coach

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific's Containerboard mill in Brewton, AL is seeking qualified individual to consider for their Unit Coach position in the Pulp Mill & Woodyard department reporting to the area's Performance Development Leader.

The Unit Coach is one of two Coach's in the pulp and woodyard area of 100 employees will be responsible for performance management, development, and coaching of operators within an ownership-based work system environment.

The ideal candidate will be an individual with demonstrated leadership ability relative to holding others accountable for results and addressing individual or team performance gaps.

The successful candidate will have a demonstrated history of embracing and driving cultural change and have the basic technical aptitude to assist in problem solving, RCAs, and other investigations.

Must have strong communication and interpersonal skills to interact employees at all levels of the organization.

Our Team

The Brewton mill is located in south central Alabama about an hour from Mobile, AL, Pensacola, FL, and the beautiful beaches of the Gulf Coast.

The team is made up of 450 employees who produce white top linerboard and solid bleached sulfate (SBS) paperboard.

The SBS material is used to make GP's Dixie plates.

White top linerboard is used in production of corrugated containers and displays.

This position is an opportunity to be part of a rapidly expanding organization with tremendous growth potential.

The most recent $160M capital investment is expected to be completed in late 2024.

The Brewton mill was also the first fully integrated pulp and paper mill in the US to receive an Energy Star designation from the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency.

To learn more about Georgia-Pacific's packaging business please visit: www.gppackaging.com and view the video How Paper Is Made! Our culture is defined by the Principle Based Management™ philosophy which guides everyday decision making and provides employees with opportunities to contribute and personally benefit from the value they create.

Learn more about our Brewton facility and employees here: We Are: Brewton

What You Will Do

• Leading, mentoring and developing hourly employees utilizing Principle Based Management and Deliberate Operations tools to improve capability and performance.

• Motivating each employee to create the greatest value by executing meaningful performance evaluations annually and performance feedback discussions periodically with all hourly employees.

• Interfacing with hourly leadership and the Performance Development Leader to identify capability gaps and implement gap closure plans.

• Supporting an ownership-based work system vision.

• Recruiting, interviewing, and onboarding individuals who have virtues and talents that are aligned with Principled Based Management and enhance the ownership-based work system.

• Maintaining working process knowledge to facilitate coaching conversations with hourly employees on probl...