Operations Manager

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific has an exciting opportunity for a talented Operations Manager for the Pulp, Power, and Chemical area at our Cedar Springs, GA containerboard mill .

The Operations Manager will be part of the mill leadership team and reports directly to the Vice-President/General Manager of Cedar Springs Operations.

The role is expected to lead the operations organization to achieve safety, environmental, and quality excellence and to lead transformational change through work processes and implementation of technology.

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.

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.

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

People: Effectively lead team



* Working with and through others


* Setting expectations, and holding employees accountable, providing effective coaching as needed


* Exhibits strong leadership skills with the ability to develop and encourage high levels of teamwork and participation on a diverse team


* Actively engaged with employees and focused on development of talent


* Supports training and development initiatives for the crew and department


* Inclusive leader that values collaboration and building rapport with team

Operations Excellence: Manage operations to achieve mill goals



* Understanding and communicating goals in the areas of quality and production


* Collaborating and knowledge sharing with other departments across mill to ensure success of operational goals


* Develops an understanding of the true current state and the desired future state, develops and executes plans and strategies to close the gaps


* Demonstrates a sense of urgency and accountability in:



* Housekeeping


* Prioritizing and processing work


* Supporting routine and annual outages


* Planning, assigning, and providing follow-up of work

Strives for continuous improvement, recognizes opportunities to minimize and eliminate waste - follows-through to ensure achievement of results

Manages and advances all aspects of manufacturing to include: Reliability, Quality, Cost, Yield, Compliance and Capital/Maintenance Investment

Safety & Co...