Production Supervisor

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Kiln Supervisor to support our Lumber team in Warrenton , Georgia.

This position will report to the Dry End Superintendent.

The Kiln Supervisor will work with the Kiln and other area operations employees to safely support the shared mill-wide production goals.

This position is salaried exempt and paid bi-monthly .

This role would be used to develop future Superintendents or Operations managers.

What You Will Do



* Leading employees to work injury-free/incident free in a manufacturing environment consistent with MBM® management philosophy and framework


* Ensure safety excellence through leading by example, promoting employee involvement, ownership, and accountability to proactively identify hazards and implementing the appropriate mitigating strategies based on the risk involved


* Develop culture of hazard recognition, policy adherence and risk elimination around moped interaction at kiln s


* Lead and train hourly employees to have an understanding of the expectations and ownership of MOPED safety


* Support plant wide MOPED team activities


* Using KCA's as a teaching tool as well as opportunities to check for understanding


* Completing KCA's plant wide


* Be a resource for safety manager for learning events and safety reviews with plant wide leadership experience


* Be a leader of small group discussion and knowledge gathering


* Being a leader for quality plant wide


* Implement controls to improve stack quality to reduce waste, improve drying consistency and reduce risk associated with loose boards


* Develop and facilitate assigned hourly resources who work on a daily 12-hour , 3 shift rotation


* Maintain moisture levels to maximize grade yield and profitability


* Develop and implement effective control of drying to minimize drying related defects


* Work closely with the process engineer and department al supervisor s to manage a total quality process through the plant


* Supporting planer uptime by keeping the right product on the planer infeed and zero planer downtime due to out of wood


* Work with Sales and Planer to develop and meet production schedules for orders


* Developing effective plans for advancement of th e kiln t eam members


* Build Bench strength to back up other production supervisor s and department superintendent

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)



* Five years or more of experience as a Supervisor / leader in an industrial or manufacturing environment


* Experience with budget and accounting fundamentals


* Able to work nights, weekends, overtime and holidays as need ed

What Will Put You Ahead


* Seven or more years of experience as a supervisor in an industrial or manufacturing environment


* Previous wood products experience

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