E&I Supervisor - Liner Mill

Your Job

Our Georgia-Pacific mill in Big Island, VA is seeking innovative and forward thinkers to consider for our Electrical and Instrumentation (E&I) Supervisor role .

This position will work with the Maintenance Manager and other departments (operations, engineering, maintenance) to develop and execute strategies for the E&I maintenance efforts of an area of the mill in Big Island, VA.

This position will utilize a core set of principles to drive continuous improvement in safety and performance.

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 mill produces the paper used to make boxes.

Half of the production is made from 100% recycle fiber and the other half uses about 25% recycle fiber.

In 2015, a $50 million upgrade enabled the production of a higher return product.

The mill employs about 330 people, with about 90 of those being salaried employees.

To learn more about Georgia-Pacific's packaging business please visit: www.gppackaging.com and view the video How Paper Is Made !

Mill employees live in many of the surrounding areas including Lynchburg, Bedford, Amherst County, and Big Island.

The Blue Ridge Mountains, James River, and Smith Mountain Lake provide some of the best outdoor recreation in the U.S.

You can drive to the Virginia and North Carolina coasts within 5 hours.

There are two airports within a one-hour drive.

Area schools are excellent.

Two ACC schools, University of Virginia and Virginia Tech, are within 2-hour's drive.

Lynchburg is home to Liberty University, University of Lynchburg, and Randolph College.

What You Will Do



* Provides leadership, technical support, and direction to the E&I maintenance department responsible for the mill-wide repair and preventive maintenance of electrical systems, instrumentation, and control systems in the manufacturing operations


* Provides direction and coaching of E&I technicians in their roles, responsibilities and expectations to meet plant objectives in safety, environmental, quality, cost, and customer service


* Ensures that plans, schedules, and materials are available to allow for E&I work to be handled effectively and efficiently (daily and outages)


* Consistently contributes to the efforts of the Big Island mill employees to safely improve E&I reliability by applying reliability principles such as Reliability Centered Maintenance and Root Cause Failure Analysis to identify the appropriate Predicative and Preventative maintenance procedures


* Ensures Electrical Safe Work Practice compliance


* Effectively communicates results and action plans as appropriate


* Ensures that employee issues or concerns are correctly addressed and resolved


* Provides E&I job planning as required for the area


* Manages contracted services as required


* Provides backup suppor...