Utilities Area Leader

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific has an exciting opportunity for a talented Area Leader - Utilities at our Monticello, MS Containerboard facility.

The successful candidate will have leadership responsibility for the safe and environmentally compliant operation of 3 natural gas boilers, evaporators, turbines, compressed air, and feedwater systems.

This individual will work closely with manufacturing engineers, maintenance planners, craftspeople, engineering managers, operations personnel, and contractors.

As a salaried leader, this position carries responsibility for supporting business operations beyond regular work hours when necessary.

This includes maintaining on-call availability and responding to urgent operational matters during evenings, weekends, and other non-business hours.

Our Team

The Georgia-Pacific Monticello, MS facility is one of the most diverse containerboard producers in the market.

The GP Monticello Mill is a Pulp and Paper Manufacturer; Specializing in Containerboard used for packaging.

The Mill is part of Georga Pacific, a leading global manufacturer of tissue, pulp, packaging, and building products owned by Koch Industries since 2005.

The site is approx.

2,200 acres.

The Mill earned the Wildlife Habitat Council Certification and is proud to host the Catch a Dream hunt at the Monticello site.

What You Will Do



* Provide leadership for the department to strive for excellence in safety and environmental compliance.


* Build and lead a strategy to optimize the current capability of the utilities department and track performance against capability.


* Provide leadership to direct reports to facilitate the development of the knowledge and skills of operators to improve operational performance of the department and facility.


* Continuously evaluate and identify constraints to eliminate quality and production bottlenecks and lead plans to improve current capability to improve our relative competitive position.


* Work to continuously identify and eliminate waste and non-value-added costs in direct and indirect costs to improve the mill's relative competitive position.


* Manage chemical inventories with good communications to procurement.


* Coordinate with area maintenance leadership to ensure the strategic operating plan is being executed and reliability issues are being addressed efficiently and effectively.


* Collaborate with area maintenance leadership using root cause analysis tools to resolve reliability issues and operational issues.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)



* Experience in a leadership role within a manufacturing or industrial environment


* Experience with maintenance strategies, such as preventive maintenance and reliability-centered maintenance


* Experience driving continuous improvement initiatives and implementing best practices

What Will Put You Ahead



* Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering, paper science, or a related field


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