Operations Leader - Pulper

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Georgia-Pacific is seeking an Operations Leader - Pulp to support our Crossett Paper Mill in Crossett, Arkansas.

This unique role combines technical engineering ownership with people leadership and capability development responsibilities within the pulp operation.

A successful candidate will drive operational excellence by improving asset reliability, enhancing process performance, developing team capabilities, and creating long-term value through continuous improvement initiatives.

This role partners closely with operations, maintenance, reliability, quality, and environmental teams to optimize pulp manufacturing performance while fostering a culture of safety, accountability, and Principle-Based Management.

Our Team

For over 50 years, the Crossett Paper Mill has been a major part of the economic lifeblood of the region.

With more than 500 employees, Crossett strives to lead the tissue and towel business.

Since 2019, our team has invested more than $250 million to grow our brands and continue to serve our loyal consumers with the great quality they have come to expect.

Learn more by visiting our consumer products homepage.

What You Will Do


* Lead with Principle-Based Management® and influence a culture of safety, ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.


* Coach, mentor, and develop employees while identifying and closing performance and knowledge gaps across the pulp operation.


* Partner with operations, maintenance, and reliability teams to improve asset performance, operating capability, and operational effectiveness.


* Provide technical leadership and troubleshooting support for pulp processes and equipment to improve reliability, quality, and production performance.


* Analyze operational and process data to identify opportunities to improve yield, quality, efficiency, energy consumption, and overall pulp operation performance.


* Manage and improve asset strategies by partnering with reliability, planning, and maintenance resources to maximize equipment availability and long-term asset health.


* Lead continuous improvement initiatives, capital improvements, equipment modifications, and outage planning activities that create value for the business.


* Ensure compliance with health, safety, environmental, and quality requirements while communicating operational performance and improvement opportunities to leadership.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* Leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.


* Experience leading continuous improvement, reliability, or process improvement initiatives.


* Experience coaching, mentoring, training, or developing others to improve capability and performance.

What Will Put You Ahead


* Bachelor's Degree or higher in Engineering, Paper Science, Bioresource Engineering, or a related technical field.


* Experience in the pulp and paper industry.


* Experience providing leadership to teams in a manufacturing ...