Quality Manager

Your Job

We are currently hiring a Quality Manager for our Gurdon, AR plywood site.

The Quality Manager will be responsible for creating and implementing strategies to optimize on-going operations while working injury-free/incident-free in a batch manufacturing environment consistent with our Principle Based Management (PBM) philosophy and framework.

The successful candidate will be an integral part of the technical and operations teams that are challenged to manufacture high quality products while eliminating waste.

We seek creative and innovative individuals that can conceptualize and profitably engage quality measurements to further improve our products for our customers.

At Georgia-Pacific, we are innovative, we manufacture products that make people's lives easier, and we provide careers, not just jobs for our employees.

We foster a culture that values integrity and compliance more than anything else and we encourage our employees to challenge the status quo.

If you are interested in joining our team, you can learn more about our Building Products division at www.buildgp.com .

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific employees strive for safety and health excellence while achieving an injury-free workplace.

To learn more about our Building Products division, visit http://www.buildgp.com .

What You Will Do



* Support value creation efforts by analyzing process performance and developing key metrics to promote process improvement in safety, environmental, production, quality, value, and yield performance and digital transformation


* Supervise and coordinate production efforts that result in sustained improvement in all associated work processes including Environmental, Health, & Safety (EHS) Compliance, Reliability, Quality, Production, and Costs


* Use Data Analytics and a structured approach to problem solving


* Develop and apply strategies to optimize on-going production in conjunction with the operations, maintenance, and engineering teams throughout the organization


* Identify gaps and collaborate with key site and divisional personnel to value and prioritize identified opportunities and outline execution strategies accordingly


* Oversight of records as they pertain to product quality including: COA's, Calibration Records, Production Records, Process Validations, Department Checks, and others as defined by the QMS Manual and Records and Information Compliance Standards


* Manage product quality, value and yield to contribute to the overall success of the facility


* Serve as a liaison between Georgia-Pacific and the 3 rd party auditors


* Enforcement of standard operating procedures and coaching of production personnel pertaining to QMS program responsibilities, including quality checks and data collection and oversight of non-compliant products


* Work with plant leadership and production personnel in the recognition and correction of noncompliant conditions in all production departments to ensure del...