About this role
About the Role Georgia-Pacific’s Corrugated division is seeking an Operations Manager for our corrugating facility in Augusta, GA. This role will lead a unionized workforce and be accountable for safety, quality, and production efficiencies, while ensuring environmental compliance. The position provides leadership and strategic direction through our Principle Based Management (PBM®) Philosophy.
What You'll Do
- Lead the department to achieve a safety and environmental incident free workplace by identifying critical hazards and mitigating risk based on criticality.
- Manage and direct work processes for complex operations including multiple production machines and supporting equipment.
- Provide leadership consistent with PBM guiding principles to develop knowledge and skills of self, salaried, and hourly employees to improve operational performance of the department and facility.
- Understand, communicate, and align goals in safety, quality, production, and reliability.
- Continuously evaluate constraints to eliminate quality and production bottlenecks and lead plans to improve current capability and reduce waste to improve our relative competitive position.
- Optimize and coordinate planning for scheduled shutdowns, operator training, and maintenance and capital projects.
- Provide daily support and technical expertise to area operators and maintenance personnel.
- Work closely with stakeholders to apply reliability principles and prioritize resources and process optimization.
What We're Looking For
- Previous Corrugator experience.
- Experience with manufacturing equipment operation, and effective interface with maintenance.
- Leadership experience with responsibility for direct reports within a manufacturing or military environment.
- Bachelor’s degree or higher (preferred).
- 5+ years of leadership experience within the corrugated industry.
- Experience with process optimization analysis and implementation.
Compensation & Benefits
- Benefits include medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description and benefits may vary by geographic region. Our benefits plan may also include other programs and resources to support wellbeing.
- This employer is an Equal Opportunity Employer and E-Verify participant; some offers may be conditioned on passing a drug test.