Operations Supervisor

Georgia-Pacific is seeking an Operations Supervisor to join our Naheola Team in Pennington, AL. The Operations Supervisor leads the site and reports to the Backend Operations Manager. This role focuses on developing salaried Shift Coordination Leaders (SCLs), guiding them during mill upsets, and optimizing operations before and after major maintenance outages.

This position drives strategic alignment and operational excellence across shifts by providing guidance, mentorship, and support to salaried leaders, ensuring they effectively lead their teams. The role emphasizes fostering a strong leadership culture that promotes safety, operational reliability, and continuous improvement throughout mill operations. The Operations Supervisor ensures that SCLs collaborate effectively with on-shift teams facility-wide to promote smooth, safe, and efficient mill operations while fostering the development of both technical and leadership skills.

Our Team

The Naheola Mill is the largest employer in the community and actively supports community outreach, workforce development, and education. The area offers excellent outdoor activities, including world-class hunting and access to the Tombigbee River for fishing, boating, and water skiing. Residents enjoy a mild climate, a low cost of living, and proximity to the Gulf Coast's beaches and resorts.

As part of Koch, Georgia-Pacific is a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, and building products. We also operate a major recycling business. With over 30,000 employees in more than 150 locations, we are committed to meeting customer needs with quality products and continuous innovation.

What You Will Do

• Lead and coordinate salaried shift leaders and mill operators to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable mill operations.
• Mentor and develop salaried leaders to build operational expertise and promote self-sufficient teams.
• Foster strong working relationships across salaried staff, union hourly employees, and other departments to enhance collaboration.
• Prioritize maintenance activities to maximize uptime, reliability, and safety of liquors, steam systems, and pulp mill operations.
• Utilize reliability principles, including root cause failure analysis and critical thinking, to troubleshoot and resolve operational issues.
• Champion a strong safety culture by identifying risks, addressing hazards, and encouraging proactive employee engagement in safety initiatives.
• Ensure adherence to corporate policies, environmental regulations, and industry best practices.
• Drive continuous improvement efforts targeting safety, environmental compliance, productivity, and cost efficiency.
• Lead and participate in cross-functional teams to support operational excellence and business goals.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• A contribution-motivated individual with comprehensive knowledge of the kraft recovery cycle and key performance indicators.
• Experience with inventory management principles and constraint management to maximize operational results.
• Experience managing environmental pollution sources and possessing a strong personal safety culture.
• Experience in managing maintenance priorities and coordinating multifaceted operational activities.
• Strong analytical thinking and decision-making skills under pressure.
• Track record of effectively managing and improving team performance to meet or exceed operational goals.
• Ability to lead through influence, build relationships, and foster a collaborative work environment.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to engage and align teams around common objectives.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience in pulp and paper manufacturing environments.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Who We Are

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day -to make everyday products even better.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - 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, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here , aquí , or tu ).

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