Paper Area Manager

Your Job

The Paper Area Manager will be responsible for leading the operations of our two paper machines and recycle department at the Monticello mill.

This will include leading a team of 15 salaried direct reports and indirect responsibility for the entire paper team of 120+ employees.

This role will partner with the maintenance and reliability, safety, quality, HR and production planning teams, and report to the Operations manager.

This position offers significant opportunities for career growth and development.

This position will provide strategic and tactical leadership to achieve key objectives in safety, environmental compliance, reliability, production, quality, and cost.

The successful candidate will utilize problem solving and economic thinking skills while focusing on safely improving productivity and reducing cost through process/equipment optimization and operator knowledge/skill improvement with a culture of ownership.

Our Team

The Monticello mill is in south central Mississippi about an hour from Jackson and Hattiesburg, and 2 hours from New Orleans or Biloxi with the beautiful beaches of the Gulf Coast.

The team is made up of 480 employees who produce linerboard used in production of corrugated containers.

This position is an opportunity to be part of a rapidly expanding organization with tremendous growth potential.

The most recent $110M capital investment is expected to be completed in late 2025.

To learn more about Georgia-Pacific's packaging business please visit: www.gppackaging.com and view the video How Paper Is Made! Our culture is defined by the Principle Based Management™ philosophy which guides everyday decision making and provides employees with opportunities to contribute and personally benefit from the value they create.

What You Will Do

• Providing leadership through the application of Koch's Principled Based Management (PBM) philosophy to achieve superior results.

• Drive a culture of safety and environmental excellence through critical hazard identification, risk reduction and risk mitigation.

• Work with L&D and other leaders to coach and develop employees.

• Lead teams in the identification, development, evaluation and implementation of safety, quality, and /or cost reduction initiatives and projects that prioritize the highest value to the operation to drive continuous improvement.

• Demonstrate ownership for planning outages and routine maintenance.

• Understand, communicate, and align goals in the areas of safety, quality, production, and reliability.

• Drive process and equipment modifications that result in improved product quality, reduced variation, and higher customer satisfaction.

• Ensure that major quality non-conformance events are identified, owned, investigated, and effective corrective actions are implemented to mitigate/eliminate waste.

• Utilize constructive challenge process to drive to optimum solution.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's deg...