Department Superintendent - Georgia-Pacific

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Department Superintendent in our plywood mill in Emporia, VA . This role will be responsible for leading a wood products production department to work injury-free/incident free in a continuous manufacturing environment, consistent with Georgia-Pacific's management philosophy and framework. The Department Superintendent will also be responsible for supporting an approach to optimize the constraining process and machine centers.
What You Will Do In Your Role

• Facilitating team development and growth through effective communication and performance evaluations.
• Prioritizing work orders to address machine center functionality and optimize on equipment availability.
• Ensuring areas operate effectively and efficiently; meeting or exceeding benchmark & milestones.
• Utilizing work processes to effectively manage and facilitate good asset health through PM & PDM.
• Building employee commitment and ownership, and holding personnel accountable to meet those expectations.
• Facilitating team developmental growth by reviewing and evaluating personnel performance.
• Motivating and encouraging team to positively contribute in their roles to capture long-term value for facility.
• Driving safety excellence through personnel involvement, ownership & accountability.
• Proactively identifying hazards and implementing appropriate mitigating strategies to improve safety capacity.
• Facilitating resolution to complex or chronic issues preventing equipment design.
• Owning data entry and accuracy compiled to create departmental reports.

• Five (5) or more years of supervisory or management experience in a heavy industrial manufacturing facility.
• Experience in leading a department or organization in EH&S, Reliability, Production, Cost and Quality Excellence.
• Experience in analyzing data to eliminate waste and foster continuous improvement.
• Must have working knowledge and experience with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and ability to learn various PC-based production and operations applications.
• Must be able and willing to work a flexible work schedule.

• Bachelor's Degree
• Experience working with computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) - SAP, MP2, ActivePlant.
• Continuous improvement, experience and/or education.
• Knowledge of equipment servicing, planning/scheduling, supply chain management, mechanical maintenance, plant engineering, quality and processes and equipment.
• Experience with statistical analysis.
• Previous experience working in a Wood Products production facility.

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