Production Supervisor - Georgia-Pacific

Do you aspire to leverage and further develop your skills and lead a team to excellence in safety, efficiency, and quality? If so, this could be the opportunity for you! Georgia Pacific is seeking a Production Leader in Tacoma, WA. Production Leaders lead a team to incident-free performance in a continuous manufacturing environment; consistent with our PBM® management philosophy and framework. Production Leaders supervise and coordinate production efforts that result in sustained improvement in all work processes including EHS compliance, reliability, quality, production, and cost to deliver maximum value to the business and our valued customers. If you are a driven leader who can operate with a principled entrepreneurial spirit, then we'd like to learn more about you!

Our Team

Our Tacoma facility has a rich history of producing gypsum wallboards for a wide variety of customers. Georgia-Pacific's Building Products business is consistently among the nation's top suppliers of building products to large warehouse retailers and building materials dealers. To learn more about our Building Products division, visit www.buildgp.com . And, to learn more about our gypsum products, visit www.gpgypsum.com .

What You Will Do

• Collaborating with Safety, Environmental, Maintenance, Operations, Controller, and Quality Leaders to gain the knowledge tools to elevate a team to its full potential.
• Embracing and managing change to drive innovation and process improvements.
• Applying MBM® to foster a culture where employees are empowered.
• Facilitating team and employee development, problem-solving and resolution, building employee commitment and ownership, and holding employees accountable.
• Taking accountability of safety quality and efficiency through leadership, individual ownership and accountability, teamwork, and delegation.
• Coaching, motivating, and mentoring the team to drive safe and efficient behaviors leading to positive outcomes. Taking corrective action measures as needed.
• Using critical & economic thinking, challenge process, and team collaboration to resolve issues and drive innovation, efficiency, and safety excellence.
• Completing paperwork and reports with accuracy to meet deadlines.
• Leveraging strong oral and written communication skills to communicate with the facility team, leadership, and corporate associates in Atlanta.
• Using organization and planning skills to execute tasks in a timely, purposeful, and orderly fashion.
• Using critical thinking, processes, and collaboration to troubleshoot equipment and machinery.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Willing and able to work a rotating shift schedule including days, nights, weekends, and holiday work hours. Shift schedule is subject to change during employment based on business needs.
• Experience enforcing safe work practices, including: Lock Out/Tag Out, forklift safety, machine guarding, hazardous materials, etc.
• A minimum of one (1) years' of experience coaching, counseling and developing employees.
• Experience using a computer for record-keeping, documentation, and reporting, including experience with Microsoft Word and Excel.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in a technical or business discipline.
• A minimum of two (2) years of supervisor experience in an industrial, manufacturing or military environment, -- OR - a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and (1) one year of manufacturing experience.
• Experience using basic accounting and financial knowledge.
• Two years of gypsum wallboard experience.

For this role, we anticipate paying $80,000 - $90,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

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

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia-Pacific is one of the world's leading manufacturers and marketers of building products, tissue, packaging, paper, cellulose and related chemicals. The company employs more than 30,000 people at approximately 300 locations in North and South America. Georgia-Pacific creates long-term value by using resources efficiently to provide innovative products and solutions that meet the needs of customers and society, while operating in a manner that is environmentally and socially responsible and economically sound. Georgia-Pacific is an independently managed and operated company of Koch Industries, Inc., a private company headquartered in Wichita, Kansas.

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.

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 visit the following website for additional information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf

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