Utilities Supervisor - Brunswick

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific's Cellulose division has an exciting opportunity for a talented Utilities Supervisor at our Brunswick Cellulose facility. The successful candidate will have leadership responsibility for the safe and environmentally compliant operation of black liquor recovery boilers, bark boiler, natural gas boilers, evaporators, turbines, compressed air, and feedwater systems. While working 12-hour rotating shifts this individual will work closely with manufacturing engineers, maintenance planners, craftspeople, engineering managers, operations personnel, and contractors.

Our Team

The Georgia-Pacific Brunswick, Ga facility is one of the most diverse cellulose producers in the market. Brunswick Mill manufactures various grades of specialty pulp that is used in LED displays, coatings, plastics, currency papers, construction, pharmaceuticals, food additivities, thickeners, and filter applications.

What You Will Do

• Foster a culture where employees proactively identify and address risks, hazards, and unsafe behaviors while encouraging suggestions for continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with corporate policies and industry best practices in the operation and maintenance of recovery and power boilers, turbines, steam, and power distribution systems.
• Motivate and develop both salaried and hourly employees to enhance department performance and business management continuously.
• Provide direct supervision and leadership to achieve excellence in safety and environmental compliance.
• Develop and lead strategies to optimize the utilities department's capabilities, tracking performance against established goals.
• Collaborate with area maintenance leadership to ensure strategic operating plans are executed efficiently and reliability issues are promptly addressed using root cause analysis tools.
• Evaluate and eliminate quality and production bottlenecks, leading plans to enhance capability and competitive positioning.
• Identify and remove waste and non-value-added costs to improve the mill's competitive position, effectively managing chemical inventories in communication with procurement.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships across departments, leaders, and a union hourly workforce to meet and exceed key performance indicators in safety, reliability, and cost.
• Lead and participate in continuous improvement efforts, applying reliability concepts and critical thinking skills to troubleshoot and solve complex operational issues.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Leadership experience in a manufacturing or industrial setting.
• Experience with maintenance strategies, including AMWP, and preventive and reliability-centered maintenance.
• Experience with leading continuous improvement efforts.
• Experience working with utilities systems, including black liquor recovery boilers, black liquor evaporators, bark boiler, natural gas boilers, turbines, and feedwater systems.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Background in the pulp and paper industry.
• Experience in managing and conducting audits.
• Present or prior Experience in a Utilities department that fosters PBM and AMWP principles.

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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

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