Evaporator Superintendent - Brunswick

Flint Hills Resources; Brunswick (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Flexible spending and health savings

Life insurance

ADD

Disability

Retirement plan

Paid vacation/time off

Educational assistance

Infertility assistance

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Flint Hills Resources in Brunswick, GA, seeks an Evaporator Superintendent to lead safe, reliable operation of evaporator systems and related processes in the Brunswick Cellulose mill.

You will develop supervisors and operators, standardize operating practices, and drive training to improve efficiency, safety, and asset health while aligning with mill profitability goals.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with evaporator systems, recovery, or chemical processing operations.
• Leadership or supervisory experience in an industrial/manufacturing environment.
• Ability to coach, develop, and hold teams accountable to performance expectations.
• Experience driving safety performance and ensuring compliance with environmental and regulatory standards.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work across teams and functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop supervisors, operators, and technical assistants to build capability and strengthen leadership across the evaporator organization.
• Own and standardize evaporator operating practices to ensure safe, stable, and predictable performance.
• Set, communicate, and enforce clear operating expectations aligned with mill vision and business goals.
• Drive training, SOP development, and knowledge sharing to improve team effectiveness and system understanding.
• Ensure compliance with safety and environmental standards while embedding safe work practices into daily operations.
• Promote a strong safety culture by identifying hazards, educating teams, and ensuring audit readiness.
• Improve asset reliability by leading root cause analysis and ensuring completion of corrective actions.
• Partner with reliability and maintenance teams to proactively address equipment health and reduce downtime.
• Support outage planning and align scope with critical assets and system risks.
• Lead capital planning and support long-range asset strategies to drive sustainability and cost effectiveness.
• Review system and production data to identify trends, improve efficiency, and optimize performance.
• Collaborate across operations, maintenance, and support teams to ensure asset readiness and meet mill demand.
• Align evaporator operations with production targets, energy performance, and overall mill profitability.

Skills

Evaporator systems

Leadership

Safety compliance

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Paper Science, or related technical field

Job description

Georgia-Pacific is seeking an Evaporator Superintendent to join our cellulose team in Brunswick, GA. In this role, you will be responsible for leading the safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation of the evaporator systems, including concentrators, incinerator, FC strippers, and NCG/HVLC systems. You will provide leadership, direction, and technical guidance to ensure disciplined execution, strong team capability, and alignment with mill performance and profitability objectives.

Our Team

The Brunswick Cellulose facility is one of the largest integrated fluff pulp mills in the country with a modern woodyard, Fiberline, three paper machines, waste treatment plant, and utilities operations. The Brunswick Cellulose Mill, located in the southeast corner of Georgia, is within minutes of downtown Brunswick and about an hour from Jacksonville, FL to the south and Savannah, GA to the north.

What You Will Do

• Lead and develop supervisors, operators, and technical assistants to build capability and strengthen leadership across the evaporator organization
• Own and standardize evaporator operating practices to ensure safe, stable, and predictable performance
• Set, communicate, and enforce clear operating expectations aligned with mill vision and business goals
• Drive training, SOP development, and knowledge sharing to improve team effectiveness and system understanding
• Ensure compliance with safety and environmental standards while embedding safe work practices into daily operations
• Promote a strong safety culture by identifying hazards, educating teams, and ensuring audit readiness
• Improve asset reliability by leading root cause analysis and ensuring completion of corrective actions
• Partner with reliability and maintenance teams to proactively address equipment health and reduce downtime
• Support outage planning and align scope with critical assets and system risks
• Lead capital planning and support long-range asset strategies to drive sustainability and cost effectiveness
• Review system and production data to identify trends, improve efficiency, and optimize performance
• Collaborate across operations, maintenance, and support teams to ensure asset readiness and meet mill demand
• Align evaporator operations with production targets, energy performance, and overall mill profitability

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• 5+ years of experience with evaporator systems, recovery, or chemical processing operations
• Leadership or supervisory experience in an industrial/manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated ability to coach, develop, and hold teams accountable to performance expectations
• Experience driving safety performance and ensuring compliance with environmental and regulatory standards
• Ability to analyze data, identify issues, and implement effective solutionsStrong communication and collaboration skills to work across teams and functions

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience working in Pulp and Paper Manufacturing
• Knowledge of reliability practices, root cause analysis, and asset health management
• Experience supporting outage planning and capital project development
• Continuous improvement mindset with experience driving operational excellence initiatives
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Paper Science, or a related technical field

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

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 plan includes:

• medical
• dental
• vision
• flexible spending and health savings accounts
• life insurance
• ADD
• disability
• retirement
• paid vacation/time off
• educational assistance
• infertility assistance
• paid parental leave
• adoption assistance

Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region.

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 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.

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.