Facility Maintenance Manager

Flint Hills Resources; Brunswick (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific's Brunswick Cellulose facility in Georgia is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead a transformational turnaround and drive operational excellence across maintenance, operations, and engineering teams.

You will develop a comprehensive maintenance execution strategy to minimize downtime, establish KPIs, supervise a skilled team, and partner with reliability experts to implement preventive and predictive programs that maximize asset utilization and safety.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in maintenance of facilities and engineering systems.
• 5+ years of supervisory/management experience.
• Proficiency with maintenance reporting systems and MS Word/Excel.
• Ability to read mechanical, structural and electrical drawings.
• Experience with RCA or similar problem-solving tools.
• Process optimization and plant support experience.
• Experience leading organizational change initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead organizational change and reliability efforts to improve operations.
• Engage maintenance, operations and engineering teams during transformation.
• Develop and implement a maintenance execution strategy to reduce downtime.
• Establish KPIs to measure maintenance effectiveness.
• Plan and execute turnaround projects to boost plant performance.
• Monitor progress and implement corrective actions during turnarounds.
• Implement preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts to mitigate risks.
• Support root cause analysis and long-term reliability improvements.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to optimize maintenance strategies.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Supervisory experience

MS Word & Excel

Reading drawings

Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

Process optimization

Organizational change

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Chemical/Electrical engineering

CMRP certification

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Georgia-Pacific has an exciting opportunity for a maintenance manager at our Brunswick Cellulose facility. The Maintenance Manager will be spearheading a transformative journey where you will have the chance to lead a profound turnaround and drive initiatives that will redefine operational excellence, setting the stage for sustainable growth and success. If you thrive in challenging environments and are motivated to lead change that will make a lasting impact, this role presents a remarkable platform to showcase your skills and expertise.

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 organizational change and leading reliability efforts to ensure the delivery of sustainable and improved operational results.
• Drive engagement and commitment from the maintenance, operations, and engineering teams to support the transformation process.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive maintenance execution strategy aimed at minimizing downtime, improving equipment availability, and maximizing asset utilization.
• Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to track and measure the effectiveness of maintenance initiatives.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute turnaround projects to optimize maintenance activities and improve plant performance.
• Monitor and report progress during turnaround, identifying areas for improvement and implementing corrective actions as needed.
• Work closely with maintenance and engineering teams to implement preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Work with Reliability and Operations subject matter experts to understand critical failure modes and execute strategies to mitigate risks.
• Support root cause analysis and reliability improvement initiatives for recurring equipment failures, ensuring long-term solutions are implemented.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize maintenance strategies and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Provide leadership for the area to embrace and advance disciplined operations as established by the mill’s vision for sustainably creating a stable, capable, and predictable manufacturing process.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in maintenance of facilities and engineering systems. A successful candidate should be able to efficiently manage mechanical and electrical/instrumentation duties associated with the role.
• A minimum of 5 years of supervisory/management experience.
• Must have an effective working knowledge of MS Word and Excel, and ability to learn various PC-based production and maintenance reporting systems applications.
• Able to read mechanical, structural and electrical drawings.
• 4 + years’ experience utilizing Root Cause Analysis (RCA) or other similar problem-solving tools.
• Process optimization and plant support experience (i.e., process troubleshooting, root cause analysis, process optimization)
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in leading organizational change initiatives and fostering collaboration across departments.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Mechanical, Chemical or Electrical engineering
• Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP)
• Experience with Asset Strategy Development
• Skilled executive professional who has previous experience managing the daily activities of the engineering department while directing the maintenance department.
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in leading improvement efforts in reliability and predictive/preventive maintenance in a manufacturing or pulp/paper environment.
• 4 + years’ experience in leading improvement efforts in Maintenance Reliability, and Predictive and Preventive Maintenance.

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

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia‑Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day – to make everyday products even better.

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 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 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.