Gypsum Shipping Lead: Safety & Efficiency Champion

Flint Hills Resources; Sweetwater (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Shipping Supervisor for our gypsum production and reload facility in Sweetwater, Texas. This role will work the day shift and will supervise the shipping department in line with the company’s management philosophy.

The position requires directing the team, maintaining safety standards, and coordinating with operations, sales, and carriers to optimize inventory and workflow. Prior leadership in manufacturing and strong office suite skills are preferred.

Qualifications

• Two to three years of leadership experience in Manufacturing or Military
• Experience using Microsoft Office programs (Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Word)
• Availability to work on-call, overtime, and weekend hours as required

Responsibilities

• Develop direct reports through effective communication and performance evaluations.
• Motivate and encourage team to positively contribute in their roles to capture long-term value for facility.
• Ensure the team operates effectively and efficiently compared to benchmarks and milestones.
• Drive safety excellence through reporting of safety observations/incidents, personnel involvement, accountability, proactively identifying hazards, and implementing appropriate mitigating strategies.
• Communicate with Shipping Manager, Operations, Sales, carriers, and contractors regarding inventory system and adjustments.
• Support implementation of new systems into the workflow, involving Safety, Quality, and Operations to align strategies.
• Streamline shift inventory counts, production, preloads, warehouse.
• Improve efficiency of reliability, being the POC with maintenance to resolve any maintenance and forklift issues and communicating with other departments to ensure smooth workflow.
• Assist with monthly inventory audit.
• Own the rework process for board and ensure timely disposition and removal as needed.
• Monitor and enforce compliance with shipping best practices and SOPs.
• Lead efforts and coordinate with production on condensing/opening bays.
• Maintain a clean and organized shipping area and ensure all shipping equipment is properly maintained and in good working order.
• Track and report on shipping metrics and performance, following up on development of strategies to improve shipping efficiency and reduce costs.
• Partner with preload service/contractors to uphold safety and efficiency standards.
• Monitor shipping supplies inventory, order supplies, and manage vendor relationships to prevent shortages while controlling costs.

Skills

Leadership

Office skills

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Shipping Supervisor for our gypsum production and reload facility in Sweetwater, Texas. This role will work the day shift and will supervise the shipping department in line with the company’s management philosophy.

The position requires directing the team, maintaining safety standards, and coordinating with operations, sales, and carriers to optimize inventory and workflow. Prior leadership in manufacturing and strong office suite skills are preferred.