Shift Supervisor

Georgia-Pacific LLC; Rincon (GA); On-site; USD 37,195 - 41,328; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Educational assistance

Infertility support

Paid time off

Mental health coverage

Discounts for GP employees

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific Savannah River Mill in Rincon, GA seeks a Logistics Shift Supervisor to lead and mentor crews in the Logistics area. This role directs teams on 12-hour rotating shifts, including nights, weekends, holidays, and overtime, while upholding PBM guiding principles and a strong safety culture.

The position focuses on achieving operational excellence, cost control, and labor planning with accountability for the team and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Requires high school diploma or GED.
• Experience using MS Office (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint).
• 2+ years of supervisory experience in manufacturing or 3+ years in manufacturing industry.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor team members to apply PBM principles and culture.
• Mentor, coach, and hold direct reports accountable.
• Responsible for product system metrics impacted by people performance.
• Align asset strategies with department goals and ensure capability to execute.
• Collaborate with performance, manufacturing engineers, and training leaders to build technician capabilities.
• Ensure development plans align with mill and paper machine goals.
• Accountable for labor cost, overtime, and staffing for the team.
• Identify measures signaling technician performance; manage risk and hazards with the team.
• Foster safe and compliant operations following PBM guiding principles.

Skills

Team leadership

Coaching & mentoring

Performance tracking

Education

High school diploma or GED

Associate’s degree or technical certification

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Job Overview

Savannah River Mill is looking for a Logistics Shift Supervisor. The Logistics Shift Supervisor role is a key leadership position that provides direction to crews operating the Logistics area. Through leadership, clear expectations are set and crews and individual team members are held accountable for results in operational areas including Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS), Compliance, Reliability, Quality, Production and Cost. The successful candidate will advance our culture by ensuring the team is capable, aligned, and behaves consistently with our PBM Guiding Principles. The position pays $27.00 hourly and works 12‑hour rotating shifts, including nights, weekends, holidays, and overtime.

Location & Facility

Our Savannah River Mill in Rincon, GA began operations in October 1986 and is considered a world‑class operation. Five of the world’s 12 largest tissue paper machines reside at the facility, and over 35 converting lines produce tissue, towel, and napkin products primarily from recycled fiber.

Benefits Overview

• Educational assistance
• Infertility support and adoption/Surrogacy assistance
• Paid time off with double‑time and holiday pay
• Mental health coverage and support for you and your family
• Discount eligibility at a variety of retailers and services, and travel opportunities, as a Koch GP Employee

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor team members to apply PBM in ways that are consistent with our Guiding Principles and culture.
• Mentor, coach, and hold direct reports accountable.
• Responsible for product system metrics impacted by the performance and capability of the people.
• Align asset strategies in the product system/department and ensure that everyone has the capability to execute the asset strategy.
• Collaborate with performance and capability leaders, manufacturing engineers, training and development leaders, and other resources to build capabilities of technicians/operators/allocators.
• Ensure all team members have individual development plans aligned with the mill and paper machine goals.
• Accountable for labor cost, overtime, and staffing for the team.
• Identify and use measures (leading and lagging) that indicate how well the operating technicians are performing.
• Work with team members to understand critical risks and hazards, controls, and validations.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Experience using Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint).
• Two years or more of supervisory experience (with direct reports) in a manufacturing or industrial environment OR three years or more of experience working in a manufacturing or industrial environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Leadership experience within the paper and pulp industry.
• Experience overseeing 10+ employees in a manufacturing environment.
• Associate’s degree or technical certification.

Equal Opportunity

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.