Manufacturing Shift Leader

Georgia Pacific; Pennington (AL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Health savings account

Life insurance

AD&D

Disability insurance

Retirement plan

Paid vacation/time off

Educational assistance

Infertility assistance

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Shift Leader for our Pennington tissue manufacturing team. The role oversees 15–30 hourly employees and partners with the Department Operations Team to drive operating excellence and long-term value.

Reporting to the Performance Leader, you will mentor staff, manage performance, and align roles with mill goals to maximize value for the company. This position offers opportunities to lead in a large manufacturing environment while supporting community engagement.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership in a manufacturing or military environment.
• Experience using business systems to track information and communicate operations.
• Experience managing the performance of direct reports.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop hourly associates within the Tissue department using Principle-Based Management and Operational Excellence tools.
• Foster an Ownership-Based Work System (OBWS) mindset to identify learning solutions and optimize equipment.
• Develop and implement capability for Performance, Skills, and Qualifications.
• Address performance gaps for Master Techs and Technicians and measure outcomes.
• Coordinate payroll, timekeeping, attendance, evaluations, and other HR tasks.

Skills

Leadership experience

Data/reporting

People supervision

Job description

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a qualified Shift Leader to lead our retail and Angel Soft tissue manufacturing team at the Pennington facility. Reporting to the Performance Leader, the Shift Leader will oversee a team of 15-30 employees within the Tissue department. This role partners closely with the Department Operations Team to drive long-term value and operational excellence for Georgia-Pacific.

Our Team

The Naheola Mill is the largest employer in the community and actively supports community outreach, workforce development, and education. The area offers excellent outdoor activities, including world-class hunting and access to the Tombigbee River for fishing, boating, and water skiing. Residents enjoy a mild climate, low cost of living, and proximity to the Gulf Coast's beaches and resorts.

What You Will Do

• Effectively lead, mentor, supervise, coach, and develop hourly associates within the assigned department utilizing the Principle-Based Management Guiding Principles and Operational Excellence tools to improve capability and performance.
• Lead and foster an environment that develops principled business owners in an Ownership-Based Work system (OBWS) who can identify learning/development solutions and optimize equipment.
• Lead development and implementation of Performance, Skills, and Qualifications capability.
• Address performance gaps for Master Techs and Technicians and measure performance across the work platform.
• Handle administrative functions to include payroll, time keeping, attendance, performance evaluations, and other required administrative human resource functions.
• Ensure that individual roles, responsibilities, and expectations (RR&E's) are aligned with mill and organizational goals to assure maximizing real long-term value for the company.
• Regularly execute Leader Standard Work to inspect what is expected of the team.
• Hold team and individuals accountable for operating strategies and results.
• Develop processes and systems that promote the transfer of knowledge to all team members.
• Collaborate with manufacturing engineers and other salaried leaders within the department to ensure master tech/technician performance gaps are identified and addressed.
• Serve as the incident command for conducting critical communications to all necessary resources when required.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Demonstrated leadership experience within a manufacturing or military environment
• Experience using computer software and business systems to track information, generate reports, and communicate operational data.
• Experience being responsible for the performance of direct reports

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience managing ownership-based work systems to build on-shift capabilities
• Experience working within a tissue or towel manufacturing operation
• Experience with safe work practices and Root Cause Analysis techniques
• Experience working within a continuous process manufacturing environment

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 Benefits

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.

Equal Opportunities

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.