Paper Mill Superintendent

Georgia Pacific; Brewton (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific in Brewton, AL is seeking a Paper Mill Superintendent to lead the day-to-day performance of two paper machines, partnering with the Paper Production Leader to drive safety, reliability, quality, and cost improvements. You will oversee six salaried reports and influence a broader team of more than 160 employees.

You will translate business priorities into clear operating expectations, coach employees, and lead outage planning, maintenance coordination, and process improvements

Qualifications

• Experience with paper machine operations including stock preparation, wet-end chemistry, forming, pressing, drying, calendaring, winding, and supporting utility systems.
• Experience supervising salaried and/or hourly manufacturing teams, including coaching, development, and performance management.
• Experience coordinating paper machine production with maintenance, reliability, engineering, and outage activities to improve equipment availability and return-to-service performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the safe, reliable, and profitable operation of two paper machines, translating business priorities into clear operating expectations.
• Identify constraints, improve machine efficiency, reduce waste, increase throughput, and strengthen profitability.
• Coach and develop salaried and hourly employees, set expectations, provide feedback, and reinforce accountability.
• Create an environment where hazards are identified and managed, and safety and environmental performance is improved.
• Partner with operations, maintenance, reliability, engineering, quality, and other mill leaders to improve equipment performance and operating discipline.
• Lead high-value continuous improvement work focused on safety, quality, production, reliability, and cost.
• Provide leadership for outage planning, routine maintenance coordination, and return-to-service execution.

Skills

Paper mill leadership

Operations optimization

Safety & environmental compliance

Coaching & development

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Paper Mill Superintendent (Paper Assistant Department Manager) to help lead the day-to-day performance of two paper machines at our Brewton, AL containerboard mill. This position is designed for a paper manufacturing leader who understands how paper machines operate, how to improve their efficiency and profitability, and how to coach employees to achieve stronger operating results. You will provide strategic and tactical leadership across safety, environmental compliance, reliability, production, quality, and cost. You will lead six salaried direct reports and help influence the broader paper team of more than 160 employees while partnering closely with the Paper Production Leader. This is a highly visible opportunity for a leader who wants to strengthen a complex operation and continue growing their career.

Our Team

The Brewton mill is in south-central Alabama, approximately one hour from Mobile, Alabama; Pensacola, Florida; and the Gulf Coast beaches. The approximately 450-person mill produces white top linerboard and solid bleached sulfate paperboard used in products such as corrugated containers, displays, and Dixie plates. Brewton offers the opportunity to contribute within a large, integrated pulp and paper operation with a strong focus on safety, operational excellence, and long-term value creation. Our culture is defined by the Principle-Based Management philosophy which guides everyday decision making and provides employees with opportunities to contribute and personally benefit from the value they create.

What You Will Do

• Lead the safe, reliable, and profitable operation of two paper machines, translating business priorities into clear operating expectations
• Use a strong understanding of paper machine operations to identify constraints, improve machine efficiency, reduce waste, increase throughput, and strengthen overall profitability
• Coach and develop salaried and hourly employees by setting expectations, providing timely feedback, building technical capability, and reinforcing accountability
• Create an environment where employees identify hazards, manage risk, and take ownership of safety and environmental performance
• Partner with operations, maintenance, reliability, engineering, quality, and other mill leaders to improve equipment performance and operating discipline
• Lead high-value continuous improvement work focused on safety, quality, production, reliability, and cost
• Provide leadership for outage planning, routine maintenance coordination, and effective return-to-service execution
• Analyze operating data and process performance to identify trends, solve problems, and prioritize the opportunities that create the greatest value
• Drive process and equipment changes that reduce variation, improve paper quality, and increase customer satisfaction
• Ensure significant quality non-conformance events are investigated, owned, and addressed with effective corrective actions
• Apply constructive challenge and sound decision-making to evaluate alternatives and reach the best long-term solution

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience with paper machine operations encompassing stock preparation, wet-end chemistry, forming, pressing, drying, calendaring, winding, and supporting utility systems
• Experience with paper machine performance optimization involving production rate, uptime, sheet breaks, product quality, fiber yield, chemical usage, energy consumption, waste, and operating cost
• Experience supervising salaried and/or hourly manufacturing teams, including employee coaching, development, and performance management
• Experience coordinating paper machine production with maintenance, reliability, engineering, and outage activities to improve equipment availability and return-to-service performance

What Will Put You Ahead

• Leadership experience in a labor union 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 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.

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.