Pulp Mill Process & Reliability Lead

Georgia Pacific; Toledo (OR); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific's Toledo, OR site is seeking a Pulp Mill Technical Assistant to drive safe, reliable, and cost‑effective operation with a PBM mindset focused on long‑term value creation. You will lead process improvements, support maintenance planning, and develop crews across operations, maintenance, and engineering.

The role requires coordinating with operators, crew leaders, and leadership to improve safety, production, quality, and performance while reinforcing clear roles and decision

Qualifications

• Two or more years of supervisory experience in manufacturing or heavy industry.
• Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Kronos experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Promote safe operations, environmental compliance, and stewardship by holding self and others accountable to Our Values, operating discipline, and risk-based decision making.
• Identify and implement process, reliability, and cost improvement opportunities that create superior value for the mill, employees, customers, and community.
• Use knowledge, data, and field engagement to diagnose gaps, understand root causes, compare alternatives, and recommend actions that improve long-term results.
• Support maintenance planning, outage execution, and asset reliability efforts by aligning priorities to value at stake, risk reduction, and sustainable equipment performance.
• Develop and maintain operating procedures, troubleshooting guides, and training materials that help crews apply principles, build capability, and make better decisions.
• Coach and train operators to improve knowledge, judgment, ownership, and contribution, helping employees self-actualize and strengthen comparative advantage.
• Lead or support continuous improvement and capital projects with a principled entrepreneurship mindset: challenge current practices, seek better methods, and learn from results.
• Support disciplined operations and standard work across all crews while encouraging respectful challenge, bottom-up knowledge sharing, and continual improvement when better approaches are identified.
• Communicate clearly with operations, maintenance, engineering, and leadership to create shared understanding, remove barriers, and drive mutual benefit across work groups.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Education

Associate's Degree or higher in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management, or related field

Tools

Kronos

Job description

Georgia-Pacific's Toledo, OR site is seeking a Pulp Mill Technical Assistant to drive safe, reliable, and cost‑effective operation with a PBM mindset focused on long‑term value creation. You will lead process improvements, support maintenance planning, and develop crews across operations, maintenance, and engineering.

The role requires coordinating with operators, crew leaders, and leadership to improve safety, production, quality, and performance while reinforcing clear roles and decision