Shift Supervisor

Georgia Pacific; Jonesboro (AR); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Georgia-Pacific's packaging manufacturing facility in Jonesboro, AR is seeking a Shift Supervisor for the Inline Department. You will hire, develop and lead hourly staff, drive a PBM culture, and build capability and performance across the shift.

The role emphasizes safety, quality, and team development, with responsibility for staffing, coaching and performance reviews. This is a night-shift position with opportunities to influence operations and plant culture.

Qualifications

• Supervisory experience in a manufacturing/industrial setting.
• Experience with safety and environmental policies and processes.
• Experience implementing and sustaining quality control systems.
• Experience facilitating one-on-one and group conversations.
• Able and willing to work a night shift schedule.

Responsibilities

• Hire, develop and retain contribution-motivated employees for the shift.
• Help team understand and embrace the vision, strategies and priorities.
• Motivate employees to maximize long-term success and potential.
• Coordinate safety risk assessments and implement risk-reduction solutions.
• Focus on human performance by educating and coaching on processes.
• Interface with process engineers, other leaders, and maintenance to address gaps.
• Lead performance reviews, career development and compensation discussions.
• Lead staffing and training plans for hourly team members with HR and your leader.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Safety policy experience

Quality control experience

Communication facilitation

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM/Leadership/Business

Job description

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific's packaging manufacturing facility in Jonesboro, AR is searching for a Shift Supervisor to support our Inline Department. This role is responsible for the hiring and development of the hourly operations employees and managing all aspects of their performance. This leader will assist in establishing a PBM culture and will be accountable for developing capability and performance across their assigned shift team.

Our Team

The Jonesboro Plant is part of the Anchor Packaging operations which were acquired by Georgia-Pacific in 2025. We are proud to manufacture innovative plastic packaging products. This leader will manage a team of approximately 40 employees on shift.

What You Will Do

• Hire, develop and retain contribution-motivated employees with a diversity of aptitudes so your team's culture more fully exemplies a Principle-Based Management organization.


• Help each employee better understand and embrace the team/business vision (and associated strategies and priorities) so they can make the greatest contribution to Georgia-Pacific.


• Motivate each employee to make the maximum contribution to the team's long-term success by realizing their potential.


• Coordinate safety risk assessments for operational and physical hazards with operators assisting them with developing and implementing solutions to reduce risks.


• Focus on human performance of product system through defining, educating, coaching and executing various disciplined operation processes/procedures.


• Interface with process engineers, other operations leaders, and maintenance team members to identify and address employee and operational performance gaps.


• Lead individual performance reviews, career development and compensation discussions with team members.


• Lead the staffing and training plans for hourly team members in partnership with human resources and your leader.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Supervisory experience within a manufacturing or industrial environment.


• Experience working with safety and environmental policies and processes.


• Experience with implementing and sustaining quality control systems.


• Experience facilitating 1 on 1 and group conversations.


• Able and willing to work a night shift schedule.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Five (5) or more years of experience leading a team of direct reports within a manufacturing environment.


• Bachelor's Degree in STEM, Leadership, or Business field.


• Experience in plastics manufacturing

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Hiring Philosophy

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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.

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Our Benefits

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. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

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 Opportunities

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