Utilities Business Unit Leader

Georgia-Pacific LLC; Pennington (AL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific LLC's Naheola Mill in Pennington, Alabama is seeking a Utilities Business Unit Leader to guide a 60+ person organization and accelerate reliability, operational excellence, and team capability across Pulp, Power, and Recovery assets.

The role emphasizes strategic leadership, AMWP implementation, and disciplined operations to improve safety, yield, cost and capital projects while preparing for broader enterprise leadership opportunities within Koch.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a dynamic team in a heavy industrial manufacturing environment.
• Experience advancing team capabilities through both strategic leadership and tactical execution.
• Experience supporting operations within utilities, power generation, recovery, pulp, paper, chemical processing, or other heavy industrial manufacturing environments.
• Experience managing a financial plan including both operational and maintenance expenditures.

Responsibilities

• Lead and advance all eight elements of Operations Excellence (Compliance, Health & Safety, Reliability, Production, Yield, Cost, Quality, and Capital Projects) within the Utilities organization.
• Lead organizational change as the department continues advancing its implementation of Georgia-Pacific's Asset Maintenance Work Process (AMWP), utilizing a strong understanding of equipment criticality, planning and scheduling best practices, and economic decision making.
• Build the capability of your team to help them reach their full potential applying Principle Based Management & our Guiding Principles.
• Develop and execute strategies that close performance gaps and improve results across safety, reliability, production, cost, and people capabilities.
• Apply Georgia Pacific’s Disciplined Operations framework to connect all levels of the team to how they deliver results & to ensure we consistently do the right thing, for the right reasons and in the right way.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Operational excellence

Team development

Financial management

Industrial experience

Job description

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific's Naheola Mill in Pennington, Alabama is seeking a Utilities Business Unit Leader to lead a critical operation supporting our Pulp, Power, and Recovery assets. This role provides strategic and operational leadership for a team of 60+ employees, including 9 direct reports, and offers the opportunity to accelerate reliability, operational excellence, and team capability across one of Georgia-Pacific's largest integrated manufacturing facilities.

The successful candidate will play a key role in transforming the effectiveness of the Utilities organization by improving reliability, work processes, equipment performance, and team member capabilities. Success in this role can create opportunities for expanded leadership responsibilities across manufacturing operations, technical expertise, and enterprise leadership pathways. Strong contributions in this role will prepare you for increased responsibility across a variety of career paths within Georgia-Pacific and Koch.

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific’s Naheola Mill located in Pennington, Alabama, is a manufacturing site for the company’s well‑known consumer products business. More than 900 employees produce a wide range of products for the consumer business, including Angel Soft® bath tissue, Sparkle® paper towels, as well as bleached paperboard used in Dixie® paper cups and plates.

The mill is the largest employer in the community and is engaged in supporting community outreach, workforce development and education. The area is a sportsman’s paradise with world‑class hunting for deer, turkey and other small game and is bounded on the east by the Tombigbee River which provides such recreation as freshwater fishing, boating and water skiing. Residents of this area enjoy the mild climate, a low cost of living, and is an easy drive to the many resort communities and soft white‑sand beaches of the Gulf Coast.

What You Will Do

Lead and advance all eight elements of Operations Excellence (Compliance, Health & Safety, Reliability, Production, Yield, Cost, Quality, and Capital Projects) within the Utilities organization. The Utilities department at Naheola includes Recovery & Evaporators, Kiln & Recaust, Steam & Power, and Water & Effluent Treatment.

Lead organizational change as the department continues advancing its implementation of Georgia-Pacific's Asset Maintenance Work Process (AMWP), utilizing a strong understanding of equipment criticality, planning and scheduling best practices, and economic decision making.

Build the capability of your team to help them reach their full potential applying Principle Based Management & our Guiding Principles.

Develop and execute strategies that close performance gaps and improve results across safety, reliability, production, cost, and people capabilities.

Apply Georgia Pacific’s Disciplined Operations framework to connect all levels of the team to how they deliver results & to ensure we consistently do the right thing, for the right reasons and in the right way.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience leading a dynamic team in a heavy industrial manufacturing environment.
• Experience advancing team capabilities through both strategic leadership and tactical execution.
• Experience supporting operations within utilities, power generation, recovery, pulp, paper, chemical processing, or other heavy industrial manufacturing environments.
• Experience managing a financial plan including both operational and maintenance expenditures.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience developing operations teams utilizing Disciplined Operations principles.
• Experience implementing asset reliability or maintenance work process improvements.
• Experience leading and developing union‑represented employees within a manufacturing or heavy industrial environment.

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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

Georgia-Pacific LLC is 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.

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.

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. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).