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Maintenance Supervisor

Georgia Pacific
life insurance, parental leave
United States, Oregon, Clatskanie
May 06, 2025

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is adding a new Maintenance Supervisor to support the utilities team our Wauna site in Clatskanie, Oregon. The Maintenance Supervisor will work with leaders from maintenance, operations, and engineering to develop both short-term and long-term maintenance strategies to ensure the safety, reliability and performance of the utilities area equipment. Depending on the day, they will lead a team of 6 - 25 operators. This role will report to the pulp and utilities Maintenance Superintendent.

Our Team

The Wauna mill, it's 800+ team members, and products are a critical part of GP's Consumer Products portfolio. The site manufactures high-profile Angel Soft, Sparkle and Vanity Fair brands. GP has invested heavily at Wauna in recent years to deliver competitive tissue and towel products, including a new tissue paper converting machine and palletizing robotics. The mill also features a recent $150M investment rebuilding a paper machine, to further the mill's competitive position. Located 1 hour North of Portland, the mill is nestled in outskirts of Astoria, OR and Clatskanie, OR. Oregon serves as a major attraction for outdoor lifestyles including hiking, mountains, or summer beach time.

What You Will Do

  • Guide and support employees in applying Principle Based Management in alignment with our Guiding Principles.
  • Steer the organization towards excellence in safety, environmental stewardship, health, and compliance by proactively identifying and addressing high-risk hazards through effective risk management.
  • Lead, mentor, and coach team members, ensuring accountability for the maintenance department's outcomes influenced by personnel performance and capability.
  • Develop and implement strategies for mechanical and/or electrical/instrumentation work processes, reliability enhancements, daily and outage work execution, precision maintenance, and planning.
  • Oversee the annual performance development process for departmental employees, ensuring individual roles, responsibilities, and expectations (RRE's) are aligned with overall mill and department objectives.
  • Provide continuous, meaningful coaching to employees.
  • Manage the environmental, health, and safety risks associated with site maintenance activities.
  • Develop the maintenance team's capabilities in alignment with the corporate culture of Principle Based Management and serve as a knowledgeable resource for mechanical systems within the mill.
  • Organize and develop weekly maintenance craft schedules based on planned work assignments.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
  • Experience directly supervising others within a manufacturing, industrial or military environment
  • Experience implementing precision maintenance techniques to improve equipment reliability

What Will Put You Ahead

  • Experience in Pulp & Paper, Chemical Manufacturing, Oil and Gas, Steel and Metal Manufacturing, or Refinery Industry
  • Experience with various utility systems, including but not limited to steam generation, electrical power systems, water treatment facilities, and compressed air systems, etc.
  • Experience with facilities maintenance and repairing/troubleshooting pumps, gearboxes, mechanical drive systems, and hydraulics systems
  • Experience using a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) (i.e. - SAP preferred)
  • Bachelor's Degree

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

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 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

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, aqui, or tu).

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