Production Superintendent - Converting

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific's Consumer Products Division is looking for a Product System Leader (Production Superintendent) at our Wauna Paper Mill in Clatskanie, OR. Reporting directly to the Operations Leader for Converting, you will lead a team of 5 salaried professionals. In this role, you will oversee production staff, coordinate resources, and drive continuous improvement efforts to achieve safety, quality, productivity, and cost-control objectives. Your strong leadership and communication skills will be essential in inspiring and guiding your team toward operational excellence.

Our Team

For over 50 years, the Wauna Paper Mill has been a major part of the economic lifeblood of the region. With more than 850 employees, Wauna strives to lead the tissue, towel and napkin business. Our team recently invested more than $150 million to grow our brands and continue to serve our loyal consumers with the great quality they have come to expect.

Learn more by visiting our consumer products homepage.

What You Will Do

• Provide strategic leadership to achieve key operational goals in safety, environmental compliance, reliability, production, and cost management.
• Lead, train, mentor, and develop salaried employees, fostering a culture of continuous growth and accountability.
• Develop and implement employee and organizational development plans aligned with Wauna Mill's strategic objectives.
• Champion a strong safety and environmental compliance culture that encourages risk identification and personal ownership.
• Oversee converting operations to ensure safety, quality, and reliability by applying reliability principles such as root cause failure analysis and preventive maintenance.
• Drive mill initiatives with a sense of urgency to meet plant value driver metrics and Asset Management Targets (AMT).
• Ensure organizational structure, succession planning, and role clarity are aligned to maximize company value and operational effectiveness.
• Implement asset management strategies and promote an ownership-based work system that empowers technicians to operate, maintain, and improve equipment and processes.
• Collaborate cross-functionally within the mill and across Koch to support operational goals and share best practices.
• Partner closely with internal and external customers and business leaders to align operational efforts with broader business objectives

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Leadership experience in a manufacturing environment with responsibility for salaried direct reports.
• Experience with lean manufacturing, six sigma, or continuous improvement methodologies.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Pulp and Paper Experience.
• Converting Experience.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, operations management, industrial technology or related field.

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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

As a Koch company and 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 300,000 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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