Operations Shift Leader

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific Dixie Consumer Products Operation is seeking qualified professionals to be considered for a Shift Leader role supporting the Consumer Products Operation located in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The Fort Smith facility uses state of the art technology to manufacture Dixie plates in a progressive production environment. Dixie is a brand of choice and is widely used in homes and businesses across the country.

Our Team

This position will have primary responsibility for ensuring safe, efficient, and optimized shift operations and will directly supervise group leaders and shift employees. This is a key leadership role, responsible for the team performance and development of individual team members to safely deliver on key department metrics.

What You Will Do

• Lead team members towards excellence in Environmental, Health, and Safety compliance, including Safe Quality Food Standards, by identifying and resolving hazards with critical and high risks
• Responsible for product system metrics impacted by the performance and capability of the employees
• Collaborate with performance leaders, asset leaders, and other support capabilities and other resources to build capabilities of Technicians
• Ensure that all team members have individual development plans and RRE's (Role, Responsibilities and Expectations) that are aligned with the plant and PFP machine goals
• Utilize the PSQ process consistent with the plant standards
• Accountable for the labor cost, overtime, and staffing for their team
• Identify and use measures (leading and lagging) that indicate how well the operating technicians are performing.
• Documenting processes, instructions, recommendations, and key metrics.
• Support of the mill safety program, both through personal conduct and performance of safety audits

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience demonstrating leadership or in leadership positions within a manufacturing, industrial, or military environment
• Experience using Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, Word and PowerPoint)

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's Degree in Business or Engineering
• SAP experience
• At least one (1) year of supervisory experience with direct reports in a manufacturing, industrial, or military environment
• Experience working in a union 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

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.

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