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Georgia-Pacific Toledo Containerboard Mill has an exciting opportunity for a Power and Utilities Area Operating Superintendent. The identified candidate will be responsible for leading the Power & Recovery Operations Team and applying Principle Based Management (PBM®) to create superior long-term value through safe, reliable, and cost-effective operations. This leader will develop a shared vision, build capability, encourage respectful challenge, and help the team use knowledge, economic thinking, and clear decision rights to improve performance. In addition, the candidate will provide leadership and direction to their team-facilitating technical knowledge, skill development, and ensuring the department is meeting objectives in EH&S, quality, reliability, production, and costs.
The Power and Utilities Area Operating Superintendent reports to the Power and Recovery Area Leader, leading a team of 6 salaried employees, another 50+ indirect employees, and is responsible for supporting the Mill's Vision and creating long-term value measured by improved equipment reliability using Operations Excellence. Long-term value is created through the application of Georgia-Pacific's Guiding Principles, and the PBM Five Dimensions: Vision, Virtue and Talents, Knowledge, Comparative Advantage, and Motivation.
Our Team
Georgia Pacific Toledo is one of four containerboard manufacturing sites within our Packing & Cellulose division. The team is currently comprised of 480+ dedicated employees. They are also a recycling leader in the Northwest United Sates. The Toledo Mill is located within a 10-minute drive to the Pacific Ocean (Newport, OR), 1 hour west of Corvallis, OR, and offers many local outdoor activities including fishing, hiking, mountain biking, kayaking, and boating.
What You Will Do
• Lead through the proactive and deliberate application of Principle Based Management (PBM®) to capture and realize long-term value via Operations Excellence
• Translate the Mill and department vision into clear priorities, measures, and expectations that help the team focus on the highest-value work
• Build a culture grounded in Our Values by modeling integrity, stewardship and compliance, humility, respect, and accountability in daily decisions
• Create an operation that is capable, stable, predictable, and continuously improving through disciplined execution and bottom-up challenge
• Provide leadership and direction to direct reports to ensure the Mill is meeting its objectives in EHS, quality, reliability, production, and costs
• Lead the development and implementation of asset strategies that drive continuous improvement and support all elements of reliability
• Use knowledge sharing, economic thinking, and good measures to identify gaps, evaluate tradeoffs, and make decisions that create real long-term value
• Clarify roles, responsibilities, expectations, and decision rights so team members can contribute according to their comparative advantages
• Facilitate knowledge and skills development of all team members, which include Asset Manager, Assistant Asset Managers, Supervisors, Planners and Hourly (union) Technicians
• Lead and mentor the team in planning and executing annual and routine outages, with accountability for long-term planning, risk reduction, and completion of annual work.
• Coach and develop contribution-motivated employees by helping them self-actualize, build capability, and increase their contribution to the business
• Work as a team member with operations to cost effectively plan, schedule, and execute work that creates real long-term value
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
• 5+ years of experience in pulp and paper operations or equivalent biomass/power generation experience
• Operations experience in a heavy industrial environment
• Proven experience delivering high levels of performance in a heavy industrial environment
• Proven ability to collaborate within and across teams to deliver positive results
• Experience applying leadership principles, coaching, or continuous improvement methods to build team capability and improve results
• Experience using data, measures, and economic thinking to identify gaps, prioritize work, and make value-creating decisions
• Experience with power generation equipment (boilers, turbines, recausticizing etc.)
What Will Put You Ahead
• Experience leading salary and hourly direct reports
• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Engineering
• Experience applying PBM, supervisor responsibilities and expectations, or similar principled leadership frameworks to develop people and improve business results
• Experience building clear roles, responsibilities, expectations, and decision rights within a manufacturing or operations team
• Experience with the kraft chemical recovery process and associated equipment
• Experience with asset reliability techniques to improve equipment reliability
• Experience with repairing/troubleshooting fixed equipment, rotating equipment, pressure vessels and steam distribution systems
• Experience with landfill operations or wastewater treatment processes
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 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 , aquí , or tu ).