Shift Lead

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific's Consumer Products Division is looking for candidates to fill Shift Mill Leader (Shift Lead) positions at the Wauna Mill in Clatskanie, OR. In this role, you will collaborate with operations, maintenance, and Mill Leadership to oversee mill operations, logistics, and maintenance. You will lead a team of 4 Shift Area Leads who work closely with hourly operations. The position follows a rotating schedule of 4 days on, 4 days off, covering both day and night shifts.

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

• Serve as the primary point of contact on shift, coordinating with Mill Leadership Teams and Shift Area Leads to ensure seamless operations, utilizing data analysis to drive informed decision-making.
• Direct work activities to optimize machine setup, speed, and uptime, leveraging data insights to meet challenging operational targets efficiently.
• Act as a lead blocker for safety issues and operational distractions, allowing Performance Leaders, Manufacturing Engineers, Product System Leaders, etc to focus on developing and retaining talent, employee experience, and advanced asset support, informed by data-driven strategies.
• Use data to make critical operational decisions that enhance efficiency and maintain continuous 24/7 operations, swiftly addressing and resolving immediate issues.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure smooth transitions and continuity with both salaried and hourly staff, using data to facilitate effective handoffs and communication.
• Integrate as a salaried leader, using data to provide clear direction and maintain business continuity while fostering a culture of Principle Based Management leadership.
• Address logistical challenges like urgent part procurement, using data to prevent disruptions and enable Performance Leaders and Manufacturing Engineers to concentrate on strategic planning.
• Lead the Shift Area Leaders in promptly addressing safety or environmental concerns, acting as an "incident commander" during critical breakdowns, supported by data for effective resolution.
• Develop Shift Area Leads in supervising, training, and developing hourly operators, using elements of the performance development cycle to identify and address training needs and opportunities.
• Monitor compliance and use data to identify and rectify gaps in safety systems, building strong relationships and communication channels with employees and reports.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Supervisory experience in an industrial, manufacturing, or military environment.
• Experience in cross-team collaboration in an industrial, manufacturing, or military environment.
• Experience interpreting data for process improvement.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's Degree or higher.
• Experience with Manufacturing within a fully integrated mill including converting, paper machines, and pulping/utilities.
• Experience in CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) or similar maintenance management systems.

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, aqui, or tu).

#LI-AA