Maintenance Leader

Your Job Georgia-Pacific Dixie Consumer Products Operations is seeking a Maintenance Leader to join the Ft. Smith Dixie Production Facility.

This key leadership role provides strategic leadership and coaching to employees through a shared vision for the operation, driving continuous improvement in process reliability, product quality, and operating cost.

The Maintenance Leader will provide leadership and direction to the maintenance department to ensure that the mill is meeting objectives in safety, quality, cost, and customer service.

This individual will lead and support preventative maintenance programs, and provide technical support for troubleshooting, to minimize downtime and maximize process efficiencies.

Our Team This role reports to the Plant Director and leads a maintenance team of roughly 30 salaried and hourly employees in support of a continuous manufacturing operation.

The Fort Smith facility uses state of the art technology to manufacture Dixie® plates. What You Will Do

• Developing key business relationships and being a strategic part of the facility leadership team
• Partnering closely with Operations Manager to advance facility priorities and achieve results
• Having accountability for employee and organizational development plans and people management strategies.
• Exhibiting strong leadership skills to motivate and develop a team of salaried and hourly employees to continuously improve performance of the business
• Demonstrate functional leadership skills to engage a workforce with a diverse background of knowledge & experience
• Demonstrating strong functional knowledge of maintaining equipment used in the manufacturing process
• Ensuring the facility's electrical and mechanical systems are operating reliably, efficiently, and compliant with all safety guidelines and government regulations Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
• Experience supervising and developing people leaders within an industrial, manufacturing, or other production environment
• Experience with maintenance planning processes and software
• Experience developing asset strategy plans for rotating equipment What Will Put You Ahead
• Previous experience working within a printing or paper converting operation
• Bachelor's degree or higher in an Engineering discipline 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.

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