Manufacturing Shift Leader

Manufacturing Shift Leader – Georgia‑Pacific LLC

Georgia‑Pacific is seeking a qualified Shift Manager to lead our retail and Angel Soft tissue manufacturing team at the Pennington facility. Reporting to the Performance Leader, the Shift Manager will oversee a team of 15‑30 employees within the Tissue department. This role partners closely with the Department Operations Team to drive long‑term value and operational excellence for Georgia‑Pacific.

Our Team

The Naheola Mill is the largest employer in the community and actively supports community outreach, workforce development, and education. The area offers excellent outdoor activities, including world‑class hunting and access to the Tombigbee River for fishing, boating, and water skiing. Residents enjoy a mild climate, low cost of living, and proximity to the Gulf Coast’s beaches and resorts.

As part of Koch, Georgia‑Pacific is a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, and building products. We also operate a major recycling business. With over 30,000 employees in more than 150 locations, we’re committed to meeting customer needs with quality products and continuous innovation.

• Effectively lead, mentor, supervise, coach, and develop hourly associates within the assigned department utilizing the Principle‑Based Management Guiding Principles and Operational Excellence tools to improve capability and performance.
• Lead and foster an environment that develops principled business owners in an Ownership‑Based Work system (OBWS) who can identify learning/development solutions and optimize equipment.
• Lead development and implementation of Performance, Skills, and Qualifications capability.
• Address performance gaps for Master Techs and Technicians and measure performance across the work platform.
• Handle administrative functions to include payroll, time keeping, attendance, performance evaluations, and other required administrative human resource functions.
• Ensure that individual roles, responsibilities, and expectations (RR&E’s) are aligned with mill and organizational goals to assure maximizing real long‑term value for the company.
• Regularly execute Leader Standard Work to inspect what is expected of the team.
• Hold team and individuals accountable for operating strategies and results.
• Develop processes and systems that promote the transfer of knowledge to all team members.
• Collaborate with manufacturing engineers and other salaried leaders within the department to ensure master tech/technician performance gaps are identified and addressed.
• Serve as the incident command for conducting critical communications to all necessary resources when required.

• Two (2) or more years of demonstrated leadership within a manufacturing or military environment.
• Experience using Microsoft Office Software in the following manners:
  Excel (creating charts, formatting cells, etc.), Outlook (creating folders, sending email messages, scheduling appointments/meetings), Word (creating/editing documentation, formatting text, creating tables and process documentation), PowerPoint (presentation creation/editing/presenting).
• Experience being responsible for the performance of direct reports.

• Managing ownership‑based work systems to build on‑shift capabilities.
• Experience working within a tissue/towel manufacturing operation.
• Experience with safe work practices and Root Cause Analysis techniques.
• Experience working within a continuous process work environment.
• Experience working within a union manufacturing environment.

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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…