Unit Coach - Utilities

Overview

Georgia-Pacific’s Container board mill in Brewton, AL is seeking qualified individuals for the Utilities Unit Coach role reporting to the department Performance Development Leader. The Unit Coach is responsible for performance management, development, and coaching of operators within an ownership-based work system environment to enable individual and team success. The culture follows Principle Based Management™ philosophy guiding decision making and enabling employees to contribute and benefit from the value they create.

• Lead, mentor and develop hourly employees utilizing Principle Based Management™ framework and Deliberate Operations tools to improve capability and performance
• Motivate each employee to create the greatest value by conducting meaningful performance evaluations annually and providing ongoing performance feedback discussions with all hourly employees
• Interface with hourly leadership and the Performance Development Leader to identify capability gaps and implement gap closure plans
• Support the ownership-based work system vision by ensuring employees are on the right team, in the right role, and assigned responsibilities based on their comparative advantage
• Encourage principled entrepreneurship by working through the RRE (roles, responsibilities, and expectations) process, and holding individuals and teams accountable for operating strategies and results
• Recruit, interview and onboard individuals who align with our culture and enhance the ownership-based work system
• Maintain working process knowledge to ensure coaching conversations on problem solving and troubleshooting (root cause analysis techniques) are successful
• Support skills qualification and knowledge evaluation processes for operators to assist in talent gap closure plans and ensure timely skills advancement and learning
• Develop, format and review SOPs, EOPs and training materials and curricula to ensure accuracy, currency, and usefulness to operators
• Assist in managing competing priorities in a flow-to-work environment and provide on-shift coaching and feedback to control room operators, field personnel, support personnel, and utility positions
• Manage daily time and attendance and resolve time, attendance, quality, safety, and other performance issues in a timely manner with support from Human Resources, PDL, and/or Area Leader as appropriate
• Utilize effective communication, interpersonal, planning, and organizational skills to acquire, share, and apply knowledge to improve decisions and results
• Available for on-call needs – after hours, weekends and holidays as necessary

• High School Diploma or GED
• Experience coaching team members on performance to improve individual behaviors and team cohesion and value for the department
• Supervisory or leadership experience in a heavy industrial, manufacturing or military environment
• Experience using Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook)

• Associate degree or higher in Engineering or Business field of study
• Experience building Roles, Responsibilities, and Expectations (RREs) and completing performance reviews
• Experience using business acumen regarding labor costs, labor strategies, staffing, and training in a union environment
• Experience coordinating resources to work within work processes and audit programs, understanding the building blocks of those processes and where individuals with certain capabilities will fit
• Experience developing, facilitating, and managing training materials and programs in a manufacturing environment
• Experience with problem-solving and understanding of root cause analysis techniques, specifically regarding coaching individuals

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.

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