Production Manager Job at Georgia Pacific in Alcolu

Production Manager - Clarendon OSB

Your Job

We are seeking a Production Manager over our Blending, Forming, Pressing, and Finishing area to join our team at Georgia-Pacific's oriented-strand board (OSB) manufacturing facility mill in Alcolu, SC. The Alcolu facility is critically important to GP's Building Products business, and the Production Manager role supports the leadership team and Plant Manager in guiding operations and reliability measures to ensure operational excellence and preferred partner status. The role works to develop and own key measures of success and drives accountability within the site. This role also manages and supervises the Team Leads and develops a cadence of consistency to support the team, filling in for the Plant Manager as needed.

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific Alcolu is one of the newest facilities using some of the most advanced technology to create the specialty brand of Blue-Ribbon Oriented Strand Board (OSB). This type of OSB is used for floor, wall, and roof sheathing in residential and light commercial construction applications. To learn more about Georgia-Pacific's OSB Division please visit: www.buildgp.com/plywood-osb.

What You Will Do In Your Role

1. Lead a wood products production team to work injury-free/incident-free in a continuous manufacturing environment - consistent with our Principle Based Management philosophy and framework.
2. Supervise/coordinate production efforts that result in long term improvement in work processes - including, but not limited to: Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) compliance, variability reduction, reliability, quality, production, and costs.
3. Facilitate team development and communication, employee skill development, problem-solving and resolution, and build employee commitment and ownership.
4. Establish roles, responsibilities, and expectations for direct reports with appropriate coaching, feedback, and development, to achieve results.
5. Drive cultural change in which employees take ownership for running the facility.
6. Support a variety of shift schedules such as day/night/weekends/holidays, with the understanding that shift schedules can change during employment.
7. Work in a variety of environments such as, but not limited to: confined spaces, high spaces, hot/cold/humid/noisy.
8. Wear the necessary Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) - hard hat, safety glasses, face shield, chemical suit, respirator, ear plugs, hearing protection, steel-toe boots/shoes, and other PPE required for specific jobs. Also must be able to work without wearing jewelry.

The Experience You Will Bring

1. Supervisory experience in an industrial, manufacturing, or military environment that includes a strong understanding of not only production, but also day-to-day operations including, but not limited to the following: HR, EHS, Quality.
2. Must have a solid working knowledge of MS Word (creating, editing, formatting documents, preparing reports and tables) and Excel (creating, modifying spreadsheets, using functions, filters, and graphs to analyze data).
3. Demonstrated experience coaching, counseling, and developing employees.

What Will Put You Ahead

1. OSB or Wood Products knowledge and experience.
2. Knowledge of advanced reliability skills - thermography, vibration analysis, lubrication.

Hiring Philosophy

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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. #J-18808-Ljbffr