Maintenance Manager - Brunswick

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific has a rewarding opportunity for a Maintenance Manager at our Brunswick Cellulose facility. As a member of the mill's senior management team, the Maintenance Manager will have the opportunity to spearhead a transformative integration effort as we lead a profound performance improvement journey. This challenging role will be responsible for leading the establishment of defined maintenance practices and integrating the primary maintenance function with our disciplined operations initiative, e.g. reliability teams and stores team. The leader in this space will drive the initiatives that will redefine operational excellence, setting the stage for sustainable growth and success. This is an opportunity to participate in creating a culture where professionalism of our crafts people thrives in challenging environments. The chosen leader must be motivated to lead change that will make a lasting impact. This role presents a remarkable platform to showcase your skills and expertise within Koch Industries, one of the largest private companies in the United States and a leading global manufacturer.

Our Team

The Brunswick Cellulose facility is one of the largest integrated fluff pulp mills in the country with a modern woodyard, fiberline, three paper machines, waste treatment plant, and utilities operations. The Brunswick Cellulose Mill is situated within Georgia's beautiful Golden Isles coastal region, within minutes of historic downtown Brunswick and about an hour from Jacksonville, Florida, to the south and Savannah, Georgia, to the north.

What You Will Do

• Lead organizational change while cooperating with and integrating reliability efforts to ensure the delivery of sustainable and improved operational results.
• Lead engagement and commitment from the maintenance, operations, and engineering teams to support the transformation process.
• Implement our comprehensive maintenance strategies aimed at minimizing downtime, improving equipment availability, and maximizing asset utilization.
• Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to track and measure the effectiveness and results of these initiatives.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute turnaround projects to optimize maintenance activities and improve plant performance.
• Monitor and report progress during turnaround, identifying areas for improvement and implementing corrective actions as needed.
• Work closely with maintenance and engineering teams to develop and implement preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Analyze historical data and collaborate with subject matter experts to identify critical failure modes and develop strategies to mitigate risks.
• Lead root cause analysis and reliability improvement initiatives for recurring equipment failures, ensuring long-term solutions are implemented.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance equipment reliability, optimize maintenance strategies, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Provide leadership for the area to embrace and advance disciplined operations as established by the mill's vision for sustainably creating a stable, capable, and predictable manufacturing process.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• A minimum of 10 years of supervisory/management experience within manufacturing.
• Experience managing and developing salaried leaders within manufacturing
• Experience in leading improvement efforts in reliability and predictive/preventive maintenance in a manufacturing or pulp/paper environment.
• A minimum of 5 years' experience in leading organizational change initiatives and fostering collaboration across departments.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in maintenance of facilities and engineering systems. A successful candidate should be able to efficiently manage mechanical and engineering duties associated with the role.
• Must have effective working knowledge of MS Word and Excel, and ability to learn various PC-based production and maintenance reporting systems applications.
• Able to read mechanical, structural and electrical drawings.
• 4 + years' experience utilizing Root Cause Analysis (RCA) or other similar problem-solving tools.
• Process optimization and plant support experience (i.e., process troubleshooting, root cause analysis, process optimization)

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Mechanical or Electrical engineering
• Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP)
• Experience with Asset Strategy Development
• Skilled executive professional who has previous experience managing the daily activities of the engineering department while directing the maintenance department.

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

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Who We Are

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).

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