Your Job
The Engineering and Maintenance Manager is responsible for planning, directing, and guiding the business goals, plans, and processes for the engineering and maintenance departments. Within a mill of approximately 415 employees, the Engineering/Maintenance Manager is responsible for 7 salaried reports, and approximately 16 maintenance employees, where they will apply their knowledge to develop and carry out objectives, solve problems, and be able to respond to short-term as well as long term mill goals. Our mill manufactures Dixie brand cups and lids paper products.
Our Team
The Lexington Plant is part of the Dixie brand cups and lids paper products manufacturing operation. We are proud to safely manufacture quality products that have a competitive advantage and solid growth within the marketplace. We create a work environment that attracts, engages, and retains the best people. Our technology is state of the art, and we will bring the best team together to deliver for our customers, Georgia-Pacific, and the Lexington community.
What You Will Do In Your Role
The successful candidate will provide leadership and direction to the maintenance department to ensure that the mill maintenance is meeting the objectives in safety, quality, cost and customer service. The candidate will lead and support preventative maintenance programs, and provide technical support for troubleshooting, to minimize downtime and maximize process efficiencies.
- Safety Leadership -Accountable for the safety performance of the maintenance area while promoting personal accountability for working safely and addressing safety concerns in all areas of the mill.
- Capital Projects - provide coaching and mentoring to project engineers on planning, commissioning, execution and close-out best practices.
- Asset Maintenance - Develop and implement maintenance and improvement strategies while managing within the allotted goals and budgets.
- Help employees understand who their customers are and how their work directly impacts spending and mill profits/loses.
- Business Leadership - Ensure use of the Reliability Mental M Odel
- Demonstrate results by working effectively with other mill leaders and resources to improve year over year results.
- Meets regularly with direct reports, and other maintenance team members to increase knowledge and improve skills. This includes oversite of intern and early engineering career development programs.
- Business Culture - Embrace the direction of the of the company's way of doing business and help continue to change the culture through tools, and processes available. (Principle Based Management)
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering
- 3 or more years of maintenance or engineering experience within an industrial management, manufacturing, or production environment
- 3 or more years of supervisory experience with responsibility for leading and developing direct reports
- Experience using the following Microsoft Office Software: Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Project
What Will Put You Ahead
- Previous experience working within a pulp & paper operation
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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. Please click here for additional information.
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