Paper Machine Assistant Optimizer

Job summary
Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Paper Machine Assistant Optimizer to join our team in Monticello, MS.This position will support the Paper Machine Optimizer assisting with strategic and tactical leadership to achieve key operation objectives.The successful candidate will focus on improving safety, quality, productivity and reducing costs through process/equipment optimization and operator knowledge/skill improvement.
Job seniority: mid-to-senior level
Responsibilities
• Driving a culture of safety, quality, and environmental excellence• Coach and develop employees• Respond to machine downtime and off-quality events focusing on root cause identification and minimizing losses• Building TCC's and coaching expectations• Assist with both outage and routine maintenance planning• Understanding, communicating, and aligning goals in quality, production, safety, and reliability• Driving process & equipment modifications that result in improved product quality• Ensuring major quality non-conformance events are identified, owned, investigated and effective corrective actions are implemented to mitigate / eliminate waste• Leading teams in the identification, evaluation, development and implementation of safety, quality and/or cost reduction initiatives and projects that add the highest value to the operation to drive continuous improvement• Providing leadership through the application of Koch's Principle Based Management philosophy to achieve superior results
Requirements
• Bachelor's degree and 2 years of paper industry experience OR 5 years of paper industry experience• Willingness to continuously learn leadership, management and paper making process• Experience using Microsoft Office programs such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
Key Skills Needed
• Paper machine operations experience
Benefits
• 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.