Area Maintenance Manager - Fiberline

Area Maintenance Manager - Fiberline

Oglethorpe, GA

Pay Rate: 

$121,300-$148,300

Multiple factors, including Individual experience, skills and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range.

Category/Shift:

Salaried Full-Time

About The Role:

The Area Maintenance Manager is responsible for achieving business results in their area, provides leadership to all facets of the production process, and helps build and support a high-performance work system. Champions the one-to-one process. The individual must support and exemplify the vision and organizational values of Global Cellulose Fiber, Flint River Mill. Qualified applicants will have the ability to work on concrete and periodically move equipment/tools weighing up to 50 lbs.

The key accountabilities listed below are not to be considered all-inclusive; a team member may be required to perform additional tasks, as directed, based on changing business needs of the company.

• Primary responsibility for leading the Fiberline Units, which includes Woodyard and Pulping units.
• Leads efforts in key focus areas including safety, production and cost efficiencies, reliability, team member engagement, and environmental, to achieve or exceed targeted performance.
• Lead the area to operational excellence through superior manufacturing techniques, application of ME tools and principles, total quality principles, and application of GCF’s Reliability Roadmap tools.
• Provides leadership and resources to support engagement and a high performance work team.
• Ensure development and implementation of manufacturing systems, including use of sustainability tools such as Trouble/Cause/Correction (TCC) and Centerlining.
• Help develop, demonstrate and support an organizational culture based upon values of empowerment, high involvement, and participative work force in a customer and quality focused organization.
• Lead a total quality management process, which will ensure the highest quality production and customer standards, which meet environmental requirements.
• Develops, maintains, and uses sustainable methods for all processes and improvements.
• Manage team members in the mill as necessary to minimize downtime and maintain quality and set clear expectations, holding team members accountable for meeting them.
• Maintains and develops team relationships.
• Participate in the development of the budget and capital plan processes for area.
• Lead area efforts in year-over-year cost improvement and support the development and implementation of associated projects.
• Ensure team member relations, efforts and processes are in place that maximize motivation and the desire to work at Flint River.
• Communicate and lead the application of facility policies and standards.
• Leads team members in goal setting and performance management consistent with company and mill direction.
• Coordinate daily operations between shift teams with a focus on process optimization.
• Help prioritize daily and scheduled shutdown maintenance.
• Work with suppliers to form good partnership relations.
• Coach safety in others and leads by example. 
• Champions safety efforts by modeling and maintaining an environment of safe work practices and proactive approach to safety management.
• Champions and fulfills area specific 5S Expectations (5 Minute 5S Checklists Replenishment of tools and supplies, 5S Audits, etc.)
• Understand and meets internal and external customer requirements.
• Develop, maintain, and use reliable methods for all processes and their improvements.
• Maintain and develop team relationships.
• Manage communication efforts to support all of the above.

Quality Expectations

• Ensure an understanding of quality policy and support efforts for a positive customer experience.
• Aid in the execution of mill-wide quality efforts as needed to help maintain mill quality standards.

About You: Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Minimum

• Previous team leader/supervisory, project management, etc. experience in the paper industry (two to five years). 

• Proven ability to develop others.
• Proven record of leading safe work practices.
• Experience in setting good manufacturing practices and developing administrative and operative systems, including area goals and budgets, using appropriate, reliable and sustainable methods.
• Ability to fully utilize and build partnerships with external resources including GCF Technology and suppliers.

Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree in Science or Engineering.
• Experience in working with Maintenance, Operations and Engineering in Optimization projects and work orders.
• Experience working in High Performance Work System.
• Leadership experience working in a quality focused environment.
• Knowledge of and leadership in paper mill safety practices.
• Greenbelt Certification
• Microsoft Project knowledge

About Global Cellulose Fibers (GCF):

Our GCF business helps customers transform renewable cellulose fibers into essential everyday products. Our safe, high-quality pulp forms the basis for a wide range of applications like towel and tissue products, diapers, feminine care, incontinence and other personal care products that promote health and wellness. In addition, our specialty pulp serves as a sustainable raw material used in construction materials, paints, coatings and more. GCF generated $2.8B in revenue in 2024 and has 3,300 employees globally, with nine manufacturing facilities and eight regional offices. Additional information can be found by visiting globalcellulosefibers.com.

Why GCF:

Global Cellulose Fibers promotes employee well-being by providing safe, caring and inclusive workplaces. We have team members all around the world with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. These are our strengths. We are committed to creating a culture where all individuals are respected, valued, engaged and have an opportunity to do their best work every day. We invite you to bring your uniqueness, creativity, talents, experiences, and safety mindset to be a part of our increasingly inclusive and diverse culture.

We’ve Got You Covered:

At Global Cellulose Fibers, our employees are our most important asset and that’s reflected in our benefits package that includes health, welfare and retirement plans. We are proud to offer a variety of benefits to support our employees and their families, including:

• Medical, Dental, Life insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• 401(k) and Company-funded retirement contributions
• Paid Time Off

Physical Location of Position:

Flint River Mill

2449 Stagecoach Rd

Oglethorpe, GA 31068

Global Cellulose Fibers is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.  Global Cellulose Fibers complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact [email protected] or (833) 753-3242.