Your Job

Do you aspire to leverage and further develop your skills and lead a team to excellence in safety, efficiency, and quality? If so, this could be an opportunity for you! Georgia Pacific is seeking a Production Supervisor for our Blue Rapids, Kansas facility. Production Leaders lead a team to ensure a safe and injury/incident-free environment in our fast-paced plant. Production Team Leaders motivate, coach, and inspire by demonstrating, promoting, and applying Georgia-Pacific's Principle Based Management (PBM ® ) in daily actions and decisions to deliver maximum value to the business and our customers. If you are a driven leader who can operate with a principled entrepreneurial spirit, we would like to learn more about you!

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific's Building Products business is consistently among the nation's top suppliers of building products to large warehouse retailers and building materials dealers. To learn more about our Building Products division, visit www.buildgp.com. And, to learn more about our gypsum products, visit www.gpgypsum.com.

What You Will Do

• Lead and supervise the Calciner, Calciner Helper, Ultra Operator, and Densite® Operator teams to achieve safety, quality, and production objectives.
• Partner with Safety, Environmental, Maintenance, Operations, Quality, and Finance teams to optimize performance and drive continuous improvement.
• Champion change management initiatives that improve operational efficiency, employee engagement, and business results.
• Apply PBM® principles to foster an empowered, accountable, and high-performing team culture.
• Develop team members through coaching, mentoring, training, and performance management while promoting ownership and accountability.
• Drive a culture of safety, quality, and operational excellence through leadership, teamwork, and individual accountability.
• Oversee employee training, maintain training documentation, and ensure training trackers and qualification check sheets remain current.
• Address performance and operational challenges using critical thinking, collaboration, and sound economic decision-making to improve safety, efficiency, and reliability.
• Complete reports, documentation, and administrative responsibilities accurately and within established deadlines.
• Communicate effectively with plant employees, leadership, and corporate partners to ensure alignment and execution of business objectives.
• Plan, prioritize, and coordinate daily operations to meet production schedules and customer needs.
• Troubleshoot equipment, process, and operational issues by leveraging data, cross-functional collaboration, and root cause problem-solving techniques.
• Promote continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to eliminate waste, improve processes, and enhance team performance.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• A minimum of two (2) years leadership experience in an industrial, manufacturing, or military environment, or four (4) years of experience in the Gypsum industry or an associate degree or higher with one (1) year of experience in manufacturing/industrial environment.
• Shift schedule is subject to change during employment based on business needs.
• A minimum of one (1) year of experience using a computer for record-keeping, documentation, and reporting, including experience with Microsoft Word and Excel

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in technical or business discipline

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

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. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here , aquí , or tu ).