Manufacturing Shift Leader

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a qualified Shift Leader to lead our retail and Angel Soft tissue manufacturing team at the Pennington facility. Reporting to the Performance Leader, the Shift Leader will oversee a team of 15-30 employees within the Tissue department. This role partners closely with the Department Operations Team to drive long-term value and operational excellence for Georgia-Pacific.

Our Team

The Naheola Mill is the largest employer in the community and actively supports community outreach, workforce development, and education. The area offers excellent outdoor activities, including world-class hunting and access to the Tombigbee River for fishing, boating, and water skiing. Residents enjoy a mild climate, low cost of living, and proximity to the Gulf Coast's beaches and resorts.  

What You Will Do

• Effectively lead, mentor, supervise, coach, and develop hourly associates within the assigned department utilizing the Principle-Based Management Guiding Principles and Operational Excellence tools to improve capability and performance. 
• Lead and foster an environment that develops principled business owners in an Ownership-Based Work system (OBWS) who can identify learning/development solutions and optimize equipment. 
• Lead development and implementation of Performance, Skills, and Qualifications capability.
• Address performance gaps for Master Techs and Technicians and measure performance across the work platform. 
• Handle administrative functions to include payroll, time keeping, attendance, performance evaluations, and other required administrative human resource functions.
• Ensure that individual roles, responsibilities, and expectations (RR&E’s) are aligned with mill and organizational goals to assure maximizing real long-term value for the company.
• Regularly execute Leader Standard Work to inspect what is expected of the team.
• Hold team and individuals accountable for operating strategies and results. 
• Develop processes and systems that promote the transfer of knowledge to all team members. 
• Collaborate with manufacturing engineers and other salaried leaders within the department to ensure master tech/technician performance gaps are identified and addressed.
• Serve as the incident command for conducting critical communications to all necessary resources when required.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Demonstrated leadership experience within a manufacturing or military environment
• Experience using computer software and business systems to track information, generate reports, and communicate operational data.
• Experience being responsible for the performance of direct rep