Production Manager - Pulp & Paper Mill

Production Manager — Paper Mill 

Location: Austell, GA
Relocation Assistance: May be considered 

Build What Matters. Lead What’s Next. 

Greif is seeking a Production Manager to lead manufacturing and shipping operations at our Sweetwater pulp & paper mill. This is a critical leadership role responsible for driving safe, reliable, and efficient mill performance while developing teams, improving processes, and supporting long-term operational excellence. This role is ideal for a hands-on manufacturing leader who understands paper mill or process manufacturing operations, knows how to lead both salaried and hourly teams, and can turn operational challenges into practical improvements. 

What You’ll Do 

As Production Manager, you will provide leadership and direction for the mill’s production and shipping teams, including the Superintendent, Process Engineer, Shift Supervisors, Shipping team, and shift production crews. You will play a key role in improving mill performance by partnering closely with Maintenance, Technical, Safety, and other cross-functional leaders to strengthen processes, reduce variability, improve runnability, and support a culture of safety and accountability. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Lead daily production and shipping operations to support safe, efficient, and reliable mill performance. 

• Provide leadership, technical guidance, and training to improve plant processes, procedures, operating efficiency, product performance, and manufacturing cost. 

• Partner closely with the Maintenance Manager and Technical Manager to address operational and equipment issues, training needs, and process standardization. 

• Manage machine runnability on a daily basis with support from direct reports and cross-functional teams. 

• Lead, coach, and develop salaried and hourly production teams. 

• Support and drive the mill safety program, helping create and sustain an incident-free workplace. 

• Facilitate continuous improvement by identifying, defining, prioritizing, and implementing projects and process improvements. 

• Evaluate recommendations, facilitate meetings, track project activity, and report progress. 

• Identify opportunities to improve procedures, tools, and workflows as operational needs evolve. 

• Prioritize planned outage needs and direct resources effectively during outage execution. 

• Perform required duties in accor