Georgia-Pacific creates long-term value by using resources efficiently to provide innovative products and solutions that meet the needs of customers and society, while operating in a manner that is environmentally and socially responsible, and economically sound. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia-Pacific is one of the world''s leading manufacturers and marketers of building products, tissue, packaging, paper, cellulose and related chemicals. The company employs more than 30,000 people at approximately 300 locations in North and South America.

Georgia-Pacific is currently hiring for a 3rd Shift Converting Supervisor at the Bradford, PA corrugated packaging facility. The ideal candidate will be self-driven individuals with a passion for excellence in Safety, Manufacturing, and Customer Focus.

Primary responsibilities:
Include providing leadership on the operating floor and striving for compliance in safety, health, environmental, and quality. Also responsible for coaching, training, and developing operations personnel in safety, quality, production, problem solving, and technical and interpersonal communication skills; addressing key issues and concerns; and interacting with employees from other departments to ensure quality, on-time production.

Ensure all employees are working in a safe manner.
Exemplify and drive MBM culture.
Ensure minimum quality expectations are followed and met on a daily
basis.
Ensure best practices are being followed for minimization of waste at
machine centers.
Track continuous improvement opportunities where performance issues
are apparent and provide leadership/action plans for gap closure.
Strictly adhere to plant safety, housekeeping, and 6S efforts.
Identify repairs needed at machine centers and create work requests for
completion; follow up as required.
Plan, assign and direct work for all hourly production employees; appraise
performance and provide feedback as needed; assist in resolving
complaints; hold employees accountable as needed; communicate issues
and results on a daily basis.
Must possess problem solving/root cause analysis skills; leadership and interpersonal skills; ability to motivate teams to exceed expectation; communication, planning and organization skills; sense of urgency and accountability; customer focus; ability to work effectively in cross-functional team environment.

Basic Qualifications:

High School diploma or equivalent.
5 or more years of experience working in a manufacturing/production environment.
2 or more years of experience supervising 15 or more employees within a manufacturing/production environment.
Availability to work shift work, holidays and overtime as needed.
Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook).

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelors degree in manufacturing, business, engineering, or related field.
Experience working in corrugated packaging or containerboard industry.
Experience working with KIWI application.
Experience working within a Union Environment

We are an equal opportunity employer. M/F/D/V
Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test.