Production Supervisor - Gypsum
Fort Dodge, IA 
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Posted 22 days ago
Job Description

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 the opportunity for you! Georgia Pacific is seeking a Production Supervisor for our Fort Dodge, IA facility. Production Supervisor leads 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! 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.


Our Team

At Georgia-Pacific, we don't believe that a job is just simply a job. We see each role as a career and a way to advance your skills to not only better your life but the community as well.


What You Will Do

  • Assist with assigning and directing work, addressing complaints, and resolving issues.
  • Collaborating with Safety, Environmental, Maintenance, Operations, Controller, and Quality Leaders to elevate a team to its full potential.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve production issues.
  • Complete all paperwork and analysis in a timely and efficient manner.
  • Be responsible for assisting in the training and development of new hires.
  • Contribute to the Fort Dodge Plant exceeding site goals including EHS, productivity, quality, and cost.
  • Use strong oral and written communication skills.
  • Use strong interpersonal, motivational, and leadership skills.
  • Implement good organizing and planning skills.
  • Analytical and critical thinking.
  • Proven problem-solving skills.
  • Proven team-building skills and the ability to work within a diverse team.
  • Results-focused, and a sense of urgency.
  • Embracing and managing change to drive innovation and process improvements.
  • Applying PBM to foster a culture where employees are empowered.
  • Facilitating team and employee development, problem-solving and resolution, building employee commitment and ownership, and holding employees accountable.
  • Taking accountability for safety, quality, and efficiency through leadership, individual ownership and accountability, teamwork, and delegation.
  • Coaching, motivating, and mentoring the team to drive safe and efficient behaviors leading to positive outcomes.
  • Take ownership of training, and document training trackers and check sheets.
  • Taking corrective action measures as needed using critical & economic thinking, challenge processes, and team collaboration to resolve issues and drive innovation, efficiency, and safety excellence.


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

  • Experience in the Gypsum industry. Four years' experience is preferred.
  • Must be able and willing to work a rotating shift schedule. The schedule will include day, night, weekend, and holiday work hours. Shift schedules might change during employment.
  • Must make working safely the top priority, follow all plant safety policies, and enforce safe work practices.
  • Must be able and willing to work in a manufacturing plant environment, including extended periods of time in noisy, non-air conditioned or unheated areas.


What Will Put You Ahead

  • Knowledge of general safe work practices.
  • Ability to manage all aspects of a manufacturing department which include safety, quality, productivity, waste, training, development, and discipline.
  • Must have a basic working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel, and the ability to learn various PC-based production reporting applications.


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

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 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. Georgia-Pacific is an independently managed and operated company of Koch Industries, Inc., a private company headquartered in Wichita, Kansas.

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 visit the following website for additional information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf





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Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Experience
4+ years
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