Plant Manager

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Plant Manager to provide strategic leadership and operational excellence at our Dudley plywood plant. This role is critical for driving continuous improvement in process reliability, product quality, and cost efficiency, while fostering a strong safety culture and engaged workforce.

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific in Dudley, NC, manufactures plywood panels and siding that are ideal for residential and light commercial construction. GP employees strive for safety and health excellence while achieving an injury-free workplace. To learn more about our Building Products division, visit www.buildgp.com.

Our Plywood facility in Dudley, North Carolina, is located in a vibrant community known for its rich forestry heritage and welcoming southern charm. Dudley offers a unique blend of small-town friendliness and proximity to natural beauty, creating an ideal environment for both living and working.

What You Will Do

• Lead by example and coach employees to build a Principle-Based Management (PBM) culture aligned with our guiding principles.
• Develop and lead teams to maximize engagement, contribution, and accountability toward plant goals.
• Maintain a strong commitment to Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) standards and regulatory compliance.
• Promote safety best practices and ensure adherence to all company policies and government regulations.
• Drive Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) to ensure a safe, healthy, and environmentally compliant workplace.
• Oversee all facets of plant operations, from raw material receipt through finished product shipment.
• Manage production schedules, inventory control, operating rates, fiber recovery, and financial performance of the facility.
• Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance process reliability and product quality.
• Identify talent gaps, provide coaching, deliver performance feedback, and implement incentive programs.
• Foster productive working relationships with support functions, including procurement, sales, HR, accounting, and others.
• Ensuring the facility complies with all applicable company policies, state, federal, and local
• Ensuring the facility meets company expectations for production scheduling, inventory control, operating rate, fiber recovery, and facility financial performance

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Minimum 3 years of leadership experience in manufacturing operations, including process, maintenance, reliability, and continuous improvement.
• Proven track record of leading profitable organizational change.
• Experience managing and developing teams with a focus on performance management.
• Solid understanding of financial and accounting principles related to operational planning and expense management.
• Knowledge of EH&S management systems, risk assessment, and mitigation strategies.
• Demonstrated commitment to workplace safety and enforcement of safe work practices.
• Experience in developing and executing business improvement strategies.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Engineering, Wood Science, or a related field.
• 3+ years progressive leadership experience in wood products manufacturing (Plant Manager, Production Manager, Plant Superintendent, Reliability or Maintenance Manager).
• Experience managing large capital projects.
• Proficiency with continuous improvement methodologies such as Six Sigma, 5S, Lean Manufacturing, and Transactional Lean.
• Experience formulating business improvement strategies that achieve results.

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, aqui, or tu).

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