Maintenance and Reliability Leader
 Georgia Pacific | |
life insurance, parental leave
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 United States, Alabama, Brewton | |
 Apr 11, 2026 | |
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Georgia-Pacific is looking for a Maintenance and Reliability Manager to join our team in Brewton, AL! Your Job Georgia-Pacific's Containerboard Division is hiring a Maintenance and Reliability Leader for the Brewton Paper Mill in Alabama. This leader will report directly to the Plant Manager and be responsible for both salaried maintenance leadership and union hourly maintenance teams. The ideal candidates will lead preventative and predictive maintenance programs, providing expert technical support to troubleshoot issues, reduce downtime, and improve process efficiency across the facility. These roles require close collaboration with engineers and operations teams to evaluate and address maintenance needs for daily operations and scheduled shutdowns. Our Team We are a principled based company that relies heavily on teamwork and ingenuity, managing through Principle Based Management values. We pride ourselves on being the partner of choice for our internal and external customers. For nearly 70 years, the Brewton Paper Mill has been a major part of the economic lifeblood of the region. With more than 450 employees, Brewton strives to lead the GP containerboard and Dixie SBS board business. Our team continues to grow our brands and serve our loyal consumers with the great quality they have come to expect. What You Will Do * Lead and direct all maintenance and reliability activities in a 24/7 manufacturing environment, including preventive, predictive, corrective, outage, and breakdown maintenance, ensuring compliance with safety, environmental, and company standards. * Develop, mentor, and hold the maintenance organization accountable, establishing clear goals, expectations, and performance standards aligned with plant and business objectives. * Partner closely with Operations and Engineering to align maintenance strategies with production goals, support equipment installations, upgrades, and repairs, and minimize unplanned downtime. * Manage the design, implementation, and improvement of preventive and predictive maintenance programs to enhance equipment reliability, availability, and lifecycle cost performance. * Develop leaders for troubleshooting and root cause analysis of complex equipment failures using structured methodologies (e.g., RCA, 5-Why, FMEA), and ensure lessons learned are institutionalized across the organization. * Monitor and analyze equipment performance and reliability metrics (e.g., MTBF, MTTR, PM compliance), identifying opportunities for reliability improvements, risk reduction, and cost savings. * Manage maintenance resources effectively, including manpower, budgets, tools, contractors, and indirect spare parts inventory, to optimize cost, service levels, and operational readiness. * Ensure identification and alignment of maintenance-related capital projects, including equipment upgrades, replacements, and modifications, from scope development through execution and commissioning. * Ensure capability and preparedness, competencies of the maintenance team to respond effectively to unplanned outages, critical breakdowns, and safety-related events with minimal production impact. * Drive a strong culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement, ensuring full compliance with regulatory requirements, environmental standards, and internal policies. * Manage external service providers and suppliers, ensuring quality execution, cost control, and timely availability of parts and services. * Collaborate with purchasing and stores organizations to optimize spare parts strategies, inventory levels, and material availability while controlling working capital. Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) * Maintenance supervisory experience in a manufacturing or industrial setting, including responsibility for managing direct reports, developing and managing spend plans * Implementing precision / predictive maintenance strategies across multiple departments * Use of CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management Systems) * Managing both hourly and salary work teams * Leveraging reliability best practices, in mechanical and electrical disciplines What Will Put You Ahead * Certificate or Degree in a maintenance skilled trade, engineering or related field * Certified Maintenance Manager (CMM) or Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) * Experience with OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) and Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) * Pulp & Paper Experience * Drive Lean Manufacturing initiatives and maintenance best practices, incorporating tools such as 5S, Kaizen, and TPM to improve efficiency and reduce waste * Knowledge of Industry 4.0/5.0 technologies including predictive maintenance, IoT sensors, and data analytics 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 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 300,000 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. #LI-SB9 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). | |