Pulp Area Operating Superintendent

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Pulp Mill Superintendent to provide strategic and tactical leadership for pulp mill operations in Toledo, OR. This role will drive safe, environmentally compliant, and cost-effective performance across fiberline, woodyard, digester, bleach plant, recausticizing, lime kiln, evaporator, by-product, and outage execution. Long-term value is created through Principle Based Management and Georgia-Pacific’s Guiding Principles.

About the role

The Pulp Mill Superintendent leads operations with accountability for safety, environmental compliance, production, quality, reliability, cost, and employee development. The role involves setting expectations, coaching teams, and partnering with maintenance, engineering, and operations to improve uptime, runnability, and outage execution. The position oversees critical assets including digesters, fiberline systems, woodyard operations, bleach plants, washers, recausticizing, lime kilns, evaporators, and by-product systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead pulp mill operations to achieve key objectives in safety, environmental compliance, reliability, production, quality, cost, and employee development.
• Set expectations and coach operations leaders, process engineers, maintenance coordinators, supervisors, and hourly teams to improve performance and build capability.
• Drive a culture of safety and environmental excellence through hazard identification, risk reduction, compliance discipline, and effective operating routines.
• Partner with maintenance, reliability, engineering, and operations teams to improve uptime, runnability, equipment performance, and outage execution.
• Oversee pulp mill assets and processes, including digesters, fiberline systems, woodyard operations, bleach plants, recausticizing, lime kilns, evaporators, and by-product systems (e.g., turpentine, methanol).
• Lead continuous improvement efforts to reduce cost, improve yield, reduce variation, increase productivity, and enhance customer satisfaction.
• Develop and manage operating budgets, maintenance spend, production targets, staffing plans, training systems, and standard operating procedures.
• Provide leadership for routine, annual, and major outage planning and execution, ensuring work is safely completed on time and aligned with mill priorities.
• Support capital project development, installation, commissioning, operator training, and sustainable implementation of new equipment or process improvements.
• Use data, operating metrics, and business systems to identify gaps, prioritize work, and deliver measurable performance improvements.

Requirements

• Seven (7) or more years of experience in pulp and paper, manufacturing, industrial, or military environments.
• Three (3) or more years of leadership, supervisory, or operations management experience in a manufacturing or industrial setting.
• Experience with pulp mill processes and equipment operation (e.g., digesters, fiberline systems, woodyard operations, bleach plants, recausticizing, lime kilns, evaporators, or by-product systems).
• Experience leading safety, environmental, production, reliability, quality, or cost improvement initiatives.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint).

Qualifications (Preferred)

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Paper Science, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Ten (10) or more years of pulp mill operations experience.
• Experience as a Pulp Mill Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, Area Manager, Asset Manager, Fiberline Manager, Woodyard Manager, or similar operations leadership role.
• Experience leading large hourly and salaried teams across shift operations, maintenance coordination, engineering support, and supervision.
• Experience managing operating budgets, production targets, maintenance spend, and business systems (e.g., JDE, Kronos).
• Experience with environmental compliance systems for air and water emissions.
• Experience with process safety management or regulated systems (e.g., chlorine, methanol, turpentine, non-condensable gas, chemical recovery processes).
• Experience leading major outages, capital installations, equipment commissioning, operator training, and SOP development.
• Experience improving uptime, reducing environmental losses, enhancing training systems, and delivering measurable cost savings.
• Experience managing in a labor union environment.

About the team

Georgia-Pacific Toledo produces brown paper for cardboard and is a leader in recycling in the Northwest. The Pulp Mill team ensures reliable, safe, and environmentally responsible operation of critical assets, including digesters, fiberline systems, woodyard operations, evaporators, recausticizing, lime kilns, and by-product processes. The mill is located within a 10-minute drive of the Pacific Ocean, offering access to outdoor activities such as fishing, hiking, mountain biking, kayaking, and boating.

Pay

Compensation is market-based and varies by candidate knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. Speak to your recruiter for details.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
• Life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment (ADD), and disability insurance.
• Retirement plans.
• Paid vacation and time off.
• Educational assistance.
• Infertility assistance, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance (eligibility criteria apply).