Facility Maintenance Manager

Koch • Brunswick, GA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Maintenance Manager for its Brunswick Cellulose facility in Brunswick, Georgia. The manager will lead organizational change and reliability efforts to improve operational results and help transform the facility. The role partners with maintenance, operations, engineering, reliability, and other subject matter experts to develop maintenance strategies, reduce downtime, improve equipment availability, maximize asset utilization, and strengthen disciplined operations and continuous improvement.

The Brunswick Cellulose facility is described as one of the country’s largest integrated fluff pulp mills, with a woodyard, fiberline, three paper machines, waste treatment plant, and utilities operations. The position includes planning and executing turnaround projects, monitoring their progress, and addressing improvement opportunities. The manager also supports preventive and predictive maintenance programs, root cause analysis, and long-term solutions for recurring equipment failures.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in maintenance of facilities and engineering systems.
• Ability to manage mechanical and electrical/instrumentation duties associated with the role.
• At least 5 years of supervisory or management experience.
• Working knowledge of MS Word and Excel and ability to learn PC-based production and maintenance reporting applications.
• Ability to read mechanical, structural, and electrical drawings.
• At least 4 years of experience using Root Cause Analysis or similar problem-solving tools.
• Experience in process optimization and plant support, such as process troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and process optimization.
• At least 5 years of experience leading organizational change initiatives and fostering collaboration across departments.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Mechanical, Chemical, or Electrical Engineering.
• Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP).
• Experience with asset strategy development.
• Experience managing engineering department daily activities while directing the maintenance department.
• At least 4 years leading reliability and predictive/preventive maintenance improvement efforts in a manufacturing or pulp/paper environment.
• At least 4 years leading improvement efforts in maintenance reliability and predictive and preventive maintenance.
• Experience leading in a union environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead organizational change and reliability efforts to improve sustainable operational results.
• Engage maintenance, operations, and engineering teams in the transformation process.
• Develop and implement a maintenance execution strategy to minimize downtime, improve equipment availability, and maximize asset utilization.
• Establish key performance indicators to measure maintenance initiatives.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute turnaround projects to optimize maintenance activities and plant performance.
• Monitor and report turnaround progress, identify improvement areas, and implement corrective actions.
• Work with maintenance and engineering teams to implement preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Collaborate with Reliability and Operations subject matter experts to understand critical failure modes and mitigate risks.
• Support root cause analysis and reliability improvement initiatives for recurring equipment failures, ensuring long-term solutions are implemented.
• Collaborate across functions to optimize maintenance strategies and foster continuous improvement.
• Lead the area in advancing disciplined operations and a stable, capable, and predictable manufacturing process.
• Manage the daily activities of the engineering department while directing the maintenance department, as described among preferred qualifications.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
• Life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment coverage, and disability benefits.
• Retirement benefits.
• Paid vacation/time off.
• Educational assistance.
• May include infertility assistance, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance, subject to eligibility and region.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed