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Gatekeeper

Georgia Pacific
life insurance, parental leave
United States, Arkansas, Fort Smith
Jul 08, 2025
Your Job Georgia-Pacific is now hiring a Gatekeeper at our Fort Smith, AR Facility. The ideal person will utilize influential leadership, manufacturing experience, and effective communication to support Asset Maintenance Work Process (AMWP). You will act as a liaison between Operations and Maintenance, leading prioritization of our work backlog and improving our fixed spending efficiencies. You will demonstrate safety as the primary value to exceed expectations for work execution. Our Team The Fort Smith Plant is part of the Dixie brand plates and bowls paper products manufacturing operation. We are proud to safely manufacture quality products that have a competitive advantage and solid growth within the marketplace. We create a work environment that attracts, engages, and retains the best people. Our employees help others, and the business reaches their full potential, promoting our Principle-Based Management culture to the work they do every day. Our technology is state-of-the-art, and we will bring the best team together to deliver for our customers, Georgia-Pacific, and the Fort Smith community. What You Will Do Act as the liaison between Operations and Maintenance and serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Asset Maintenance Work Process (AMWP). Support and promote continuous improvement in culture to meet expected performance of zero SIFs and safety work order execution. Provide strategic and tactical leadership in the areas of asset reliability, cost optimization, quality capability, MRO, waste, productivity, and strategic capital planning/execution. Continuously review opportunities with Area Leaders to ensure the most efficient use of resources. Support the facility's vision to meet/exceed financial Key Bets. Support current Key Bet initiatives for reliability, MRO, spending, and waste reduction. Collaborate with maintenance teams, asset owners, crew leaders, and reliability leaders to organize the facility's reliability program and ensure preventive maintenance tasks are completed on schedule. Leverage AMWP dashboards/reports to drive process improvements and gap closure. Develop an economic-thinking mindset throughout the mill organization utilizing the Decision-Making Framework (DMF) and challenge process. Develop and manage weekly and monthly maintenance forecasts & accruals, prioritize tasks to meet spending targets and ensure appropriate work is performed. Manage and prioritize daily and future maintenance activities/backlogs within assigned cost centers with support from Asset Owner. Perform other duties that will create the greatest value for the organization. Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) High school diploma or GED Experience leading and facilitating meetings Experience using SAP or similar CMMS system Experience working in a manufacturing or industrial environment What Will Put You Ahead Experience in a converting environment Experience as a Project Manager or Engineer Leadership experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment 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).