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Manufacturing Manager

Koch
Portland, OR Full Time
POSTED ON 8/5/2025 CLOSED ON 9/3/2025

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manufacturing Manager position at Koch?

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific’s Consumer Products division is searching for a Manufacturing Manager interested in facilitating continuous improvement and leadership for a dynamic team at our paper mill located in Camas, Washington. This position will report to the VP-Manufacturing/Mill Manager and will be responsible for managing roughly 150 employees (salaried and hourly) supporting operations and maintenance of a paper machine, 5 converting lines, and utilities.

Our Team

The Camas Mill is located along the Columbia River in the heart of historic Camas, Washington across from Portland, Oregon and in the shadow of Mt. Hood. The employees at the Camas Mill enjoy the benefits of big city living without all the fuss of the big city. The mill is a proud producer of various GP Professional product lines and is seeing ongoing investments in facility modernization and upgrades.

What You Will Do

  • Effectively lead, mentor, supervise, coach and develop salaried employees utilizing the PBM Guiding Principles and Operations Excellence tools to improve capability and performance
  • Lead the site operations and maintenance organizations to achieve a safety and environmental incident free workplace identifying critical hazards and mitigating the risk based on criticality
  • Lead the team to ensure production targets are achieved
  • Understanding and owning the financial performance of the site and institute continuous improvement efforts to improve cost competitiveness
  • Leveraging capability support group leaders (i.e., HR, EHS, Remote Teams, Quality, Maintenance, Process Control, Purchasing, Finance, Engineering, Environmental, Learning & Development, etc.) through preferred partnerships
  • Empowering culture change through discipline operations and capability improvement to drive performance in measurements tied to Key Performance Indicators (KPI's)
  • Providing leadership consistent with our Principle Based Management® guiding principles to facilitate the development of the knowledge and skills of self, salaried, and hourly employees to improve operational performance of the facility


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

  • Experience supervising and developing people leaders within a manufacturing environment
  • Experience driving process transformation and delivering measurable results in a manufacturing environment


What Will Put You Ahead

  • Experience leading product stream(s) in a paper, packaging, food manufacturing, or other related manufacturing capacity
  • Experience developing asset strategies and applying reliability concepts


For this role, we anticipate paying $150,000 - $170,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

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, aquí, or tu).

Salary : $150,000 - $170,000

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