Koch Industries

Plant Manager

Koch Industries$100K — $120K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years managing manufacturing operations with a focus on safety and continuous improvement.
  • Experience in leading direct reports, identifying talent gaps, and coaching.
  • Knowledge of Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) management systems and risk mitigation.
  • Demonstrated ability to foster a safety-first culture and hold teams accountable.
  • Progressive leadership experience in wood products manufacturing preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and mentor a team to promote Principle-Based Management (PBM®).
  • Oversee the entire facility operation from raw material to product shipment.
  • Ensure compliance with safety, production, and inventory standards.
  • Lead initiatives to prioritize safety while enhancing reliability and cost performance.
  • Manage financial performance, including operating expenses and capital investments.
  • Formulate business strategies for measurable operational results.
  • Provide clear direction for workflow execution across the facility.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
  • Life insurance and disability coverage.
  • Retirement plan options.
  • Paid vacation and time off.
  • Educational assistance, including infertility support and parental leave.
Full Job Description
Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is currently seeking a Plant Manager at the Corrigan, TX Plywood location. This key leadership role provides strategic leadership and coaching to employees across the operation, driving continuous improvement in safety, culture/talent development, process reliability, product quality, and operating costs while reinforcing our values.

The successful candidate will be a principled, results-driven leader who creates value by developing people, improving systems, and leading sustainable change.

What You Will Do

  • Develop, lead, and mentor Principled Entrepreneurs to drive engagement, accountability, and long-term value creation through a Principle-Based Management (PBM®) culture.
  • Lead the overall operation of the facility, from receipt of raw materials through the shipment of finished plywood to market.
  • Ensure the facility meets company expectations for safety, production scheduling, inventory control, operating rate, fiber recovery, and financial performance.
  • Provide visible, values-driven safety leadership by setting clear expectations, actively modeling safe behaviors, and holding all levels of the organization accountable for Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) performance. Build and sustain systems, capabilities, and a culture that proactively eliminates risk and drives an injury-free and environmentally compliant workplace.
  • Lead and sustain transformational change initiatives that prioritize safety performance while improving reliability, quality, and cost competitiveness.
  • Lead profitable change initiatives that strengthen operational performance and deliver long-term business value.
  • Own facility financial performance, including operating expense management, capital investment decisions, and financial trade-offs aligned with business objectives .
  • Formulate and execute business improvement strategies that deliver measurable operational and financial results.
  • Provide clear direction and priorities to ensure successful execution of workflow processes across the facility.
  • Select, develop, and lead a high-performing leadership team that works collaboratively to achieve facility objectives .
  • Maintain strong working partnerships with peers across safety, procurement, sales, accounting, HR, engineering, and other support capabilities.
  • Ensure the facility complies with all applicable company policies and state, federal, and local regulations.


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

  • Three (3) or more years of experience leading manufacturing operations, including ownership of safety, production, maintenance, reliability, and continuous improvement in a complex operating environment.
  • Experience leading and managing direct reports, including identifying talent gaps, coaching and development, performance feedback, and incentive alignment.
  • Working knowledge of Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) management systems, risk assessment and mitigation, and project planning and execution.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead, influence, and hold teams accountable for safe work practices while fostering a culture where safety is a core value.


What Will Put You Ahead

  • Three (3) or more years of progressive leadership experience in a wood products manufacturing facility in one or more of the following roles: Plant Manager, Production Manager, Plant Superintendent, Reliability or Maintenance Manager, or equivalent leadership position.
  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering or Wood Science.
  • Experience in leading or supporting large capital engineering or management projects.


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 .

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.

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About Koch Industries

Koch Industries, Inc. is an American privately-held multinational conglomerate corporation based in Wichita, Kansas. Its subsidiaries are involved in the manufacturing, refining, and distribution of petroleum, chemicals, energy, fiber, intermediates and polymers, minerals, fertilizers, pulp and paper, chemical technology equipment, ranching, finance, commodities trading, and investing. Koch owns Infor, Invista, Georgia-Pacific, Molex, Flint Hills Resources, Koch Pipeline, Koch Fertilizer, Koch Minerals, Matador Cattle Company, i360, and Guardian Industries. The firm employs 120,000 people in 60 countries, with about half of its business in the United States. The company is the largest non-Canadian landowner in the Athabasca oil sands. With annual revenues of $110 billion by 2014, the company is the largest privately held company in the United States. In 2007, it was ranked as the largest privately held company. If Koch Industries had been a public company in 2013, it would have ranked 17th in the Fortune 500. The company was founded by its namesake, Fred C. Koch, in 1940 after he developed an innovative crude oil refining process. Fred C. Koch died in 1967 and his majority interest in the company was split amongst his four sons. In June 1983, after a bitter legal and boardroom battle, the stakes of Frederick R. Koch and William "Bill" Koch were bought out for $1.1 billion and Charles Koch and David Koch became majority owners in the company. Charles owns 42% of the company; trusts for the benefit of Elaine Tettemer Marshall and Elaine's children, Preston Marshall and E. Pierce Marshall Jr., own 16% of the company. The heirs of David Koch, who died on August 23, 2019, own the balance, 42%, of the corporation.
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