Koch Industries

Plant Manager

Koch Industries$110K — $130K *
Kane, PA 16735In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of progressive operational leadership experience
  • Proven track record in driving profitable organizational change
  • Understanding of budgeting and expense management
  • Experience in building and leading high-performing teams
  • Familiarity with talent development initiatives
  • Experience with large capital project engineering or management

Responsibilities

  • Ensure alignment with the business vision and enhance workplace safety and environmental compliance
  • Oversee overall plant operations from raw material receipt to finished product shipment
  • Drive production scheduling, inventory control, operating rates, and financial performance
  • Manage costs through regular facility expense reviews and accountability measures
  • Cultivate a culture of ownership focused on waste elimination
  • Ensure compliance with company policies and regulations
  • Build effective working relationships with peers in support roles

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts
  • Life insurance and disability coverage
  • Retirement plans
  • Paid vacation and time off
  • Educational assistance programs
  • Potential infertility assistance, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance
Full Job Description
Your Job

Georgia Pacific is now hiring a Plant Manager for our MT. Jewett medium density fiberboard (MDF) facility in Mt. Jewett, PA. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a high efficiency and technologically advanced plant.

The Plant Manager will provide leadership to drive continuous improvement in safety, productivity, cost, customer experience, and site profitability. This is an exciting leadership opportunity for a dynamic leader who can motivate, lead, and develop a team to drive operational success. Mt Jewett MDF Site

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific Mt. Jewett MDF is a high-performing site, recognized as a top local industry. The site is our flagship facility for advanced MDF manufacturing and technology. Composite Panel Association

The Mt. Jewett MDF plant is a key player in the manufacturing of MDF products, serving various segments of the industry. The plant is located at 149 Temple Dr, Kane, PA 16735, and is known for its commitment to sustainability and responsible sourcing. The plant's operations are part of Georgia-Pacific's broader mission to create industry leading MDF building materials using natural forest products.

This type of MDF is used for cabinetry, interior decoration, doors and moldings, retail and commercial displays and residential and light commercial construction applications. To learn more about Georgia-Pacific's OSB Division please visit: www.gp.com.

What You Will Do

  • Ensure alignment to the business vision and drive consistently elevated level of performance in the areas of managing workplace safety and environmental compliance.
  • Lead overall operation of the facility, from receipt of raw materials to the shipment of finished MDF to market.
  • Drive company expectations for production scheduling, inventory control, operating rate, fiber recovery, and facility financial performance.
  • Demonstrates consistent and initiative-taking cost management by regularly reviewing facility expenses and holds department leaders accountable.
  • Creating a culture that drives ownership and focuses on eliminating waste.
  • Ensure the facility complies with all applicable company policies, and state, federal and local laws.
  • Maintain a productive working relationship with peers in the various support capabilities.


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

  • 10+ years of progressive operational leadership
  • Demonstrated track record in leading profitable change and holding the organization accountable.
  • Experience and understanding of budgeting/expense management with a basic understanding of financial and accounting practices.
  • Experience building high performing teams.
  • Experience developing talent development initiatives.
  • Large capital project Engineering or Management experience


What Will Put You Ahead
  • Bachelor's Degree or higher in Engineering or Wood Science
  • Progressive leadership experience in a wood products facility in one or more of the following positions: Plant Manager, Production Manager, Plant Superintendent, Reliability or Maintenance Manager, or in an equivalent leadership role
  • Continuous Improvement project management experience
  • Experience within Wood Products Industry


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

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.

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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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