Koch Industries

Quality Manager

Koch Industries$80K — $110K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • At least three years of quality leadership experience in a manufacturing setting
  • Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel with the ability to adapt to production/operations software
  • Experience managing quality processes and driving improvements on the shop floor
  • Comfortable working in industrial, non-climate-controlled and noisy environments
  • Preferred degree in Wood Sciences or Engineering
  • Prior leadership in plywood or wood product manufacturing environments
  • Strong analytical and computer skills, with familiarity in QMS systems

Responsibilities

  • Champion the safety vision and enforce compliance within the quality team
  • Establish and monitor key performance indicators to align with production and quality objectives
  • Manage process control using detailed data analysis to optimize quality, yield, and value
  • Facilitate team development through coaching, training, and performance evaluations
  • Lead internal and external audits to ensure QMS readiness and regulatory compliance
  • Oversee internal product verifications and maintain calibration schedules for quality tools
  • Drive continuous improvement by leveraging QMS tools and quality control studies

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts
  • Life insurance, accidental death, and disability coverage
  • Retirement plans and paid vacation/time off
  • Educational assistance along with infertility, paid parental, and adoption support
Full Job Description
Your Job

Georgia-Pacific's Prosperity Plywood mill is seeking a results-driven and experienced Quality Manager to join our team. As a pivotal member of the plant leadership team, the Quality Manager will report directly to the Operations Manager. In this role, you will collaborate with operations to achieve production goals while ensuring the delivery of exceptional quality products that meet and exceed our customers' expectations. Your leadership and expertise will play a critical role in establishing Georgia-Pacific as the preferred partner in the industry.

What You Will Do
  • Champion Georgia-Pacific's safety vision within the Quality team to ensure a culture of safety and compliance.
  • Establish and monitor key quality performance indicators (KPIs) to align with organizational goals.
  • Manage quality, value, and yield through rigorous process control and data analysis.
  • Facilitate team development, provide coaching, and evaluate performance to foster a high-performing quality team.
  • Ensure adherence to all regulatory and customer quality standards through appropriate documentation and reporting.
  • Lead internal and external audits of the site's Quality Management System (QMS), ensuring readiness and compliance.
  • Develop and coordinate training on manufacturing quality standards to enhance team capabilities.
  • Utilize QMS tools to provide actionable insights to operational leaders and departments.
  • Oversee internal product verifications and ensure finished goods meet stringent quality and packaging standards.
  • Leverage quality control studies and QMS processes to drive sustainable improvements and maintain operational excellence.
  • Maintain calibration schedules for all quality-related tools and equipment across departments
  • Champion downfall reduction efforts through a deep understanding of the process and how production variables affect utility and rejects
  • Be proficient at analyzing and compiling quality related data to continuously improve the quality of our product.


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
  • A minimum of three (3) years of Quality Leadership experience, with a proven track record of managing quality processes and driving improvements in a manufacturing environment.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel, with the ability to quickly learn and navigate production and operations software applications.
  • The ability and willingness to work in an industrial manufacturing environment, which may involve exposure to noisy, non-climate-controlled areas.


What Will Put You Ahead

  • A degree in Wood Sciences or Engineering.
  • Previous leadership experience in a manufacturing environment, particularly in plywood or wood products.
  • Advanced computer skills and familiarity with QMS or similar systems.
  • Strong analytical problem-solving skills with a focus on continuous process improvement.


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 ).

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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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