Supervisor Chem Prep / Pulp Handling)

Supervisor Chem Prep / Pulp Handling

Full-time

Company Description

Manufacturing

Job Description

Supervisor Chem Prep / Pulp Handling) Canton North Carolina

Exp 3-5 yrs

The primary responsibility of this position is to manage the area employees and coordinate the operation and maintenance functions for the Chemical Preparation Area, Board Depoly Operations, and Broke/Pulp Hauling operations. Additionally, this position is a resource and is involved in the day-to-day activities in the production areas for Board and Paper as needed. This position reports to the Business Unit Manager for Board.

The person selected for this position will have the primary responsibility for the areas of chemical preparation, deploy, pulp hauling, and broke hauling. The focus is to ensure that the daily needs of the operation are met and to ensure that areas reporting to this individual reliably support the Board and Paper areas. This is a suitable position for someone that flourishes in managing people and building systems for prevention and variation reduction.

The ideal candidate would have minimum of 3 years' experience as a Process engineer or Supervisor in a pulp and paper operation. A history of obtaining results through analytical means is also critical along with a track record of building preventative systems. Critical Skills include a foundation in Lean manufacturing, formal troubleshooting skills and the ability to apply Six Sigma tools to problem solving, Interpersonal skills are equally as important along with ability to teach and coach others.

This position is best suited for someone that wants to work up into a Maintenance and Operations Coordinator role on a board or paper machine with-in the next 5 years.

Job Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Directly accountable for the performance of the shift Employees in meeting goals for Safety, Quality, Cost, Environmental Compliance, and Production.
• Monitors and manages skill levels and training activities for the shift members.
• Responsible for communicating and holding shift Employees accountable for all rules, regulations, procedures, policies, etc.
• Ensures proper use and care of equipment and raw materials in the process.
• Addresses issues impacting performance expeditiously getting outside resources involved as needed.
• Manages shift payroll.
• Communicates to all levels of the organization as needed, maintains logs and written records, and participates with Supervisors from other areas of the mill to coordinate activities.
• Assists with any EPI organization activities as needed at the direction of the Board Business Unit Manager.
• Monitor manufacturing process daily and optimize where needed
• Identify trends and relationships between variables in the manufacturing environment
• Work closely with the Maintenance organization on work execution for daily work, long term projects, and planned outages
• Stay current with new technologies and be able to utilize these in the operation
• Use skills and knowledge to coach others and raise the level of the organization
• Weekend duty responsibility for all Paper and Board making on a rotating schedule

Qualifications:

• Proven safety record and knowledge of industry safety standards
• Strong leadership skills
• Goal Oriented, ability to deliver results in areas of safety, reliability and cost
• Good communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to work in and foster a team environment with groups that include a wide range of skills and experience
• Good planning and organization skills
• Thorough and detailed knowledge of paper making process
• Minimum of 3 years' experience in Pulp and Paper Operations
• B.S. Engineer degree in Paper Science or Chemical Engineering is preferred; however, other degrees will be considered
• Knowledge and exposure to Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing processes

Additional Information

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