Power & Utilities Shift Foreman

Job DetailsJob Location: Catawba Mill - Catawba, SC 29704Position Type: Full TimeEducation Level: High School Diploma or EquivalentTravel Percentage: NoneJob Category: ManufacturingJob Title: Power & Recovery Shift Supervisor Department: Pulp & Utilities Reports To: Superintendent Powerhouse SUMMARY Manage employees in the Power & Recovery areas to ensure safe and efficient manufacturing processes. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Manage hourly employees and Team Leaders to ensure accurate time & attendance, effective crew scheduling, efficient employee development, and compliance to all HR policies in a union environment. Ensure safety & environmental compliance for areas of responsibility through the use of: safety training, safety permitting, safety & environmental one-on-one meetings, and management of safety & environmental policies. Ensure product quality in areas of responsibility through use of ISO and quality targets. Ensure production targets are met by: leading process troubleshooting, ensuring adherence to SOPs & KPIs, and ensuring effective housekeeping. Improve equipment reliability by ensuring effective operator rounds, efficient management of maintenance resources, facilitating entry of work requests, and leading crews during equipment outages. Manage communication among employees, peers, and supervisors though the use of shift turnover meetings, expectation setting, regular feedback & coaching, incident investigations, and reporting of variances. SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES Develop the hourly organization to ensure long and short term goals and objectives are met. QUALIFICATIONS SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS Four-year engineering degree or equivalent operational experience in a Power & Recovery environment. Solid understanding of the operation of an integrated pulp & paper mill. Demonstrated problem-solving and troubleshooting skills in a power & recovery environment. Ability to build and sustain trust and work collaboratively across functions. Demonstrated leadership and supervisory experience. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to work a 12-hour rotating shift schedule. Ability to balance priorities to meet short and long-term goals. Efficient in use of Office productivity products and enterprise planning systems. Possess an entrepreneurial and innovative spirit. PHYSICAL DEMANDS Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit and use hands to handle or feel. The employee frequently is required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. WORK ENVIRONMENT The noise level in the work environment can be loud at times. Regular exposure to moving mechanical parts. May be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. Occasionally exposed to high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles; vibrations. CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS No license requirement. OTHER DUTIES Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Emp. Initials This company is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. #J-18808-Ljbffr New-Indy Containerboard