Paper Assistant Department Manager

About the role

The Paper Assistant Department Manager will lead the day-to-day operations of our two paper machines at the Brewton mill. This includes leading a team of 6 salaried direct reports and indirect responsibility for the entire paper team of 160+ employees. They will partner closely with, act as a strategic thought partner, and report to the Paper Production Leader.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership through application of Koch’s Principled Based Management (PBM) philosophy to achieve superior results.
• Drive a culture of safety and environmental excellence through critical hazard identification, risk reduction and risk mitigation.
• Work with Area Leader and other leaders to coach and develop employees.
• Lead teams in the identification, development, evaluation and implementation of safety, quality, and /or cost reduction initiatives and projects that has the highest value to the operation to drive continuous improvement.
• Demonstrate ownership for planning outages and routine maintenance.
• Understand, communicate, and align goals in the areas of safety, quality, production, and reliability.
• Drive process and equipment modifications that result in improved product quality, reduced variation, and higher customer satisfaction.
• Ensure that major quality non-conformance events are identified, owned, investigated, and effective corrective actions are implemented to mitigate/eliminate waste.
• Utilize constructive challenge process to drive to optimum solution.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering with eight (8) or more years of experience in pulp and paper manufacturing OR ten (10) years of experience in pulp and paper manufacturing operation.
• Experience in developing and implementing improvement processes and projects.
• Knowledge of industrial manufacturing processes (i.e., chemical, paper, power, etc.) along with fundamentals of equipment operation for effective interface with maintenance.
• Experience using Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Qualifications

• Five (5) or more years of supervisory experience in multiple areas in the paper industry.
• Experience managing in a labor union environment.
• Organization optimization experience.

Skills

Not specified.

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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