Production Shift Supervisor

Supervise the Pulp Business operations at the plant to maintain a safe, environmentally sound, and efficient operation to achieve maximum quality production at minimum cost. Lead, coach, and develop teams capable of running an effective operation with minimal intervention.

Responsibilities

• Ensure a safe work environment by enforcing relevant safety rules and procedures, and ensure employee participation in safety training and safety programs.
• Work with a crew to maintain a safe work environment, including safety improvement activities such as Risk Assessments, Team Safety Projects, and Team Safety Talks.
• Lead, coach, and supply team members with the tools to perform their duties safely and efficiently.
• Evaluate crew members to help them improve their individual performance.
• Work with Maintenance on equipment problems, troubleshooting, and write work requests as necessary.
• Make recommendations for process improvement, equipment changes, or new products.
• Understand and apply the mill Quality Management System, including assisting teams in making quality decisions.
• Achieve or exceed the operating budget levels as specified in the budget or subsequent revisions.
• Understand and schedule equipment and related orders.
• Assure contractual commitments are met as specified by the Labor Agreement.
• Navigate and Operate the Production Management System (MICS) for all production equipment.
• Provide help and leadership to employees when problems arise.
• Develop and update SOPs with operating teams for all equipment.
• Facilitate on-shift process improvement efforts to reduce process variability, increase uptime, improve quality, and minimize costs.
• Identify gaps in team performance and work with team members to improve training, team dynamics, and procedures.
• Cover for supervisor vacations in another area of Pulp Business.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field and supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment are strongly preferred. Alternatively, a combination of relevant manufacturing experience, process expertise, and demonstrated leadership potential may be considered.
• Understanding of pulp industry operations is preferred.
• Computer knowledge—background in Microsoft Suite, Proficy, SAP, PI, etc. is preferred.
• Understanding of human relations and supervision in an organized labor environment.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve results through people.

Schedule

This position works a 12-hour shift schedule to include holidays and weekends. The actual schedule will depend on crew or relief assignment.