Pulp Mill Asst. Superintendent

Principal Accountabilities

Ensure safe and caring operation by applying all safety rules, practices, and systems and adhering to high ethical standards.

Achieve objectives for Louisiana Operations through goal planning, direction setting, work execution, and review of daily operations, environmental issues, government compliance, and market conditions with managers.

Ensure quality/efficiency/customer satisfaction through the application of Total Quality and utilization of the DOC system, reductions in cycle time, elimination of non-value-adding work, and decision-making at the lowest practical level.

Manage costs by developing long-range capital plans and operating budgets and practical reductions in day-to-day expenses.

Optimize human resources by establishing realistic and achievable performance standards and goals, ensuring succession planning, developing job skills, auditing and addressing performance accomplishments and issues, identifying and eliminating performance barriers, applying the labor contract, and using consistent human resource support practices and tools.

Utilize needed services available from support groups and outside services by consistently and timely communicating operating goals and objectives and developing support/service plans and activities for assistance.

Provides leadership/direction to departmental staff assigned, support groups, and hourly employees operating one recovery boiler, two package boilers, two combination fuel boilers, evaporators, concentrators, a steam turbine generator, a wastewater treatment system to include a sludge dewatering plant, demineralizers, and all auxiliary equipment associated with the above systems in an accident-free environment.

Under the leadership of this position, the team must ensure that products and services meet or exceed the expectations of internal and external customers. Additionally, this position must ensure an acceptable level of employee satisfaction, develop employee skills, maintain assets, optimize processes, and execute appropriate capital improvements in the most cost-effective manner possible.

Aid with MS Project timelines for monthly and annual outages. Planned and executed capital projects for maintenance replacements of equipment. Effectively manage jobs for the best result at the lowest cost. Look for opportunities to solve issues, reduce costs, and improve planning performance. Solve problems utilizing the mill’s RCFA program. Effectively manage contractors for performing jobs.

Basic Qualifications

• Performs other responsibilities as needed.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent education and experience required.
• A minimum of 5-10 years of related experience.
• Experience using Microsoft Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Project, and AutoCAD.
• Successful completion of drug screening is required, as well as authorization to work in the U.S.

Preferred Qualifications

• Pulp & Paper industry experience preferred.

Pay & Benefits

• Starting salary range for position: [$85,000 - $125,000].
• Paid Vacation: Three (3) weeks per calendar year.
• Pro-rata Vacation during the initial year of hire based upon start date within the calendar year.
• Upon hire, an employee is automatically enrolled in the 401k plan. The plan offers both pre-tax and Roth contribution options along with employer-provided matching contributions.

Disclaimer

The Compensation and Benefits information in this posting represents PCA’s good faith and reasonable estimate of what it may pay for this position. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Qualified Applicants must apply at careers.packagingcorp.com to be considered.