Pulp Mill Manager

About the role

Position: Pulp Mill Manager. Location: Evadale, TX. Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is the go-to leader and partner of choice in sustainable packaging, dedicated to creating efficient and scalable paper and packaging solutions.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate safe and efficient production operations in the mill facility.
• Coach assistant superintendents, shift supervisors, and team members to meet safety, quality, production, and other KPIs.
• Communicate performance expectations to team members.
• Monitor production demands, supervise machine productivity and quality, and manage personnel daily.
• Promote safety and environmental culture while meeting and exceeding customer needs with minimal incidents.
• Support development of the annual strategic production plan.
• Develop tactical mill production plans supporting the annual strategy by capturing customer and market data, identifying cost savings, and ensuring consistent pulp and fiber supply.
• Oversee day-to-day operations ensuring safety, quality, production, on-time delivery, and cost targets are met.
• Enforce and model plant safety regulations and housekeeping practices; encourage safety consciousness.
• Manage environmental compliance, safety, quality, production, and production costs for paper machine and stock prep areas.
• Supervise employees to accomplish safety, quality, productivity, and efficiency goals.
• Develop and manage the pulp mill budget and manage spending to budget.
• Build effective relationships with internal departments to produce superior product and drive operational efficiency.
• Control load factors and workflow to ensure maximum use of capacity and effective use of labor, tools, and equipment.
• Maintain department shop floor metrics, visual controls, and continuous improvement methods.
• Coordinate, plan, and schedule mill maintenance repairs, outages, and lockouts timely to meet customer and manufacturing needs.
• Manage, supervise, and coach manufacturing employees through mentoring, training, performance reviews, and disciplinary actions.
• Communicate effectively with all functional areas of the mill to ensure production needs are achieved.
• Conduct business with integrity and respect, be accountable, and pursue excellence to help achieve Smurfit WestRock’s Path To One goal.

Requirements

• High school diploma or G.E.D.; bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of pulp or paper mill experience, with at least 5 years of supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of pulp mill machinery, including digesters, washers, post-washing equipment, and MC/Thick Stock Pump.
• Proven track record of interpersonal and collaboration skills to achieve goals and objectives.
• Leadership and coaching skills leveraged to motivate others to achieve performance excellence, develop knowledge and capability, and foster a culture of teaming.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly learn programs and software used in pulp mill facility.
• Aligned with company values of Integrity, Respect, Accountability, and Excellence.

Benefits

• Corporate culture based on integrity, respect, accountability, and excellence.
• Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities.
• Attractive salary reflecting skills, competencies and potential.
• Generous benefits package starting on first day, including medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, 401k match, paid time off.
• Career with a global packaging company where Sustainability, Safety and Inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of daily work.