Production Superintendent
Company: Job Juncture
Location: Macon
Posted on: January 22, 2023
Job Description:
Job description: The Superintendent, isa member of the paper
making departments management team that is responsible for
providing overall leadership, operational strategies, and ensuring
excellent safety performance. This role ensures the safe and
efficient operations of all activities within the Department. This
role reports to the Manufacturing Manager.Duties & Responsibilities
(include but are not limited to the following):
- Utilize and refine standard work systems to effect sustainable
positive results in safety, environmental, people, quality, cost,
and performance
- Demonstrate safety as a core value by creating a safe work
environment
- Lead safety systems and processes that support achieving our
continually improving annual goals
- Ensure efficient operation of department machines
- Develop and implement quality strategies ensuring compliance
with customer specifications
- Develop leadership reports through mentorship and proven
leadership and accountability methods
- Collaborates with all levels of management personnel to
establish production and quality control standards, develop budgets
and cost controls to help ensure long term sustainability
- Manage all area production activities and establish area
production priorities for products in keeping with effective
operations and cost factors
- Develop area budgets and manage costs within established budget
and take ownership for financial performance of area
- Implement and manage improvement strategies designed to:
include all other production areas, increase customer satisfaction,
increase yield and operating efficiency, reduce cost, and improve
reliability.
- Enforce strict safety standards and practices. Be aware of
existing safety hazards and make every feasible attempt to correct
these hazards
- Collaborate with Plant Leadership, Maintenance, Quality,
Shipping and area leadership assuring alignment with meeting
quality standards and operational efficiencies
- Determine capital needs of area and develop and oversee area
capital improvement projects
- Provide input on capital projects and strategic improvement
plans for all other Mill areas
- Ensure communication of business strategy, goals, and
initiatives to mill and area leadership
- Manages continuous improvement projects for area of
responsibility
- Coordinates with maintenance to prioritize maintenance and
outage needs
- Coordinates predictive and preventative maintenance activities
establishing long-term sustainability for equipment
- Develop and execute strategic plans to increase overall area
efficiency
- Reviews and analyzes production, quality control, maintenance,
and operational reports to determine causes of nonconformity with
product specifications, and operating or production problems
- Develops strategy to ensure operational efficiencies, standard
operating methods and procedures designed to eliminate throughput
issues and improve product quality
- Maintain effective communications and working relationships
with Operations Departments, Suppliers, Maintenance, Safety, IT,
Environmental, Human Resources, Engineering, and Purchasing
Qualifications: Required SkillsRequired Characteristics
- Bachelors Degree in Engineering, Paper Science or related field
with five years of operations experience within the paper industry
including five (5) years of progressive leadership rolesOR
- Ten plus years of progressive and practical paper making
experience including five (5) years of progressive paper machine
supervisory experience
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
- Proven strong strategic planning and analytical skills
- Demonstrated troubleshooting skills of the paper making
process
- Demonstrated ability to develop strategic priorities to meet
short and long-term objectives
- Proven ability to lead by example and mentor leadership
staff
- Demonstrated ability to drive change leading to improved
performance over time
- Strong organizational skills with the proven ability develop
and implement changes necessitated by internal and external
business conditions
- Solid oral and written communication skills
- Comprehensive knowledge of the operation of an integrated
mill
- Proficient at managing all levels of an operating area and
interfacing with all levels of an organization
- Possess an entrepreneurial and innovative spirit, with a
situational (servant, directive, collaborative) leadership approach
to managing the team
- Must be able to pass a background check, drug screening and
reference check
- Legally authorized to work in the United States
- Proven experience with reliability and continuous improvement
principles and techniquesDesired Characteristics
- Experience within a unionized environment
- Knowledge Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma
- Kepner Tregoe or other problem analysis tools Why is This a
Great Opportunity: One of the leaders in the paper industry.
Global. Great benefits and a relocation plan that is second to
none.Salary Type : Annual SalarySalary Min : 125000Salary Max :
165000Currency Type : US Dollars
Keywords: Job Juncture, Macon , Production Superintendent, Professions , Macon, Georgia
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