Team Leader; Shift Supervisor

Position Overview The Team Leader functions as the Shift Supervisor and is responsible for leading the Production area, including paper machine and stock preparation operators. Operating within a 100% Recycled Closed-Loop Mill, the Team Leader ensures safe operation, strict quality compliance, environmental stewardship, and optimal production efficiency.

Crucially, during non-business hours, nights, weekends, and holidays when day management is absent, this position assumes full operational command of the entire mill site, from inbound raw materials to outbound finished products, including all utility departments.

• Operational Leadership: Lead shift-wide manufacturing operations, monitoring all production processes to ensure efficiency, volume targets and quality standards are met.
• Non-Business Hours Oversight: Serve as the ranking site leader during non business hours, providing autonomous direction, decision-making, and emergency response management for all mill facilities and utility departments.
• Safety & Compliance: Ensure 100% compliance with safety policies, procedures, and environmental regulations across all personnel and equipment.
• Quality Assurance: Guarantee that all products are manufactured to precise quality specifications to meet or exceed customer expectations.
• Workforce Development: Manage, execute, and follow up on team training plans to build operator skills and cross-functionality.
• Maintenance Coordination: Assist in scheduling, coordinating, and executing shutdown and outage work in partnership with the maintenance department.

• Safety Leadership: Set clear safety performance expectations through personal example; collaborate with managers and supervisors to eliminate workplace hazards.
• Mill Inspections: Conduct regular, documented daily inspections of all mill areas using the inspection round sheet to maintain safety and housekeeping standards.
• Operational Flexibility: Maintain the skills and ability to step in and work any paper machine operator position when operational needs require. Assist in Stock Prep area as when operational needs require.
• Troubleshooting & Root Cause Analysis: Partner with operators to diagnose operational issues, determine root causes, and implement timely corrective actions.
• Cost & Waste Control: Monitor and control production costs by constantly reviewing material usages and minimizing waste throughout the closed-loop process, and paper making processes.
• Continuous Improvement: Collaborate with crews to develop performance goals for individual crew members and the shift as a whole, driving mill and process optimizations.
• Personnel Management: Work alongside Area Managers and HR to maintain accurate attendance records, address personnel issues, and resolve conflicts.

• Technical Expertise: Strong, working knowledge of paper mill operations, stock preparation, and interconnected mill departments.
• Autonomous Decision-Making: Proven ability to operate independently and make critical operational, logistical, and safety decisions during non-business hours without immediate on-site management support.
• Analytical Thinking: Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills for real-time troubleshooting and process monitoring.
• Communication & Interpersonal
  
  Skills:
  
  Proven ability to lead teams, present training materials, and collaborate across departments.
• Computer Literacy: Proficient with…