Area Manufacturing Excellence Leader - Pulp

Position Title:

Area Manufacturing Excellence Leader - Pulp

Pay Rate:

$108,200-$144,300

Multiple factors, including Individual experience, skills and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range.

Category/Shift:

Salaried Full-Time

Physical

Location:

601 County Rd 78

Selma, Al

The Job You Will Perform:

* Provide visible and active leadership in delivering excellent safety results

* Identify and deliver sustainable cost savings through multiple deliberate and continuous improvement initiatives in alignment with the mills goal of year over year (YOY) cost reduction

* Train salaried and hourly employees to develop ME skills in the department and/or mill

* Work within the group to develop college hires (REACH) into ME Engineers

* Achieve ME certifications (White, Yellow, Green, Black, Master Black)

* Maintain strong relationships with other ME leaders as well as operating and maintenance department leaders

* Influence Business Unit operations teams to incorporate ME systems and processes to support sustainability of improvements as they are accomplished

* Support operations through field day/annual outage support and weekend duty assignments when needed

* Identify and implement Manufacturing Excellence best practices from across the mill, business, and company

* Support 5S program for the area and drive improvement projects, audit systems, and excellent results

* Provide support for cost reduction capital project development and implementation

* Implement systems to improve/sustain results

* Fulfill weekend duty team leadership role for assigned department

* Provide support for budgeting cycle targeted at delivering year over year savings

The Skills You Will Bring:

* Instill safety as a core value within the team and effectively communicate a shared vision for safety

* Quickly develop thorough knowledge of mill equipment and systems

* Utilize excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate to groups and individuals at all levels

* Approach positional responsibilities in an inclusive manner by engaging all team members in area, department, and mill

* Work effectively alone or within a team

* Possess Manufacturing Excellence (ME) certification of yellow or green belt.

* Utilize strong organizational skills to handle multiple tasks effectively

* Minimum of five (5) years' experience in operations, maintenance, and/or engineering in a paper manufacturing environment is required.

* Bachelor's degree in chemical, mechanical or electrical engineering is required; equivalent practical experience may be considered.

* IP ME certification of green or black belt is preferred; additional lean/six sigma certifications a plus.