Area Manufacturing Excellence Leader - Pulp

Area Manufacturing Excellence Leader - Pulp

Pay Rate: $108,200-$144,300

Category/Shift: Salaried Full-Time

Physical

Location:

601 County Rd 78, Selma, Al

• 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

• 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.