What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Manager for Lumber Operations position at Alta Forest Products?
Company Overview
Alta Forest Products is a leading manufacturer of wood fence boards, specializing in Western Red Cedar and other premium species from the Pacific and Inland Northwest. With zero wood waste policies, our advanced sawmills produce valuable by-products such as wood chips, sawdust, mulch, and biofuel.
The Role
As the Mill Superintendent, you will be responsible for developing and leading team meetings and training, meeting productivity and reliability goals, identifying safety, quality, and production issues, coordinating activities with the maintenance team, and proactively addressing all concerns. You will also lead the team by proactively resolving employee issues, building teamwork, and ensuring adherence to all applicable site policies and procedures fairly and consistently.
Responsibilities:
Alta Forest Products is a leading manufacturer of wood fence boards, specializing in Western Red Cedar and other premium species from the Pacific and Inland Northwest. With zero wood waste policies, our advanced sawmills produce valuable by-products such as wood chips, sawdust, mulch, and biofuel.
The Role
As the Mill Superintendent, you will be responsible for developing and leading team meetings and training, meeting productivity and reliability goals, identifying safety, quality, and production issues, coordinating activities with the maintenance team, and proactively addressing all concerns. You will also lead the team by proactively resolving employee issues, building teamwork, and ensuring adherence to all applicable site policies and procedures fairly and consistently.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for daily operations and production by directing and coordinating sawmill activities to obtain optimum efficiency and economy of operations and maximize profits.
- Actively manage and reduce downtime through quick analysis of options and orchestrating solutions.
- Continually assess performance, productivity, and skills of the mill. Recommend and initiate solutions to prioritize maintenance and production activities.
- Ensure that training is scheduled and appropriately received by the crew.
- Participate in interviews and selection of new hires.
- Assist with coordinating and managing significant mill projects in collaboration with the Mill Manager and Project Engineering team to help ensure they are completed on time and within budget.
- Meet the goals Alta's leadership team agreed upon by achieving optimum employee levels with the least overhead costs.
- Coordinate and direct various programs at the mill with other departments essential to manufacturing procedures (e.g., training, safety, housekeeping, employee engagement, security, etc.).
- Take corrective action as necessary on time and by company policy and procedures.
- Coordinates activities of divisions or departments, such as operating, manufacturing, engineering, planning, sales, maintenance, or research and development, to effect operational efficiency and economy.
- Directs and coordinates the promotion of products manufactured or services performed to develop new markets, increase market share, and obtain a competitive position in the industry.
- Analyzes division or department budget requests to identify areas where reductions can be made and allocates operating budget.
- Setting and enforcing safety expectations for the department, striving for no injuries.
- Monitoring and identifying action plans to improve departmental key performance indicators such as no injuries, improving customer quality, driving productivity improvement in rewinding and sheeting, reducing work-in-process inventory levels, reducing complaints, reducing packaging costs, and improving product yields.
- Promotes organizations in industry, manufacturing, and trade associations.
- Perform miscellaneous duties and other projects as assigned.
