Operations Manager

Operations Manager - Tissue

FPC Bangor is working with a large paper manufacturer looking for an Operations Manager to ensure that operating equipment is maintained for maximum runnability. Must be eligible to work in the U.S.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure employee safety by maintaining a safety-minded focus and modeling a safety-minded work attitude.

o Enforce safety policies, safe working practices, quality, and production goals.

• Responsible for reporting safety incidents, ensuring standard operating procedures are up-to-date, work requests are entered, lockout tagout procedures are correct, etc.
• Supervise and provide leadership to twenty (20) people (daily and on shift) including hourly and salary.

o Continually assess the performance, productivity, skills, and weaknesses of the department by performing informal and formal employee evaluations.

• Directs and coordinates all daily operations of the tissue facility, including providing input for the run schedule, working with maintenance department for continuous improvement and machine run-ability.
• Supervises work of others including planning, assigning, and scheduling work during outages. Also includes reviewing work, ensuring quality standards are met, training staff, and overseeing productivity.
• Provide training, support, motivation, and supervision to superintendents and employees.
• Involve staff in planning, decision-making, facilitating and process improvements, as well as assisting with improving run-ability and efficiency projects.
• Strong knowledge of how the tissue manufacturing process operates.
• Able to lead a team of superintendents and Team Leaders.

o Provide the leadership and share knowledge and best practice of tissue manufacturing including startups and shutdowns.

• Works collaboratively with other supervisors, engineering, quality control, and other disciplines to ensure customer needs are met in a timely and accurate manner.
• Function as a liaison to other mill departments, outside suppliers, and service providers.
• Provide leadership for Reliability Excellence initiatives.

o For example, work with the Loss Elimination focus group to establish goals and areas to focus on.

• Work with OMC to drive the planning and scheduling effort for shutdowns and AMO’s to improve the run-ability and safety of the tissue machine operation. This goes along with the Reliability Excellence initiatives involved with Work Management.
• Communicates problems and obstacles to the Mill Manager and the leadership team.
• Assists in preparation of annual plant operating budget. Work to meet or exceed plant productivity, cost, or other performance metric expectations as outlined by plant manager.
• Manages vacation time, as well as all time and attendance for superintendents.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical or other Engineering field desired, plus 5-8 years of experience in the pulp & paper industry preferred.

Please send your current resume to Phil DeSoto or Leisa Wallace for immediate consideration.