Superintendent - Pulp

Position Title: 

Superintendent - Pulp

Pay Rate: 

$151,000 - $185,000

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: 

100 Jensen Road

Prattville, AL Containerboard Paper Mill 

The Job You Will Perform: 

• Championing safety efforts by modeling and maintaining an environment of safe work practices. Taking a proactive approach to safety management and building a resilient Safety program.
• Efficient operation and management of the Pulp and Woodyard Departments. The Pulp area includes 3 Kamyr Digesters, 5 Washlines, Chip supply, and Turpentine recovery systems.
• The Woodyard area includes two wood lines. The #1 yard consists of two Portal (P&H) Cranes, Debarking drum, and Chipper. The #1 yard chips both Hard and soft wood. The #2 yard consists of a Radial (Kockums) crane, Slasher deck, Log flume, Debarking drum and Chipper.
• Providing leadership and resources to support engagement and a high performance work team.  Championing the 1:1 process and developing both hourly and salaried direct reports.
• Understanding Customer Satisfaction and being committed to products that consistently meet product specifications.
• Taking initiative to pro-actively deal with issues both with the team and cross functionally, ensuring communication flows to and from the team.
• Leading a team in goal setting and performance management consistent with company and mill direction.
• Understanding the environmental impacts of production processes to ensure continuous compliance.
• Setting clear expectations and holding employees accountable for meeting them.
• Developing and maintaining excellent manufacturing systems.
• Managing department budgets and Annual outage spend.

The Skills You Will Bring: 

• Technical Bachelor’s Degree or relevant work experience

• 8-10+ years of manufacturing experience, preferably in a Pulp mill.

• Proven Safety Leadership Skills

• Proven Leadership of hourly employees, preferably in a union environment

• Demonstrated competence to work with minimum supervision and with all levels of mill management.

• Strong technical and troubleshooting skills