Job DescriptionPosition Title:Area Manufacturing Excellence Leader - PowerPay 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
- Utilize the International Paper Change Process to drive change
- 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 required; additional lean/six sigma certifications a plus.
The Benefits You Will Enjoy: International Paper offers a benefits package that includes health, welfare and retirement plans including Medical, Dental, Life insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Short-term and Long-term Disability, 401(k), Company-funded retirement contributions, Paid Time Off, Education & Development (including Tuition Reimbursement), Student Loan Repayment Assistance, and Voluntary Benefits including insurance for home, auto, vision and pets
The Career You Will Build: Leadership training, promotional opportunities
