Area Process Manager - Wood Processing

International Paper

$105K — $141K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Post-secondary degree in Engineering, Wood Products, Forestry, or equivalent experience in complex operations.
  • Minimum 2 years' experience in a leadership role in a manufacturing or industrial setting.
  • Demonstrated ability to motivate a team and work collaboratively across departments.
  • Strong problem-solving skills with a proven track record in troubleshooting operations.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and SAP for reporting and operational tasks.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and support the Wood Processing Department and ensure departmental targets are met.
  • Champion safety initiatives and maintain compliance with safety protocols and legal regulations.
  • Optimize production quality, cost, and environmental practices daily.
  • Manage and plan for outages and material inventory to support plant operations.
  • Communicate effectively with teams about production status and celebrate successes.
  • Participate in performance management, providing feedback and addressing issues promptly.
  • Drive continuous improvements in safety, reliability, and operational efficiency.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work at a cutting-edge facility in the wood processing industry.
  • Engagement in team leadership and development initiatives.
  • Active participation in safety and operational excellence programs.
  • Involvement in strategic decision-making processes at the plant level.
  • Organizational commitment to employee professional growth and development.
Full Job Description
Pay Rate:

$105,800 - $141,000

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

About The Role:
  • Provide leadership and support to the Wood Processing Department.
  • Support and exemplify the vision and organizational values of Global Cellulose Fibers and the Grande Prairie Mill.
  • Participate in safety related activities, be a role model of safe and healthy practices, demonstrate core safety leadership behaviors as expected for team leaders as defined by the GCF Leadership Model. Initiate or participate in safety incident reviews as appropriate.
  • Implement/support safety processes ensuring a safe work environment for all employees.
  • Comply with applicable federal, provincial, and local regulatory law.
  • Ensure that safety and environment practices as well as operating and maintenance procedures are up-to-date, followed and improved.
  • Serve as the leader of the department. Accountable for ensuring the department achieves targets.
  • Provide leadership to safely optimize production, quality, cost, and environment on a daily basis.
  • Provide input to plant wide decisions regarding outage planning (water and steam management, waste management, shutdown/startup triggers, etc.). Manage material inventory levels for outages and special causes.
  • Lead and/or influence problem resolution. Provide troubleshooting skills in areas of expertise. Provide leadership to summon resources when the team has exhausted all avenues of resolution.
  • Ensure routine communication is provided to the teams in a timely and quality manner. Celebrate and communicate excellent results.
  • Report production and plant status to teams and other appropriate company resources. Communicate daily, monthly, yearly results to plant as part of daily plan.
  • Participate in performance management process. Provide feedback to teams and individuals, participate in resolving performance issues.
  • Identify and verify staffing and skill requirements for success.
  • Assist teams with data gathering /analyzing for daily operational decisions, leverage assessment and or incident reviews.
  • Responsible for upholding standards.
  • Perform APM functions in the Daily Operations and Manufacturing Work System processes.
  • Ensure PM routes, area centerlines, basic care rounds and CBA's are adhered to.
  • Administrate individual work schedules and assist with overtime management.
  • Maintains quality standards according to customer specifications.
  • Possesses skills and willingness to intervene for change.
  • Ability to conduct effective meetings.
  • Track capital and major maintenance projects in Unit and forecasts upcoming projects needed within the dept.
  • Identify and support the development as well as implementation of opportunities to improve: safety, cost and reliability in order to meet the Corporation's expectations of year-over-year improvements.
  • This role is required to participate in weekend duty rotating coverage.


About You: Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • Post-secondary degree in Engineering, Wood Products, Forestry or significant experience operating/maintaining/leading unit operations of similar complexity
  • Track record of motivating others and working across boundaries to achieve challenging goals
  • Drive to lead, troubleshoot, solve problems and optimize performance
  • Minimum 2 years' experience in a leadership role
  • Planning and Coordinating Operations/Maintenance Outages
  • Priority Setting, Conflict Management, Building Effective Teams, Problem Solving, Meeting Budgets
  • Proficiency using computer software (MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, SAP)


Physical Location of Position:

Grande Prairie Pulp Mill

53024A Resources Road

County of Grande Prairie No.1

Directions: Travel 12 kms south of Grande Prairie on Resources Road.

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