Manufacturing Excellence - PulpRiegelwood, NCPay Rate:
$120,000 - $140,000
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:- Responsible for the overall leadership of the Manufacturing Excellence initiative in the Pulp organization
- Primarily responsible for development and implementation of deliberate improvements focused on capital and non-capital cost reduction, waste reduction, process efficiency and variability reduction projects as well as continuous improvements within these functional areas.
- Coordinate use of ME toolbox as needed to address mill issues including Six Sigma, Kaizen, Capital Cost Reduction project management and other ME tools.
- Conduct training as needed to ensure both team leaders and team members are knowledgeable on ME processes and methods.
- Coordinate technical efforts of departments through participation in regular project review meetings.
- Support the Pulp area with strategic evaluations and/or performance tracking, as well as budgeting/business analysis.
- Conduct all functions within a work systems-based framework to ensure sustainability.
- Support Finished Products area as a technical resource or in an operations management capacity. Champion resolution of complex operating issues as needed.
- Be knowledgeable and participate in Maintenance/Reliability work systems such as Manufacturing Work Systems (MWS), Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), Basic Care (BC) development and Precision Maintenance (IEPM).
- The ME resource will be required to provide support for project management and/or outage management during annual outages.
- Demonstrate leadership in the area of safety and support broad based participation in the mill's safety initiatives.
- Actively drive self-development.
- Champion training efforts in the operating areas related to new cost reduction capital and non-capital projects.
- Lead White Belt training modules and mentor yellow belt candidates and green belt candidates as they work through certification.
- Foster peer relationships within the ME team to ensure overall ME team skill set is constantly growing.
- Manage REACH engineers, and interns/co-ops on the ME team as necessary.
About You: Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities - Bachelor of Science in Engineering required: Chemical, Mechanical, or Electrical
- A minimum of 5-10 years of manufacturing management or process experience in a heavy industrial environment (prior paper or chemical industry experience preferred).
- Candidate will possess Green Belt certification level or higher
- Prior experience as a First Line Leader, Operations Maintenance Coordinator, and Area Process Manager preferred
- Possess good skills in written and oral communication, problem solving, time management, conflict resolution and task group facilitation.
- Possess strong computer knowledge and skills that include experience with spreadsheets and statistical analysis using Minitab
- Ability to excel with minimal supervision in a team environment.
Physical Location of Position:
Riegelwood Mill
865 John Riegel Rd
Riegelwood, NC 28456
