Paper Mill Superintendent – Hopewell Mill

Career Opportunity (Job Summary):

Responsible for managing the Paper Mill Department that includes Linerboard Machine and Shipping Logistics. Responsible for all activities in the department including safety, environmental, quality & customer satisfaction, cost, production, maintenance planning, financial budgets & results, capital project support, people development, and employee & labor relations. The Superintendent reports to the Operations Manager.

How you will impact WestRock (Responsibilities):

• Safety – Lead safety systems and processes that support achieving our continually improving annual goals

• Assure a safe, engaged and highly motivated workforce by providing role modeling and leadership in safety and environmental efforts; communicating safety consistently, accountability while providing fair and equal treatment.

• Environmental – Lead department environmental management systems to ensure compliance and environmental stewardship
• Quality/Customer Satisfaction – Focus on the “no fail basics” of quality and service coupled with innovation to be our customer’s preferred supplier

• Cost – Develop and maintain methods for tracking and reducing operational costs
• Production – Achieve production goals by improving efficiency and effectiveness of department operations (utilizing all available tools, technology, and outside resources)

• Financial Budget/Results – Develop stretch operating budgets and deliver financial results

• Capital Execution – Provide input to capital projects from inception through completion

• People Development - Invest in our people to help them develop and operate at their maximum potential (training, feedback, goals, etc.)

Key Behaviors

• Create an environment of respect and trust for our co-workers and customers
• Empower and engage co-workers to improve our performance and lower our costs
• Satisfy our customers every time

• Do the right thing for WestRock – always
• High sense of urgency
• Attention to detail; develop and follow Standard Operating Procedures and processes to reduce human errors

Competencies

Command Skills Relishes leading; takes unpopular stands if necessary; encourages direct and tough debate but isn’t afraid to end it and move on; is looked to for direction in a crisis; faces adversity head on; energized by tough challenges.

Customer Focus Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.

Managerial Courage Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and constructive feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems in any situation quickly and directly; is not afraid to take difficult action when necessary.

Managing/Measuring Work Clearly assigns responsibility for tasks and decisions; sets clear objectives and measures; monitors process, progress, and results; designs feedback loops into work.

Motivating Others Creates a climate in which people want to do their best; can motivate many kinds of direct reports and team or project members; can assess each person’s strengths/weaknesses and use them to get the best out of him/her; pushes tasks and decisions down; empowers others; invites input from each person and shares ownership and visibility; makes each individual feel his/her work is important; is someone people like working for and with.

Problem Solving Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; probes all fruitful sources for answers; can see hidden problems; is excellent at honest analysis; looks beyond the obvious and doesn’t stop at the first answers.

Process Management Skills Able to determine the processes necessary to get things done; knows how to organize people and activities; understands how to separate and combine tasks into efficient work flow; knows what to measure and how to measure it; can see opportunities for synergy and integration where others can’t; can simplify complex processes; gets more out of fewer resources.

Drive for Results Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.

What you need to succeed (Requirements):

• Bachelor’s Degree in an Engineering discipline or commensurate experience. Preferred but not required.
• Minimum of five (5) years of paper machine experience to include five (5) years of supervisory experience.
• High School Diploma or Equivalent required.
• Capability to coordinate with site procurement in administration or third party contracted services and various subcontracts.
• Purchasing and Asset Management

o Precision Maintenance

o Maintenance Planning and Scheduling

o Reliability Systems

• Knowledge of budgeting and operations planning. Working knowledge of planning and scheduling processes, computerized maintenance management systems and related maintenance recordkeeping.

o Product Cost Accounting

o CapEx Procedures & Guidelines

o Working Knowledge of Financial Indicators

o Budgeting and Forecasting Processes

• Safety, Health and Environmental

o OSHA, State, and local laws/regulations

o Safety Programs and Training

• Process Improvement and Management Tools

o Lean, 6 Sigma, Statistics, Kepner-Tregoe, etc.

• Communication

o Written

o Presentation Skills

If this sounds great to you and you think you fit in, please submit your application. We want to hear from you!

WestRock Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating and maintaining a diverse workforce: Minorities/Females/ Disabled/Veterans.