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WestRock Company Paper Machine Superintendent in Florence, South Carolina
The opportunity:
The Paper Machine Superintendent is responsible for managing safety, reliability, cost, quality, productivity, and employee engagement in a goal-oriented environment. The position is responsible for one paper machine for all shifts and reports to the Paper Mill Superintendent.
How you will impact WestRock:
Facilitate an environment where safety is our first priority
Effectively manage production performance
Effectively partner with other departments of the mill and create an environment of teamwork
Providing leadership to machine personnel to ensure overall safe operations
Identifying developmental needs and facilitating training of machine personnel
Planning and controlling production performance
Troubleshooting quality and operational issues and developing systems and structures to avoid reoccurrences
Planning and executing maintenance outages on time and on budget
Monitoring compliance with standard operating procedures
Ensuring quality systems are supported, in place, and comply with required customer specifications
Coordinating efforts with Maintenance, Operations, and Technical Resource Departments as required
Identifying long term departmental improvement opportunities
What you need to succeed:
Bachelor\u2019s degree preferred
Minimum 5-7 years of related experience in a Linerboard Mill
Supervisory or management experience required
Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
Strong interpersonal and leadership skills are essential
Must have excellent oral and written communications skills
Excellent problem solving skills (preference for demonstrated Kepner-Tregoe facilitation abilities)
Excellent planning, organizational, time management and prioritization skills
Proficient computer skills (MS Office, MS Project, JD Edwards, Panther, etc.)
Competencies:
Safety - Exhibits strong competencies in Safety Mindset and has a thorough understanding of safety policies and procedures.
Ability to Execute - Targets and achieves results, sets and accomplishes challenging goals, prioritizes and manages tasks effectively, maintains an organized system to monitor progress, overcomes obstacles, accepts accountability, sets standards and responsibilities.
Champion of & Adaptor to Change - Drives for continuous improvement while managing expectations and results. Able to quickly adapt to changing circumstances and accelerates the change within themselves, their work group, or the organization; challenges the status quo and creatively identifies opportunities for improvement. Demonstrates a constant commitment to do things better.
Customer Focused - Understands and works to meet customer requirements. Listens to and responds to customer\u2019s needs; builds relationships with and gains trust of customer by always meeting commitments.
Decision Making/Judgment - Recognizes problems and responds by systematically gathering information and weighing options. Able to sort through complex issues, seeks input from others and addresses root cause of issues. Makes timely and accurate decisions. Uses consensus when possible and clearly communicates decisions to others.
Initiative - Tackles problems and takes independent action. Seeks out new responsibilities, acts on opportunities, generates new ideas, practices self-development, and demonstrates a bias for action without being prompted.
Problem Solving/Analysis - Breaks down problems into smaller components, understands underlying issues. Can simplify and process complex issues and information, understands the difference between critical details and unimportant facts, can analyze data/information and draw accurate conclusions.
Influence & Persuasion - Able to exhibit a \u2018can-do\u2019 approach and inspire associates to excel, uses competition to encourage others, develops performance standards and confronts negative attitudes. Develops a team spirit and uses tact when expressing ideas or opinions. Presents new ideas to authority figures and adapts presentations to suit a particular audience. Responds to objections successfully.
Quality - Attentive to detail and accuracy; is committed to excellence. Continuously looks for improvements, seeks opportunities to increase effectiveness and efficiency.
Integrity - Able to be tactful, maintain confidences, and foster an ethical work environment. Prevents inappropriate behavior by coworkers, give proper credit to others and handles all situations honestly.
Communication - Able to clearly present information through spoken or written word; read and interpret complex information; talks with employees, customers, and supplies, and has strong listening skills.
What we offer:
Corporate culture based on integrity, respect, accountability and excellence
Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities
An attractive salary reflecting skills, competencies and potential
A career with a global packaging company where Sustainability, Safety and Inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of the daily work.
Smurfit Westrock Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating and maintaining a diverse workforce: Minorities/Females/ Disabled/Veterans.
Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is a global leader in sustainable paper and packaging solutions. We are materials scientists, packaging designers, mechanical engineers and manufacturing experts with a shared purpose: Innovate Boldly. Package Sustainably. Guided by our values of integrity, respect, accountability and excellence, we use leading science and technology to move fiber-based packaging forward.
Smurfit Westrock is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to create and maintain a diverse workforce where everyone feels valued, respected, and included. Smurfit Westrock does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.