Where you will work:
The Lewiston mill is the largest of Clearwater Paper's facilities, producing both paperboard and tissue product, and boasting over 1200 talented employees. Approximately two hours away from Clearwater Paper's headquarters in Spokane, Washington, the Lewiston paper mill is a key component in Clearwater Paper's business strategy. This location offers employees an opportunity to learn both sides of the business while influencing key business decisions and outcomes.
Located on the border of Idaho and Washington, Lewiston provides a host of opportunities for those who love the outdoors including fishing, boating, camping, and skiing. There are several social and civic opportunities to participate in including Boys & Girls Club, Twin County United Way, Lewis Clark Partners Habitat for Humanity, and more. Clearwater Paper values involvement with the community and the partnerships created as a result. Lewiston is in close proximity to the University of Idaho, Washington State University, and Lewis-Clark State College, as well as several strong K-12 school districts.
What you will do:
Safety and Environmental
- Responsible for safety performance, managing safety programs that include annual training, scheduled safety meetings, safe job performance by employees, and managing safety performance issues as they arise.
- Responsible for leading resources in the development of safety standard operating procedures and guidelines.
- Review all safety incidents in the department and participate in developing cause maps.
- Regularly tours the department for safety observations and employee contacts while verifying regulatory compliance.
- Guides and develops supervisors to effectively manage crews in the area of safe work practices.
- Ensures compliance with all environmental OSHA, labor, and government regulations.
- Supports the behavioral safety program and ensures that safe work practices are followed.
Leadership
- Manages and provides direction for the activities of Pulp Mill process employees to meet production goals while balancing quality, productivity, performance, cost, safety, and morale to achieve positive results in all areas.
- Accountable for daily management of mill resources, performance management, and positive and productive employee and labor relations.
- Influences and develops employee performance while growing employee competence through training.
- Ensures employees have proper training and tools to meet or exceed departmental and mill goals and objectives.
- Demonstrates leadership and leads change.
- Guides and develops supervisors who are responsible for day-to-day people management.
Production and Quality
- Responsible for setting direction, identifying priorities, coordinating the activities of other departments as it relates to the area's performance, and managing the operating budget for the area.
- Ensures adequate raw material supplies are maintained for continued production.
- Ensures production meets specifications.
- Works with Quality/Technical staff to resolve quality issues.
- Ensures operations training manuals are complete and updated.
Continuous Improvement
- Leads crews to improve processes by identifying and eliminating non-value-added activities (waste).
- Utilizes strong problem-solving skills to ensure corrective actions for employee or production issues are defined and established, bringing open items to closure in a timely manner.
- Communicates to all levels of the organization as needed and participates with department managers from other areas of the mill to coordinate activities.
- Prepares and distributes information regarding changes to policies and procedures (as a result of kaizens or other CI opportunities) to employees.
Key Competencies & Attributes
- Actively seeks and allocates appropriate decision-making authority or task responsibility to appropriate individuals based on their abilities, availability, motivation, and development needs; considers potential positive and negative impact, business unit priorities, organizational values, and the opportunity to enhance others' knowledge and skills.
- Identifies barriers that impact customer service and retention; communicates concerns and recommendations to others.
- Uses an understanding of customer needs and the organization's customer service practices to set priorities, make decisions, and take actions that create customer satisfaction and prevent service issues from occurring.
- Creates relevant options for addressing problems and opportunities that will achieve desired outcomes.
- Systematically evaluates business opportunities, targeting those with the greatest potential for producing positive business results.
What you will need:
- High school diploma or GED required. Bachelor's degree in management, engineering, or related field preferred.
- Minimum of ten years of industry experience preferred.
- Bleached paper-making knowledge strongly preferred.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.
- Must have strong organizational and computer skills.
- Must be self-motivated and energetic.
- Proven ability to work in a high-speed manufacturing environment with sustained exposure to high-frequency noises, multiple hours standing, and walking on concrete surfaces.
- Personal Protective Equipment is required in the mill environment.
- Dirt, noise, odor, & temperature extremes.
- Able to climb stairs, ladders, and scaffolding.
- Exposure to hazardous chemicals used in manufacturing process.
Total Reward Details:
We prioritize an exceptional workplace experience, offering a comprehensive total reward package. This position is eligible for our Incentive Plan. Compensation ranges are estimates based on market data. Actual offers account for internal equity and the candidate's job-related knowledge, skills, education, and experience. Benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and more, generally begin after 30 days. Our paid time off includes vacation days, personal days, and company holidays. For more on our compensation philosophy, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team at Talent.Acquisition@clearwaterpaper.com.
Clearwater Paper will not offer sponsorship for employment-based visa status (including, but not limited to, H-1B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require Clearwater Paper's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.
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