PM35 Area Manager

Job Description

Provide overall Line leadership of paper machine, on-line coaters, hot-soft calender, and winder operations including proper support from stock prep and coating. Establish personnel, technical, and process management direction to optimize performance in a team-based environment. Ensure implementation of action items to improve safety, product quality, productivity, product development, costs, training, housekeeping, maintenance, asset improvement, and employee engagement. Provide direction to area coordinators/OMC, engineers, supervisors, and crews.

Promote Pixelle's Core Value of working safelyEnsure that employees are trained to perform their jobs safely and that incidents are properly addressed

Hold Team Members accountable for their safety performance with an emphasis on eliminating unsafe acts

Ensure that high standards of housekeeping are maintained

Develop people to drive business resultsBuild accountability and engagement while owning the Line's integrated action plan (IAPs)

Leading/developing the PM35 management group to ensure that they deliver results utilizing tools such as the TDAP

Support the department safety team to build crew engagement and help facilitate crew-led safety plans

Build the Line's technical troubleshooting expertise (TCCs, training depth, checklists, etc.)

Support the training and development efforts on the Line (OJT process)

Maintain harmonious relations with Team Members by administering contract provisions and company policies

Improve products to serve customersSupport the Mill's Quality System and monitor paper quality to ensure the products meet our customers' needs

Develop, lead, and coordinate the complaint feedback system and corrective & preventative actions

Support new product development trials and coordinate trial efforts with the Product Development group

Provide technical feasibility and guidance to the product development group on new projects

Optimize processes to leverage the assetsReduce process variability through supporting the "KVA" system utilization and optimization

Investigate new equipment or process changes that will improve operations in the long-term

Coordinate capital planning for the Line looking out five years

Support the core components of the Mill's Reliability initiative, including tracking and preventing reliability events

Help drive cost control and implement improvements to efficiently and economically use all resources

Effectively work with suppliers and outside service groups to ensure highest levels of service and workmanship of the products and raw materials that we use

Assist in standard and budget setting for annual and long-term plans

Complete other projects and tasks as assigned