Operations Manager Jobs

What you will do:

Engineering Leadership

• Develops or enhances project tools and engineering guidelines used to standardize engineering practices as it pertains to project management and implementation.
• Supports site in evaluating projects requiring outside engineering.
• Manages the site capital deployment strategy.
• Provides guidance, instruction and mentoring for the engineering staff on technical and business aspects of projects.
• Ensure engineering staff are tracking and communicating project status and key milestones to internal project stakeholders, adjust project plans, budget requests and or resources as required to meet project requirements.
• Provide assistance in overseeing construction efforts and assist with any troubleshooting or problem solving required to meet the design intent.
• Leads when necessary, troubleshooting efforts of significant equipment failures until the asset is up and running.
• Ensures drawings and design details of existing facility are up to date and all field modifications made during construction are accurately documented.
• Influence management on strategic technical direction.
• Ensure adequate engineering tracking and reporting controls are being followed to evaluate the projects progress, schedule, and performance.
• Provides career development planning for engineering staff.
• Actively participates in site strategy development.
• Provides positive role model for all mill personnel in the area of safety, quality and productivity.

Key Competencies & Attributes

• Systematically evaluates business opportunities, targeting those with the greatest potential for producing positive business results.
• 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.
• Uses 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.
• Identifies barriers that impact customer service and retention; communicates concerns and recommendations to others.

What you will need:

• Proficient in use of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in project management required.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in paper mill maintenance, engineering, production management required.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the ability to read, understand, and modify or develop project technical documentation across all technical disciplines.
• Dirt, noise, odor, and temperature extremes.
• Climbing stairs, ladders, and scaffolding
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field preferred.
• Work environment includes exposure to compressed air, steam, lubrication oil, dust, and hydraulic fluid.
• Previous experience using a Computer Maintenance Management system preferred (e.g. JD Edwards).
• Knowledge of a variety of project contracting strategies.
• Must possess analytical troubleshooting skills.
• Continuous improvement/lean manufacturing experience preferred.
• High speed manufacturing environment, sustained exposure to high frequency noises, multiple hours standing, walking on concrete surfaces.
• Functional understanding of predictive and preventive maintenance programs, work order systems and world-class maintenance systems is desired.
• Demonstrated ability to foster Continuous Improvement
• Personal Protective Equipment required in mill environment.
• Must have good verbal and written communication skills.