Area Process Manager - Recovery

Position Title: 

Area Process Manager - Recovery

Pay Rate:

$129,900 - $171,100 (PL15 – PL16)

Multiple factors, including Individual experience, skills and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range.

Variable pay may provide additional opportunities for financial awards. This job is eligible to participate in IP’s short –term incentive plan.

Category/Shift:

Salaried Full-Time

Physical Location:

Mansfield Mill

1202 Hwy 509

Mansfield, LA 71052

The Job You Will Perform:

The Recovery Area Manager position is a management position in the mill with fully integrated power and recovery operations. The position is primarily responsible for managing the evaporator and recovery process, as well as supporting the steam system, gas, raw water treatment, and electric power distribution to the mill.  The Recovery Area Process Manger’s role is to provide leadership to the recovery area operations team and operating shift crews to achieve the mill and Recovery Department objectives. The Recovery Area Process Manager is responsible for developing process improvement plans and implementing systems for continuous improvement, and for managing the Recovery Area team in a goal-oriented environment to deliver and exceed target results in the areas of safety, engagement, cost, reliability, and quality.  This position reports to the Utilities Superintendent.

Key Accountabilities

• Assure a safe and highly motivated workforce by demonstrating leadership in safety and environmental efforts, by being a positive role model, by addressing safety issues and concerns.
• Provide leadership, clear direction, and develop personal accountability to maintain a satisfactory work environment for all employees by providing fair and equal treatment of all reports in the department.
• Manage the performance and development of salaried and hourly members by setting clear expectations and standards of performance and identifying and providing the necessary skill development training.
• Coach, lead, support, and develop the department crew leaders, collectively as well as individually.
• Direct and lead all manufacturing activities in a manner that meets or exceeds performance and budget expectations.
• Facilitate integrated action plans for productivity and cost goal attainment and select champions to lead individual integrated action plan items.
• Continuously improve the operation by staying current with new technologies, sharing best practices, identifying non-value added elements and modeling continuous improvement.
• Champion reliability improvements for recovery and evaporator area equipment and processes.
• Support the goals and initiatives of all Businesses supported by the Mill.

The Skills You Will Bring:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree in a technical discipline or equivalent combination of education/experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Five (5) years of manufacturing experience
• Experience in the Utilities area operations and processes
• Knowledge of maintenance management principles
• Able to collect, communicate, and analyze date
• Proven ability to lead team and execute work based on metrics and agreed standards and procedures in an industrial environment.
• Strong verbal skills and experience using computers

Qualified candidates should possess knowledge of the recovery area operations and processes. This includes knowledge of maintenance management principles and should have the talent to secure, display, communicate, evaluate and analyze data. Candidates should understand the use of key metrics to help manage the overall operations. Candidates for this position must also possess a clear ability to manage and coordinate multiple tasks and demonstrated ability to work with and lead teams to execute work based on standards and procedures.

The Benefits You Will Enjoy:

• Paid time off including Vacation and Holidays
• Retirement, pension, and 401k Matching Program
• Medical & Dental
• Education & Development (including Tuition Reimbursement)
• Life & Disability Insurance

The Career You Will Build:

• Leadership training
• Promotional opportunities