Mill Reliability and Process Improvement Leader (Candidate Identified)

Position Title: 

Mill Reliability and Process Improvement Leader

Pay Rate:

$164,900-$201,500

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

Category:

Salary full-time (exempt)

Physical Location:

2449 Stagecoach Rd

Oglethorpe, GA 31068

The Job You Will Perform: 

• Be actively involved in mill safety program.  Proactively lead the Reliability Maintenance Team to help meet safety goals and objectives.
• Design out reliability issues as necessary. Motivated individual that can prioritize and flow to small issues to prevent large failures.
• Lead mill wide process optimization efforts. Lead mill efforts to remove process bottle necks and find new opportunities for improvement
• Lead the PdM team to achieve reliability goals.
• Drive root cause failure analysis program on reliability incidents especially for chronic reliability problems.
• Support our MWS teams while reducing/eliminating downtime on the machines.
• Directly lead and actively engage the reliability engineering team to provide excellent results in reliable and cost effective operations.
• Lead problem solving teams to identify and resolve problems using facts, knowledge, and data.
• Troubleshoot operational issues with equipment and causes of downtime and implement projects or procedures to eliminate them.
• Facilitate and sustain forward progress in attaining all objectives of reliability elements (13) in the mill.
• Ensure management of the Tank Integrity Program.
• Responsible for overseeing and managing the mill’s reliability program.
• Assist in identifying chronic issues both operational or maintenance.
• Maintain and develop team relationships.
• Facilitate self-assessments and peer assessments for Reliability Elements
• Support the facility in achieving manufacturing excellence using total quality principles, superior manufacturing techniques and preventive maintenance.
• Provide technical assistance to Process and Maintenance team members through process area audits.
• Assist with design and analysis of routes, equipment, time, tools.
• Develop & implement preventative maintenance programs as needed.
• Understand and meet internal and external customer requirements.
• Ensure inspection and repair processes are accomplished and documented so that mill equipment conforms to standards, company policies and governing laws/regulations to ensure safe, legal and reliable operation.
• Fulfill area specific 5S expectations (5 Minute 5S Checklists Replenishment of tools and supplies, 5S Audits, etc).
• Responsible for ensuring that the following specific reliability systems are developed and maintained in a consistent and sustainable manner mill-wide:
  • Reliability program
    • Manufacturing Work systems (MWS), Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), Significant Reliability Recordable (SRR) management, RI database management, Instrument/Electrical Precision Maintenance (IEPM), Electric Power Distribution (EPD), Mechanical Precision Maintenance (MPM), Predictive Maintenance (PdM), Preventative Maintenance, Operator Basic Care, Annual Outage management, Lubrication, Facility Preservation, and Reliability Certification
  • Management of Change (MOC)
  • CMMS Management
  • DMSI Management
  • Constrained area downtime recording

Quality Expectations

• Ensure an understanding of quality policy and support efforts for a positive customer experience.
• Aid in the execution of mill-wide quality efforts as needed to help maintain mill quality standards.

The Skills You Will Bring:

• Minimum
  • Five years of industrial maintenance experience, utilizing mechanical, electrical and instrumentation system experience. Strong operations experience is a plus.
  • Demonstrated commitment to safe work practices and safety leadership.
  • Demonstrated effective facilitation, project execution, follow-up and problem-solving skills.
  • Demonstrated leadership experience. Effective at directing and developing salaried reports.
  • Demonstrated ability to build and maintain positive relationships with team members and customers.
• Preferred
  • B.S. in an engineering discipline
  • Paper mill experience in operations or maintenance and strong process knowledge.
  • Experience with High Performance Work Systems
  • Formal reliability training or experience implementing reliability systems