Production Manager
Production Manager
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Job Description
Primary Purpose
Oversee all production staff with primary responsibility for reliable operations. Maintain high safety standards adhere to quality requirements maximize productivity and manage a highperformance team. Accomplish this through the continued maturation of the Total Productive Manufacturing (TPM) process.
Key Accountabilities
Health Safety & Environmental Leadership
Create a culture where the safety of our people and our environment stewardship are priorities over production
- Engage in daily safety conversations with team leaders and crew members to always keep safety top of mind
- Actively promote the SafeStart program and monitor adherence
- Perform safety observations to ensure specific safety rules procedures housekeeping proactive accident prevention and conscious safety behaviours are adhered to and enforced if necessary
- Audit the Housekeeping & Fire Prevention Clean and Inspect (CI) processes and provide feedback to the shift teams. Drive ownership of the processes to the supervisors and crews.
- Actively participate in inquiries from the JHSC and ensure follow up measures and goals are achieved through the JHSC
TPM Leadership
Create a culture where we embrace and implement TPM methodologies enabling our capability to achieve a world class OEE targets
- Champion TPM principles across the operations team driving employee engagement in ownership of equipment upkeep and performance improvement including; break down analysis (BDA) root cause analysis (RCA) clean inspect & lubricate activities (CIL) focussed improvements (FI) and/or kaizen events.
- Facilitate TPM training for superintendents and supervisors.
- Attend daily and weekly operations review (DOR & WOR) meetings to check performance metrics identify issues and develop corrective actions.
- Actively participate in the monthly review of site objectives goals strategies and metrics (OGSM) and contribute to the development of the annual plan
Team Leadership
Create a culture where our people want to come to work enjoy working together and share a sense of belonging
- Manage performance of direct reports by setting expectations providing feedback supporting development and issuing recognition in alignment with site OGSM and the corporate performance management program
- Ensure consitent application of mill rules procedures and attendance guidelines coach and support shift supervisors to maintain high standards of professionalism and fairness.
- Monitor team performance and reward accomplishments through celebrations and recognition (both individual and group).
- Conduct routine individual performance reviews with direct reports
- Manage team vacation schedules to ensure reliable coverage and support is always available.
- Collaborate with the Sales Scheduling Shipping Maintenance Procurement and Accounting Departments as required to maintain relationships based on mutual respect
Quality Leadership
Create a culture where we strive to meet cutomer expectations on paper quality and workmanship
- Maintain an active awareness of new technological developments of relevance to the mills processes
- Monitor current & evolving customer quality expectations to ensure the mill is capable of meeting current expectations and develops a plan to meet future requirements.
- Work synergistically with the Project Engineering Department to plan process modifications and machine upgrades to improve product quality production throughput and safety.
Cost Leadership
Build a culture of cost awareness to enable our core value of acting like a business owner.
- Identify areas within the Production Operation where operating costs can be reduced and lead initiatives to realize the savings.
Required Qualifications
Education
- Engineering or business administration degree or a related field (preferred).
Experience
- 5 plus years of experience in a high production environment
- 5 plus years of managerial experience
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
- Strong leadership skills independent thinking strong organizational and planning abilities and excellent analytical and problem solving skills are essential
- Strong interpersonal & communication skills
- Exhibit a sense of urgency and demonstrates the ability to problem solve in a fast paced environment
- Knowledge of TPM six sigma lean and ISO is an asset
Competencies
- Customer Focus
- Decision Quality
- Drive for Results
- Leadership
- Teamwork
- Think and Act like an Owner
Nature and Scope
- Impact: high impact on production results
- Contacts: collaborate with other departmental leaders within the Mill and corporate functions
- Leadership / Level of Responsibility: oversees multiple levels and direct reports
- Freedom to Act / DecisionMaking Authority: medium apply decision making for daily production operations
- Physical and Sensory Demands: attention to detail listening attentively
- Working Environment: Paper Mill production environment
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
