Posting ID: | | 27935 |
Position Type: | | Regular |
City: | | Prince GeorgeBC Canada |
Location: | | Northwood Pulp |
As the Area Specialist you play a pivotal role supporting the area team. You are responsible for the overall upkeep and performance for your respective area and adherence to area KPIs.
This role will find you collaborating with Operational Leadership and other stakeholder groups. You will promote a healthy and safe working environment and support the upkeep of critical training documents SOPs and KPIs in the areas of cost safety troubleshooting lockouts and lost opportunities. Working with the shift supervisors planners and technical specialists you will help to drive process capability and efficiencies across your area.
A day in the life of an Area Specialist will include:
Safety/Housekeeping:
- Provides direction to Operations for required housekeeping for area operations and maintenance activities.
- Owns/upkeeps area JSA and CSHA documentation.
- Owns/upkeeps area SOP documentation.
- Owns/upkeeps all area lockout documentation.
Communications:
- Communicates with OMC and Operations using predictive/preventative process knowledge to enable both planned and unplanned maintenance activities with minimal upstream and downstream operational impact.
- Communicates directly with the Shift Supervisor and Operators to eliminate delays with the shutdown and startup of equipment and processes in their respective area. This is inclusive of daily area shut and TA activities.
- Communicates directly with all area stakeholders to identify process constraints within the area and determine operational solutions.
- Documents and communicates process deviations/bypasses to all area stake holders. Determines how and when to execute best practice restart plans with Operations.
Assists in managing the operations workflow:
- Determines operational requirements into during and out of area break in and scheduled downtime.
- Owns/upkeeps area shut down and startup check lists.
- Owns and tracks area consumable inventory requirements.
- Liaisons with vendors/suppliers/purchasing.
- Coordinates external support services and ancillary resources for area operational requirements.
- Is knowledgeable in regulatory body regulations and requirements for their respective area.
- Understands and regularly reviews business unit cash conversion costs.
- Responsible for understanding all internal and external customer requirements.
- Clearly communicates standard process expectations to Operations in order to develop shift to shift repeatability.
- Assists Technical/Engineering in identifying process constraints for capital project development.
Work Scope:
- Assures that IRIS routes are a top priority working with Operations to optimize the application.
- Communicates and coordinates all production requirements and activities with OMC Shift Supervisors Area Manager and other affected stake holders.
- Ensure Shift Supervisors and Operators are actively involved with setting and achieving all short term and long term KPIs/targets.
- Development implementation and documentation of all lockouts and SOPs.
- Work with operators daily to achieve all KPIs/targets.
- Tracks lost opportunities in their respective area focusing on root cause to identify and eliminate process constraints and challenges.
- Engaging Operators to be part of the solution to issues within their process.
- Actively participates in coaching developing and training Shift Supervisors and Operators.
- Works with technical to develop and improve testing procedures.
- Review and communicate ISO procedures.
- Actively participates in all area outage/shutdown activities.
The salary range for this position is: $108000.00$135000.00
Please Note: The range provided is for base salary only. In addition to base salary Canfor proudly offers its employees a comprehensive and competitive total rewards package. It features programs such as performancebased incentive plans recognition programs benefits paid leaves pension plans with base and matching contributions savings options and robust health & wellbeing initiatives. We also continually invest in the development of our talent to help them thrive professionally and personally. Above all we are proud to offer our employees a value proposition that promotes diversity equity and inclusion and fosters an environment where talent and performance is recognized and rewarded.
Dont check off every single bullet point At Canfor we prioritize the right fit for our organization over a strict checklist of criteria. We encourage applications from individuals whose backgrounds may not perfectly align.
Our peoplefocused approach prioritizes safety embraces diversity valuing everyones unique qualities. We believe that inclusion and diversity are crucial for our productivity creativity innovation and competitive edge. Our recruitment process is fair and equitable based on qualifications and experience.
We appreciate all candidates interest but will contact only those selected for interviews. Our hiring for various positions is ongoing and includes different screening processes such as behavioral assessments references and criminal record checks depending on the role and location.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority