Fibers ME Front Line Leader

Pay Rate:

$118,600 - $148,300 (PL12) - commensurate with experience

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

 

Category/Shift:

Salaried Full-Time Exempt

 

Physical Location:

Columbus Cellulose Fibers

IP – Columbus Mill

4335 Carson Road

Columbus MS  39701

 

This position is located at the Columbus, MS Global Cellulose Fibers mill.  As one of the largest softwood pulp producers in the world, this location produces bleached softwood pulp for use in paper and specialty products such as absorbent personal care products, pharmaceuticals and photographic-based papers.  This is a hands-on leadership position responsible for providing direction to area multi-craft technicians and other team members as necessary.  The successful candidate will provide leadership to drive out repetitive maintenance problems, reduce maintenance cost and improve equipment reliability.  The position reports to the Area Maintenance Manager, Pulp.

 

The Job You Will Perform:

• Be a role model and champion for an injury-free work place and promote safety and excellence in all areas of influence.
• Responsible for leading process safety improvements through personal commitment and other safety programs.
• Manage daily area maintenance decisions, to include staffing, work prioritization and spending.
• Responsible for planning, scheduling, and execution of mechanical maintenance in the area, including quarterly outages, and annual outage.
• Lead a ten-person team of mechanical technicians to execute routine and break-in maintenance work.
• Point of contact for coordinating and executing unscheduled maintenance work.
• Supervise contractors in area when work load exceeds team’s capabilities.
• Responsible for gaining commitment and motivating employees toward a common goal in a non-union team environment.
• Enables the mechanical crew to work safely and efficiently through training, monitoring, and continuous coaching and mentoring.
• Ensure effective communication between the maintenance team and other mill teams.
• Responsible for work execution within department and the overall effectiveness of the notification and work order system.
• Responsible for effective participation with the MWS team, and creates daily/weekly schedule and executes priority of work.
• Manage all work for area of responsibility including contract work, ensure proper staffing, communicate job progress, and ensure proper follow up until successful completion.
• Lead problem solving, troubleshoot issues, and initiate the acquisition of additional resources as appropriate.