Pulp Mill Supervisor

Job Description
The Shift Supervisor-Pulp Mill is responsible for oversight of the Pulping operation and rotating shift supervision of the Pulp Mill department operations’ crews.
Accountabilities
- Responsible for the safety leadership and compliance for employees on shift and support for the department &
mill;
Make daily safety contact with each individual on his/hers shift;
- Responsible for the environmental compliance of the department on an hour-by-hour basis;
Must understand and comply with mill chemical safety precautions and know the hazards of each chemical utilized in the pulp mill;
- Manage operations to provide internal customers with all bleached pulp requirements in a safe, environmentally compliant and most cost-effective manner;
- Provide direct supervision of approximately 12-15 hourly employees assigned to the rotating shift;
- Track &
monitor attendance for hourly employees to insure adequate coverage of the operation;
- Initiate and enforce all systems, policies and procedures;
- Maintain a working relationship with the union by following the terms of the collective bargaining agreement;
- Train, counsel, and provide disciplinary action, as necessary, within provisions of formal agreements between management and employee bargaining groups;
- Participate in production, safety, and other appropriate meetings;
- Hold self, team members, and all in the facility accountable for their duties, behaviors, and actions;
- Coordinate operations and maintenance activities, as well as daily communication with other shift supervisors and managers throughout the facility;
- Equipment responsibilities include supervising the operations of the following units:
Woodyard, Digesters, Chemi-washer/Brown Stock, R8 Generator, Bleach Plant, Kiln, Recaust, and Incinerator