Shift Supervisor Coating & Converting

Company Description

Pixelle Specialty Solutions™ is the largest specialty paper company in North America, with fully integrated pulp and paper operations in Chillicothe, Ohio, Spring Grove, Pennsylvania, Stevens Point, Wisconsin and a coating operation in Fremont, Ohio. Supported by an experienced product development team, Pixelle excels in designing customized solutions that help customers bring new products to market. With a long history of leadership in the paper industry, Pixelle delivers the most comprehensive portfolio of specialty papers to help you meet today’s challenging demands.

Pixelle Specialty Solutions has one of the most comprehensive portfolios in the industry. Through innovation, quality, and expertise, Pixelle delivers high performance solutions that help customers boost brand appeal, improve customer experience and support sustainability goals.

The Chillicothe Mill is located in beautiful southern Ohio, a short drive south of the state capital, Columbus. Operating three paper machines, this historic mill is a cornerstone of Pixelle’s operations offering excellent opportunity to the right individual to make a difference to the operations and community.

Job Description

Role

Supervise and direct operations of the Coating & Converting Department including rewinders, slitters, an off-line coater, sheeters, roll wrapping lines, and packaging. Manufacture quality products while optimizing all aspects of efficiency and profitability. This position supervises approximately 58 hourly employees on a given shift.

Accountabilities

• Supervise, on the assigned shift, the timely and economical production in accordance with established quality standards and customer specifications:
• Maintain the established standards of safety and good housekeeping ensuring a safe work environment;
• Supervise the effective training of people, assigning work, counseling, appraising, transferring, and providing disciplinary action, as necessary within provisions of formal agreements between management and recognized employee bargaining unit;
• Troubleshoot operations and ensure timely resolution of issues including assignment of maintenance resources;
• Inspect operations, assuring equipment is in proper operating condition, and established production standards are satisfied;
• Monitoring and adjusting operations to satisfy customer expectations;
• Willingness to work diverse hours; Currently a modified 8-hour schedule (which is subject to change), including working holidays and weekends;
• Participate in team efforts to achieve mill-wide goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in supervisory experience/education;
• Possess leadership skills including the ability to communicate a direction and expectations, to lead by example, recognize exceptional performance, deal with non-performance, and understand when and how to involve people correctly;
• Self starter and motivated;
• Experience in manufacturing environment;
• Demonstrate pro-active skills in problem identification and developing solutions;
• Detail oriented and good decision making skills;
• Solid computer skills and ability to learn new programs associated with the operation. Knowledge of SAP and OptiVISION systems, a plus;

Additional Information

Competitive healthcare benefit package and 401K match.