First Line Leader – ECR

First Line Leader – ECR

Valliant, OK

Salary Range ($93,400-$124,500) - Multiple factors, including Individual experience, skills, and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range. Variable pay may provide additional opportunities for financial awards. This job is eligible to participate in IP’s short–term incentive plan.

The Valliant is a 5,000+ ton per day containerboard mill with 3 paper machines, 3 continuous digesters, 3 secondary fiber plants and an Energy/Chemical Recovery complex composed of three primary boilers for steam generation (Recovery, Power, Bark), Turbine Generator, Evaporators, Recaust Plant, and waste water treatment system. It currently operates with over 300 mill employees, 150 contract maintenance employees, and 150 other contractors in a results oriented environment

The First Line Leader - ECR (FLL) is a salaried exempt Front Line Leader role that leads one of the 12- hour shifts in the ECR area and works closely with the Fiber and Paper FLL.  When the Fiber FLL is off the ECR FLL assumes responsibility for the entire “back end” of the mill so it is important that this individual understands the entire mill process.  The ECR First Line Leaders are accountable for the day-to-day operations of Energy/Recovery areas of the mill and partner with the Fiber FLL and Paper FLL to coordinate mill-wide activities.

Responsibilities (include but are not limited to):

• EHS&S: Maintain a safe and clean work environment.  Uses skills and tools consistent with Behavior Based Safety processes and knowledgeable in Incident Investigation procedures.  Knowledgeable of environmental requirements: i.e., knows SPCC reporting requirements; audits work teams to ensure that proper forms are completed when spills or excursions occur; assists with troubleshooting problems surrounding excursions or spills 
• Financial: Support initiatives to reduce operating cost. 
• Quality: Ensure department production quality is being produced. 
• Reliability/Performance: Ensure all Work Systems are being executed – i.e. basic care, RCFA, MWS, guidelines, etc.  Manage shift mechanical and E&I resources as needed. 
• Housekeeping: Enforce a culture to achieve a high standard of housekeeping. 
• Coaching and Performance Management: can distinguish good performance from poor and provide constructive feedback to employees and implement corrective action steps.  Provides leadership to attain Mill and Area Specific Team goals.  Coordinates overall mill operating strategies that expedite the production expectations of the Mill.  Works to improve team and individual understanding of the need to meet the running schedule.  Administers the labor agreement.  Assess and assign manpower as required to safely, efficiently and cost effectively operate the mill.

Qualifications:

• College degree in a related field (chemistry, engineering, paper science) and two (2) years related industry experience OR ten (10) years manufacturing experience in the pulp/power or fiber industry with leadership experience
• Computer literate (spreadsheets, word processing, e-mail, intranet/internet) 
• Good oral and written communication skills & listening skills
• Knowledge of basic statistics 

Key Competencies:

• Ensures Accountability
• Action Oriented
• Instills Trust
• Being Resilient 
• Manages Conflict
• Plans and Aligns