Production General Foreman - Paper Machine
On-siteOtsego, Minnesota, United States
Job Summary
Direct and supervise Paper Machine areas including Wet End, Dry End, and RPM support to meet TPH expectations. Optimize operations using DCS and Ignition systems while ensuring proper maintenance of all equipment and inspecting pumps, motors, gearboxes, and valves. Manage vendor services, capital projects, and reliability investigations to maintain asset health and implement corrective actions. Conduct periodic safety inspections, coordinate model programs, and develop training materials for technicians to ensure compliance with USG, OSHA, and FM Global regulations. Troubleshoot equipment malfunctions and recommend technological improvements to enhance mill productivity.
Required Qualifications
- Must be able to perform this job safely
- Experience with operator/supervisor development and training
- Experience with development and implementation of operator training materials
- Ability to develop successful relationships with manufacturing, engineering, tech services, research, sales and customers to determine product specifications and maximize product reliability and acceptance
- Highly developed technical skills with an ability to propel the plant forward by recognizing and implementing advancements in automation and technology
- Must be able to enter, update and investigate safety incidents in CORE in a timely manner
- Maintain safe working conditions for all departmental reports and ensure their compliance with Plant Safety Programs
- Coordinate all safety model programs of responsibility (i.e. training) on a plant-wide basis
- Assist with the administration of the RPM Model and reliability activities
- Develop and conduct a program for continuous in-plant skills training and development for areas under management and adjacent technical areas of responsibility
- Annually review and update the materials to reflect process changes
- Maintain well organized and accurate records relating to equipment maintenance, process efficiency, government agency reports, permits and material requisitions
- Develops and coordinates a comprehensive departmental responsibility program contributing to the total plant objective of maximum profit through low delay, improved productivity, and maintenance cost control
- Ensure compliance with local, state, Factory Mutual and Company environmental and safety regulations
- Can read and follow basic P&ID's, electrical one-lines, mass and energy balances
- Has experience with SCADA and DCS operations to support areas during process upsets or coverage requirements
- Display competencies in communication
- Display competencies in decision making/problem solving
- Display competencies in developing others
- Display competencies in energy
- Display competencies in drive
- Display competencies in ambition
- Display competencies in job knowledge
- Display competencies in leadership
- Display competencies in managing conflict/negotiation
- Display competencies in managing resources
- Display competencies in work quality
- Display competencies in effective leadership
- Familiarity with manufacturing initiatives such as Lean Manufacturing, Lean Six Sigma, 5S, Visual Work Management and Operator Basic Care and possesses the skills to ensure that implementation and utilization of the initiatives is effective in the paper mill
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering preferred
- 5+ years of prior papermill operations experience preferred
- 5+ years of prior Supervisory or Management experience preferred
- SCADA (DCS, Ignition, ect.) experience
- Higher level computer skills using Foxboro, ABB, Ignition, Rockwell, ect.
- USG Safety Model Program, OSHA, FM Global and Environmental compliance experience preferred
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