Recovery and Evaporators Assistant Superintendent

Where you will work

Augusta houses Clearwater Paper's largest paperboard facility and is home to more than 600 team members. Together, our team makes paperboard used in products across the United States, including food packaging, plates, cups and more. With nearly 65 years of operation, the mill spans 3,000 acres and runs two paper machines that collectively produce up to 1,940 tons per day.

Augusta is known worldwide for hosting The Masters golf tournament, but the city offers so much more. Located on the Savannah River on Georgia's eastern border, Augusta blends outdoor recreation with a vibrant arts and cultural scene. Explore the river walk, hike at the nearby wetlands, or the numerous downtown museums and restaurants.

Families benefit from strong public schools and nearby universities, including Augusta University-home to Georgia's only dental school and a nationally recognized medical college-plus technical colleges offering career-focused programs.

The Recovery and Evaporators Assistant Superintendent will proactively coordinate and lead the manufacturing operations in the Recovery boiler and Evaporator areas to ensure the achievement of department objectives for Safety, Quality, Production, etc. The successful candidate will act as a technical resource for the operations team, and lead project and process improvement efforts in the paper mill.

• Sets objectives and goals cascaded and aligned to the site Integrated Business Plan (IBP)
• Coaches the business unit in the right behaviors
• Ensures the business unit works to standards (Safety, Quality, ...)
• Develops the required standards
• Coaches and facilitate losses elimination by using problem solving tools
• Assures the problems are solved (root cause) and tasks are implemented in a sustainable way
• Accountable for the business unit operational budget
• Supports the behavioral safety program and ensures that safe work practices are followed
• Defines and executes improvement projects and Approval For Capital Expenditure (AFCE) needs to support midterm plans
• Owns the Daily Operating Revenue (DOR)/Weekly Operating Revenue (WOR)
• Ensures effective communication and results review through the meeting sequence (Shift Hand Off [SHO], DOR, WOR)

• Mentor shift supervisors to ensure quality leadership of hourly personnel
• Provide leadership coverage during the Superintendent's absence
• Conduct investigations of safety incidents with shift supervisors and hourly personnel
• Develop team in areas of production, safety, quality and overall plant efficiency.
  * Ensure employee compliance with schedules, policies, and procedures
• Assist in developing and implementing job-specific training program, Qual-card and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's)
• Participate in grievance process (where applicable)
• Support capital budget process
• Creates an environment oriented to trust, open communication, creative thinking, and cohesive teamwork
• Communication of Site IBP and cascading objectives and priorities into the business unit
• Responsible for performance management process (DRIVE performance and coaching 1:1)
• Coaches and develop team members and individuals to assure a sustained leadership pipeline
• Responsible for the motivation and morale of the business unit to achieve the expected goals
• Collaborates with other areas internal and external to the site

• Maintain and improve quality standards for all products produced
• Lead quality initiatives and support change to ensure satisfied downstream customers

• Systematically evaluates business opportunities, targeting those with the greatest potential for producing positive business results
• Identifies more critical and less critical activities and assignments; adjusts priorities when appropriate
• Allocates appropriate amounts of time for completing own and others' work; avoids scheduling conflicts; develops timelines and milestones
• Actively seeks and allocates appropriate decision-making authority or task responsibility to appropriate individuals based on their abilities, availability, motivation, and development needs; considers potential positive and negative impact, business unit priorities,…