Assistant Superintendent, Specialty Coater bei Pixelle Specialty Solutions

Pixelle Specialty Solutions™ is the largest specialty paper company in North America, with fully integrated pulp and paper operations in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania, 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.

The Assistant Superintendent, Specialty Coater will provide leadership and technical support to the specialty coater department.  They will model the best in safe practices, being a vocal and visible leader in the safe manufacture of coated paper.  Plan and direct activities related to the operation of the specialty coater to meet production schedules with acceptable quality and cost.

Essential Duties and Specific Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to operational employees regarding safety, quality, production, cost, and training
• Supervise operational crews and ensure proper staffing
• Oversee specialty coater facility
• Ensure effective training and procedures to optimize performance
• Identify process improvement projects and provides leadership for implementation
• Enhance operator skills sets in operations, troubleshooting, and problem solving
• Build operator self-sufficiency for safety, quality, scheduling, staffing, maintenance etc.
• Support new product development to fill PM time with profitable grades
• Ensure proper inventory management to maximize inventory turns
• Coordinate major maintenance activities, capital planning and operator-based reliability
• Create a visual workplace with proper equipment, storage locations, cleanliness, and orderliness
• Build formal housekeeping responsibilities into positions and audits to ensure compliance
• Track performance, identify areas for improvement, build action plans, and follow through to implementation
• Create budgets, grade costing standards, and monitors variances

Experience – 5 to 10 years of experience in coating industry strongly preferred.  Equivalent experience in converting operations may be acceptable.  Crew supervisory experience is required. Knowledge of paper coating operations and converting is preferred.  Release liner experience is a plus.

Competencies – Strong leadership skills, strong communication skills, highly motivated, strong practical experience, team player, accountable and responsible for decisions and impact.

Education – B.S. in engineering or sciences preferred.

Competitive healthcare benefit package and 401K match.