Recovery Superintendent

TEEMA; Northwestern Ontario; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20% Bonus

Paid vacation

Relocation assistance

Job summary

TEEMA is seeking an experienced Recovery Superintendent to lead a critical recovery operation in a kraft pulp mill. You will oversee safety, reliability, and cost-effective performance of the recovery area, including the recovery boiler, evaporation and stripping systems, tall oil, and turpentine recovery.

You will manage a team of about 15 employees and work with operations, engineering, maintenance, and union leadership to develop shutdown and maintenance strategies, budgets, and capital

Qualifications

• Experience in recovery operations within a kraft pulp mill
• Experience supervising unionized pulp and paper staff
• Possess a Power Engineer certificate or an engineering degree
• Strong knowledge of recovery boilers, evaporation, recausticizing, and related systems
• Experience leading maintenance planning, shutdowns, reliability initiatives, and capital projects
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• Legally eligible to work in Canada
• Relocation assistance available
• Annual bonus opportunity (20%)

Responsibilities

• Oversee safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation of the recovery area including the recovery boiler and associated systems
• Lead a team of ~15 employees and drive safety, environmental compliance, production, and maintenance performance
• Develop shutdown and maintenance strategies and manage budgets and capital projects
• Collaborate with operations, engineering, maintenance, and union leadership to meet production and cost objectives
• Foster continuous improvement and build collaborative relationships across the mill

Skills

Leadership

Safety leadership

Communication

Continuous improvement

Education

1st/2nd Class Power Engineer Certificate

Tools

Recovery boilers

Evaporation systems

Job description

We're seeking an experienced Recovery Superintendent to lead a critical recovery operation within a kraft pulp mill. This is a high-impact leadership opportunity for a proven pulp and paper professional with deep recovery process expertise and experience leading unionized operations.

In this role, you'll oversee the safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation of the recovery area, including the recovery boiler, evaporation and stripping systems, tall oil, and turpentine recovery. You'll lead a team of approximately 15 employees while driving performance in safety, environmental compliance, production, maintenance, reliability, and continuous improvement.

Working closely with operations, engineering, maintenance, and union leadership, you'll develop shutdown and maintenance strategies, manage operational and capital budgets, implement training and development programs, and ensure the department consistently meets production and cost objectives. Success in this role requires strong leadership, sound decision-making, and the ability to build collaborative relationships across the mill.

What We're Looking For

• Required: Previous recovery operations experience in a kraft pulp mill (this is essential)
• Experience supervising employees in a unionized pulp and paper manufacturing environment
• 1st or 2nd Class Power Engineer Certificate OR a Mechanical or Chemical Engineering degree
• Strong knowledge of recovery boilers, evaporation, recausticizing, and related recovery systems
• Experience leading maintenance planning, shutdowns, reliability initiatives, and capital projects
• Excellent communication, leadership, and continuous improvement skills
• Legal authorization to work in Canada
• 20% annual bonus opportunity
• Paid vacation
• Full relocation assistance available