Dry End Superintendent

Vicksburg Forest Products; Vicksburg (MS); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Vicksburg Forest Products is seeking a Dry End Superintendent to lead the wood production team at our Vicksburg, MS facility. The role focuses on safety, cost control, and efficient process flow across shifts to achieve budgeted outputs.

You will drive continuous improvement, oversee quality checks, and develop supervisors and hourly staff while maintaining strong engagement and environmental compliance in a fast-paced plant setting.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3–5 years of verifiable lumber production experience.
• Minimum 2 years of supervisory experience.
• Excellent interpersonal skills for coaching, feedback, and problem solving.
• Strong mechanical and technical knowledge in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Proficient with MS Office products including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Lean manufacturing/5S experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the highest safety standards and lead by example.
• Plan workflow, control operating costs, and prioritize outages and repairs; manage staffing.
• Ensure budgets and performance objectives are met; coordinate resources and problem solve.
• Demonstrate strong leadership; coach, direct, and monitor team performance.
• Maintain product specifications; conduct routine quality checks and drive continuous improvement.
• Develop programs to ensure products meet standards and implement corrective actions.
• Analyze raw materials daily and adjust to meet production budgets.
• Foster open, respectful communication across the team.
• Conduct employee performance reviews based on job descriptions.

Skills

Lumber production

Supervisory experience

Budget management

Quality control

Lean manufacturing

Safety leadership

MS Office proficiency

Tools

MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Job description

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Dry End Superintendent

Full Time Management Vicksburg, MS, US

13 days ago Requisition ID: 1166

DRY END SUPERINTENDENT

The Planer Superintendent will provide leadership, training, and development to supervisors & hourly personnel by managing the process flow, resources and work force to meet/exceed established budgets and performance objectives at Vicksburg Forest Products.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the highest standards for safety performance, leading with a personal example and a well-communicated vision.
• Plans workflow, controls operational costs, controls maintenance costs, prioritizes and schedules outages and repair procedures, maintains staffing levels, champions employee engagement and ensures environmental compliance.
• Ensure established departmental budgets and performance objectives are met/exceeded by communicating those goals, as well as progress against those goals, on a regular basis; providing necessary training; directing resources; organizing the process (i.e. scheduling); and facilitating problem solving
• Demonstrate strong leadership skills, coordinating and monitoring the quality of team members’ work and providing them with clear direction.
• Maintain product specifications, stressing the importance of manufacturing quality products, conducting routine quality checks, and facilitating continuous improvement.
• Develops and implements programs to ensure product meets standard at each job function and implements corrective action through Supervisors.
• Analyzes quality control information provided and initiates corrective action plans as required.
• Analyzes raw materials on a daily basis, makes adjustments as required to meet production budget levels.
• Foster a culture of open and respectful communication.
• Conduct employee performance reviews based on job descriptions to determine competencies and knowledge.

Required Skills

• Minimum 3-5 years of experience of verifiable lumber or wood production manufacturing required.
• Minimum 2 years of supervisory experience.
• Excellent interpersonal skills – conflict management, coaching, supportive feedback, and problem solving. Ability to function as an effective team member.
• Strong mechanical and technical knowledge. Demonstrated track record of success in a complex and fast paced manufacturing environment.
• Must be computer literate, including a strong background in MS Office products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Solid analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Lean manufacturing/5S experience a plus.

Environmental Conditions

• Must be able to tolerate extreme hot, humid, cold, and outdoor conditions. Comfortable working in a loud environment, around moving machinery, with vibrations and airborne particles (sawdust).