Paper Machine Relief Supervisor

Smurfit Westrock; Alabama; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Smurfit Westrock in Stevenson, Alabama, seeks a Production Shift Supervisor to lead daily mill operations, ensuring safety, environmental compliance, and quality to meet production targets.

The role requires 12-hour rotating shifts, strong leadership, and the ability to manage outages and investigations while coaching crews and coordinating with management. Union experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• High School diploma / GED or Engineering degree required.
• Supervisory/management experience required.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership abilities.
• Excellent planning, organizational, time management, and prioritization skills.
• Leadership and motivational skills.
• Ability to work rotating 12-hour shifts.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Analytical and decision-making skills.
• Ability to select and properly use PPE per hazards and requirements.
• Experience in a unionized location is preferred.
• Experience in supervisory roles preferred.
• Familiar with Outlook, Acrobat, MS Office (Word, Excel), EPAM and PI; ability to learn new applications.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and coaching to rotating shift crews in the Paper Machine and Shipping Department.
• Facilitate training of crew members to maximize timely training.
• Troubleshoot machine, shipping, quality, and winder issues as they arise.
• Monitor workmanship and compliance with environmental, quality, safety, and WestRock standards.
• Conduct accident, near miss, and contractor investigations.
• Communicate status, planned repairs, solutions, and safety to mill staff.
• Direct the shift mechanical and electrical crews.
• Plan and execute outages in the department.
• Oversee emergency work within the department on their shift.
• Maintain housekeeping across the departments.

Skills

Leadership

Supervisory experience

Interpersonal skills

Planning & organization

Time management

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Decision-making

PPE knowledge

Union awareness

MS Office tools

Education

High School diploma / GED

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Tools

Outlook

Acrobat Reader

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel)

EPAM

PI

Job description

We have an opening for a Production Shift Supervisor to work in partnership with managers and employees at our Stevenson Mill in Stevenson, Alabama. Stevenson is centrally located between Chattanooga, Tennessee and Huntsville, Alabama. This is a unionized facility with approximately 400 employees. This position is responsible for the successful floor level leadership of the daily operation of the mill to achieve maximum sustained safety excellence, environmental compliance, ensuring quality specifications are followed and production targets are maintained at or above budgeted levels.

How you will impact Smurfit Westrock:

• Provide Leadership and coaching to rotating shift operational crews in the Paper Machine and Shipping Department
• Facilitate the training of each crew member on the crew to get the most out of training in a timely manner.
• Facilitate the trouble shooting effort on the machines, issues in shipping, issues with quality, and issues with winders.
• Monitors the workmanship of the crews and the compliance of the crew to the standards for environmental, quality, safety, and WestRock standards
• Conducts and completes accident investigations, near miss investigations, and contractor investigations
• Communicates to the mill staff through reports, phone, meetings, and face to face about status of area, planned repairs, solutions to issues, and safety status
• Directs the shift mechanical and electrical shift crew
• Help to plan and execute outages in the Department
• Oversees the emergency work being performed in the department on their shift.
• Provides the guidance and leadership to maintain the housekeeping of the departments

What you need to succeed:

• High School diploma / GED, or Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Supervisory / Management experience.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Excellent planning, organizational, time management and prioritization skills
• Leadership and Motivational Skills
• Ability to work rotating 12-hour shifts
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills and the ability to make decisions based on alarm or upset process conditions that may be critical in preventing major breakdowns.
• Ability to select and properly use personal protective equipment according to the specific hazard or hazards in accordance with Company and department requirements.
• Previous work experience in a unionized location is preferred
• Previous supervisory experience is preferred
• Working knowledge in the majority of these programs: Outlook Email, Acrobat Reader, Microsoft Office to include Word, and Excel, EPAM, PI and the ability to learn new applications.
• Analytical and Decision-making skills

Candidates are required to undergo a drug screening after receiving a conditional job offer, but before starting employment.