Plant Manager

Cascades; Rockingham (NC); On-site; USD 144,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

Retirement plan with company matching

Stock options

Flexible reimbursement program

Telemedicine

Group insurance

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Cascades is seeking a Plant Manager for our Rockingham facility in North Carolina. You will lead all plant operations to meet safety, quality, production, and financial targets, while promoting a strong safety culture and continuous improvement.

The role requires 15+ years of manufacturing leadership, experience with paper machine operations, and the ability to drive performance improvements across maintenance, reliability, and financial management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, or related field.
• 15+ years of manufacturing leadership experience in tissue, paper, pulp, or related industries.
• Proven experience leading paper machine operations and driving performance improvements.
• Demonstrated success managing operational turnarounds and improving underperforming facilities.
• Strong knowledge of papermaking processes, maintenance and reliability systems, continuous improvement, and plant financial management.
• Proven ability to lead large teams, develop talent, and drive organizational change.

Responsibilities

• Lead all plant operations to achieve safety, quality, production, and financial objectives.
• Drive a strong safety culture through visible leadership and accountability.
• Improve reliability through preventive/predictive maintenance, planning, scheduling, and root cause analysis.
• Optimize paper machine performance, equipment uptime, productivity, and product quality.
• Manage plant financial performance, including cost per ton, labor, maintenance, fiber, chemical, and energy costs.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives using data-driven problem-solving methods.
• Develop and strengthen leadership, technical, and hourly teams.
• Build and execute recovery plans for underperforming operations with measurable business impact

Skills

Manufacturing leadership

Paper machine operations

Operational turnarounds

Continuous improvement

Plant financial management

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, or related field

Job description

Welcome home!

At Cascades,

• Salary for Plant Manager starting at $160k plus yearly with room to grow as you progress in your career!
• Financial Benefits: Profit Sharing Plan, Retirement Plan with company matching, Stock Options & Annual flexible reimbursement program
• Employee assistance program (because we care about the physical and mental health of our people)

Develop your talents

By applying for your expertise within our facility in Rockingham NC, as a Plant Manager:

Welcome home!

At Cascades, Sustainable Development means Respecting the True Nature of our 10,000 talents. We put you first:

• Salary for Plant Manager starting at $160k plus yearly with room to grow as you progress in your career!
• Telemedicine, Group insurance
• Financial Benefits: Profit Sharing Plan, Retirement Plan with company matching, Stock Options & Annual flexible reimbursement program
• Employee assistance program (because we care about the physical and mental health of our people)

Develop your talents

By applying for your expertise within our facility in Rockingham NC, as a Plant Manager:

Key Responsibilities

• Lead all plant operations to achieve safety, quality, production, and financial objectives.
• Drive a strong safety culture through visible leadership and accountability.
• Improve reliability through preventive/predictive maintenance, planning, scheduling, and root cause analysis.
• Optimize paper machine performance, equipment uptime, productivity, and product quality.
• Manage plant financial performance, including cost per ton, labor, maintenance, fiber, chemical, and energy costs.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives using data-driven problem-solving methods.
• Develop and strengthen leadership, technical, and hourly teams.
• Build and execute recovery plans for underperforming operations with measurable business impact

There's nobody quite like you!

Qualifications

Respect your true nature by putting forward your strengths:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, or related field preferred.
• 15+ years of manufacturing leadership experience in tissue, paper, pulp, or related process industries.
• Proven experience leading paper machine operations and driving performance improvements.
• Demonstrated success managing operational turnarounds and improving underperforming facilities.
• Strong knowledge of papermaking processes, maintenance and reliability systems, continuous improvement, and plant financial management.
• Proven ability to lead large teams, develop talent, and drive organizational change.

Preferred Experience

• Tissue manufacturing experience strongly preferred.
• Progressive leadership experience from Operations/Production Management into Plant or Mill Leadership.
• Track record of improving safety, OEE, uptime, quality, productivity, and cost performance.

We look forward to meeting you!

About Cascades

Cascades believes in the success of an inclusive organization that values diversity within its team. All qualified candidates will be considered for this position in a fair manner.

To be part of Cascades is to reveal the full potential of materials, people and ideas. We have been a source of possibilities since 1964. Cascades have been providing sustainable, innovative and value-creating solutions in packaging, hygiene and recovery. Join 9,000 talents working in a network in almost 65 operating units located in North America.