Production Manager

West Fraser; Lanett (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits starting Day 1

Medical

Dental

Vision

401k with company match

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Paid vacations and holidays

Job summary

West Fraser is seeking a Production Manager to lead OSB production teams, ensure safe operation, maintain quality, and meet targets. The role emphasizes staffing, mentoring, and continuous improvement within a safety-first environment.

The successful candidate will oversee daily operations, drive efficiency, and collaborate with senior staff on safety, finance, and purchasing issues while promoting from within the organization.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated success leading a manufacturing production team with at least 5 years in a manufacturing environment.
• BS or BA diploma or equivalent experience.
• Strong leadership/people experience in growing and developing supervisors.
• Ability to define and communicate expectations and then hold people accountable.
• Training others to gain efficiency and increase production levels.

Responsibilities

• Review processing schedules or production orders to make decisions concerning manufacturing requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, and duty assignments, considering headcount and budgetary limitations and time constraints.
• Direct and coordinate production and labor to gain margin improvement
• Develop or implement production tracking or quality control systems, analyze the production, quality control, or other operational reports to detect production problems
• Mentor assigned personnel and promote efficiency and build leadership and team skills
• Direct process improvements in the work area to gain efficiencies
• Communicate effectively with all team members and ensure miscommunications are minimized
• Coordinate with other senior staff members on personnel, safety, finance, and purchasing issues, looking for ways to increase and enhance all functional areas
• Lead by example
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the General Manager

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Process improvement

Safety awareness

Education

BS or BA diploma or equivalent experience

Job description

At West Fraser, our Production Manager is responsible for the crews' leadership, operation, and staffing for the daily production of oriented strand board (OSB). The Production Manager is responsible for ensuring safe operation of equipment, quality of OSB, achieving production targets, and ensuring that operator-level maintenance is performed on all equipment at a very high standard.

What you will do:

• Review processing schedules or production orders to make decisions concerning manufacturing requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, and duty assignments, considering headcount and budgetary limitations and time constraints.
• Direct and coordinate production and labor to gain margin improvement
• Develop or implement production tracking or quality control systems, analyze the production, quality control, or other operational reports to detect production problems
• Mentor assigned personnel and promote efficiency and build leadership and team skills
• Direct process improvements in the work area to gain efficiencies
• Communicate effectively with all team members and ensure miscommunications are minimized
• Coordinate with other senior staff members on personnel, safety, finance, and purchasing issues, looking for ways to increase and enhance all functional areas
• Lead by example
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the General Manager

Requirements you will need:

• Demonstrated success leading a manufacturing production team with at least 5 years in a manufacturing environment.
• BS or BA diploma or equivalent experience
• Strong leadership/PEOPLE experience in growing and developing supervisors
• Ability to work as part of a team and deliver value to the team
• Experience developing methods or procedures to gain efficiency and margin improvement
• Ability to define and communicate expectations and then hold people accountable
• Set performance standards and monitor individual and team performance
• Training others to gain efficiency and increase production levels

What Will Make You Stand Out:

• Demonstrated success leading a manufacturing organization as an OSB Production manager
• Mentoring, coaching, and leading others
• Directing others to successful completion of tasks
• Listen for understanding skills
• People and team-building skills
• Problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Leading and setting the example with safety
• Develop constructive and cooperative working relationships and maintain them over time
• Analyze data to make informed operational decisions

Our highly competitive compensation package and outstanding benefits include:

• Benefits starting Day 1
• Competitive starting pay
• On-the-job training
• A culture that strongly believes in promoting from within
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k with company match
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Paid vacations and holidays

West Fraser is a diversified North American wood products company producing southern yellow pine lumber and wood chips across the Southern US and Western Canada. We are the largest lumber producer in North America!

Our employees operate in a culture that values safety first and rewards hard work. We recognize and support our team culture and focus on growing our team by promoting from within – many of our employees have built their careers with us. West Fraser is a growing company that believes strongly in promoting from within and prides itself on providing a challenging environment with continuous development. The successful candidate should be interested in future growth opportunities within the company.

We thank all candidates for their interest.

West Fraser believes inclusive, diverse teams build a more vibrant workforce, safer operations, and a stronger company overall. We strive to create workplaces and leadership teams that are reflective of the diverse communities we are a part of. We will not discriminate against any applicant for employment on the basis of race, gender, national origin, or any other protected legal characteristic.

West Fraser is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V/D & Drug-Free Workplace