Pulp Mill Asst. Superintendent

Packaging Corporation of America; Valdosta (GA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Retirement plan

Educational assistance

11 paid holidays

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) is seeking a Pulp Mill Assistant Superintendent in Valdosta, GA to lead safety-conscious operations and maximize plant performance across boilers, evaporators, turbines, and wastewater systems. The role focuses on capital planning, budget control, staff development, and ensuring quality and cost-effective service for internal and external customers.

Candidates should have an engineering degree, 5–10 years in the pulp and paper environment, and proficiency

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent education and experience required.
• 5–10 years of related experience.
• Experience using Microsoft Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Project, and AutoCAD.
• Successful completion of drug screening is required, as well as authorization to work in the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safe and efficient operation of the pulp mill facilities.
• Drive capital planning and operating budgets with management.
• Develop and mentor staff; maintain asset care and process improvements.
• Manage outages using MS Project and coordinate maintenance replacements.
• Oversee contractors and ensure cost-effective execution of projects.
• Ensure products/services meet customer expectations and maintain safety standards.

Skills

Engineering background

Leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent education and experience

Tools

Excel

Outlook

PowerPoint

Word

Project

AutoCAD

Job description

As a Fortune 500 company, Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) is an ideas and solutions company. Our corrugated packaging business seeks to be the leader in helping our customers — large and small — package, transport and display products of all kinds. Our white paper business delivers Paper With Purpose by providing the highest level of customer service and operational excellence. We have approximately 15,000 team members in more than 100 locations in the United States that strive to meet the local needs of our customers. Our mission is to serve the needs of our customers, today and tomorrow, with products and services that exceed expectations for performance and environmental responsibility.

People

• Customers
• Trust

We are seeking resumes for a Pulp Mill Asst. Superintendent in our Valdosta, GA. Paper Mill.

The Asst. Superintendent is Responsible for safety and efficiently utilizing the full potential of the Line and Support resources in assigned areas to maximize the performance of the Gladstone Facility in providing quality, timely, and cost-effective services and products to our internal and external customers to become a center of manufacturing excellence.

Principal Accountabilities

• Ensure safe and caring operation by applying all safety rules, practices, and systems and adhering to high ethical standards.
• Achieve objectives for Louisiana Operations through goal planning, direction setting, work execution, and review of daily operations, environmental issues, government compliance, and market conditions with managers.
• Ensure quality/efficiency/customer satisfaction through the application of Total Quality and utilization of the DOC system, reductions in cycle time, elimination of non-value-adding work, and decision-making at the lowest practical level.
• Manage costs by developing long-range capital plans and operating budgets and practical reductions in day-to-day expenses.
• Optimize human resources by establishing realistic and achievable performance standards and goals, ensuring succession planning, developing job skills, auditing and addressing performance accomplishments and issues, identifying and eliminating performance barriers, applying the labor contract, and using consistent human resource support practices and tools.
• Utilize needed services available from support groups and outside services by consistently and timely communicating operating goals and objectives and developing support/service plans and activities for assistance.
• Provides leadership/direction to departmental staff assigned, support groups, and hourly employees operating one recovery boiler, two package boilers, two combination fuel boilers, evaporators, concentrators, a steam turbine generator, a wastewater treatment system to include a sludge dewatering plant, demineralizers, and all auxiliary equipment associated with the above systems in an accident-free environment.
• Under the leadership of this position, the team must ensure that products and services meet or exceed the expectations of internal and external customers. Additionally, this position must ensure an acceptable level of employee satisfaction, develop employee skills, maintain assets, optimize processes, and execute appropriate capital improvements in the most cost-effective manner possible.
• Assist with MS Project timelines for monthly and annual outages.
• Planned and executed capital projects for maintenance replacements of equipment.
• Effectively manage jobs for the best result at the lowest cost.
• Look for opportunities to solve issues, reduce costs, and improve planning performance.
• Solve problems utilizing the mill’s RCFA program.
• Effectively manages contractors for performing jobs.

Basic Qualifications

• Performs other responsibilities as needed.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent education and experience required
• A minimum of 5-10 years of related experience.
• Experience using Microsoft Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Project, and AutoCAD.
• Successful completion of drug screening is required, as well as authorization to work in the U.S.

Preferred Qualifications

• Pulp & Paper industry experience preferred.

The successful candidate must possess the following Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Ability to work well under pressure and within time constraints, multitask and build sound relationships with internal and external customers.
• Ability to exhibit excellent communication, analytical, organizational, and computer skills.
• Capable of independently making sound decisions through creative problem-solving, ambiguity, and change.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple requests simultaneously.
• Ability to read and understand technical correspondence, memos, instructions, and reports.
• Ability to apply skills to continuous process improvement while maintaining maximum levels of safety.

Demonstrated Leadership Skills And Abilities.

• Strong planning and follow-up skills.
• Excellent people and process management skills.

Pay & Benefits

• Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Retirement Savings Plan
• Educational Assistance Program
• 11 paid holidays
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Compensation And Benefits

• Starting salary range for position: [$85,000 -$125,000].
• Paid Vacation: Three (3) weeks per calendar year. Pro-rata Vacation during the initial year of hire based upon start date within the calendar year.
• Within the first 30 days of employment, an employee (and their dependents) is eligible to enroll in certain benefit coverages -- medical, dental, and vision – and are automatically enrolled in life, AD&D, and disability coverages.
• Upon hire, an employee is automatically enrolled in the 401k plan. The plan offers both pre-tax and Roth contribution options along with employer-provided matching contributions.
• Disclaimer: The Compensation and Benefits information in this posting represents PCA’s good faith and reasonable estimate of what it may pay for this position. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

PCA is an Equal Opportunity Employer