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Domtar is a leading producer of pulp, paper, packaging, tissue and wood products. Through our focus on safety and sustainability, as well as our commitment to operational excellence and our network of facilities across Canada and the United States, Domtar delivers high-quality and cost-effective products to customers around the world.

Our workforce is comprised of 14,000 talented and hardworking individuals. We are proud to offer competitive compensation, a supportive working environment, rewarding career paths and plenty of opportunities for learning and growth.

The location in Johnsonburg, (Pennsylvania, United States), is seeking talent to fill the position of Fiberline Assistant Superintendent. This job is full-time permanent.

Your Role:

The general responsibilities of the Fiberline Assistant Superintendent are to indirectly lead operating performance for Fiberline/Pulp Mill, including safety, environmental, quality, cost control, productivity, and employee relations and engagement. Additional responsibilities of the Fiberline Assistant Superintendent include serving as the department operations maintenance coordinator (OMC) and the process safety management (PSM) coordinator. The Pulp area includes the Woodyard, 1 Kamyr Continuous Digester, 3 Stage Bleaching Process, and Chlorine Dioxide Plant. These operations include the indirect supervision of all team leaders, hourly operations team members, and area engineers. This position reports directly to the Fiberline Superintendent.

Your Responsibilities:

• Provide direction to support safely delivering a quality, cost effective operation by building effective partnerships with our internal customers on the paper machines, our suppliers, and our teammates... realizing that how we operate today is not good enough for tomorrow.
• Support a safety culture that actively eliminates risk, strives for employee engagement and participation, and performs work safely. Functions as a champion in the areas of Safety, Health and Environmental.
• Embrace reliability planning & scheduling and maintain essential care and condition monitoring. Coordinate and schedule maintenance activities for weekly schedules, unplanned downtime, quarterly outages, emergency outages, and major maintenance shutdowns. Responsible for OMC duties.
• Responsible for maintenance outage LOTO plan and drain plan.
• Knows, understands, and complies with all applicable environmental requirements including PSM system maintenance. Responsible for PSM Program management.
• Supports Superintendent in development of performance expectations for the department and assists in meeting their established goals.
• Responsible for development, coaching, and training of indirect reports to ensure employee growth to improve overall operations. This includes hourly ladder scheduling and training and mentoring for co-ops, interns and junior engineers.

Your Profile:

• Bachelor's degree in paper, chemical or mechanical Engineering or a related field with 5-7 years of experience working in Fiberline/Pulp Mill Operations or 10+ years of experience in Fiberline/Pulp Mill with a minimum of a high school education.
• Exceptionally strong leadership skills
• Strong relationship and teamwork values
• Strong coach and mentor, leading by example
• Expert in Reliability and Continuous Improvement principles and techniques
• Experience with Unions
• Able to respond to the need of a 24/7 operation
• Working knowledge of SAP, Minitab, Kronos, Microsoft Office Products

You will be required to successfully complete a selection process that could include interviews, an employment background check, a pre-employment drug screening, reference verifications, and aptitude tests (for some positions). 

Domtar is an equal-opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, color, sex (including gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), marital status, religion, national origin, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.  We are also committed to ensuring reasonable accommodations for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disability Act of 1990.

Once your application has been submitted, you will receive a confirmation email.  If you are selected to interview, you will be contacted by a member of our Human Resources team.  

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