What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Manager position at Cascades?
Welcome to Cascades!
Bring your expertise to a people-first, dynamic environment where your ideas come to life and excellence shapes everything we do.
Join ROBERT MARTIN HILL's team as a Production Manager in Pryor and help build a more sustainable future.
What’s in it for you
Taking care of our people is in our nature - so you’ll enjoy:
- Annual salary between $95k - $140K
- Profit sharing and an employee share purchase plan
- A full range of benefits: group insurance, telemedicine, and an employer-supported retirement plan
- An annual allowance to spend on goods and services of your choice
- A yearly wellness program and employee assistance program
- A collaborative, respectful, and people-centered workplace
Your Role
As Production Manager, you’ll take on real challenges that bring out your full potential.
Your scope includes:
• Lead and manage mill operations teams, fostering a culture of safety, operational excellence, employee engagement, and continuous improvement.
• Oversee daily mill production activities, including pulp preparation, paper machine operations, utilities, and support processes to ensure production targets, quality standards, and customer requirements are achieved.
• Drive operational performance through effective production planning, resource allocation, process optimization, and collaboration across maintenance, reliability, quality, and engineering functions.
• Ensure compliance with all safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements while promoting a proactive safety culture throughout the mill.
• Monitor key operating parameters and production metrics to maximize equipment efficiency, product quality, fiber yield, and overall mill performance.
• Partner with maintenance and reliability teams to improve equipment uptime, reduce unplanned downtime, and support long-term asset reliability strategies.
• Monitor and control operating costs, including labor, raw materials, energy consumption, and maintenance expenditures, while identifying opportunities for cost reduction and process improvement.
• Prepare and present regular reports on mill performance, including production, safety, quality, reliability, environmental compliance, and financial KPIs to senior leadership.
• Develop, coach, and mentor team members to build organizational capability, strengthen leadership succession, and support employee growth.
• Lead strategic initiatives and continuous improvement efforts by utilizing Lean Manufacturing, Operational Excellence, and Root Cause Analysis methodologies to improve productivity, quality, and overall mill performance
What you bring
You're a natural fit for Production Manager if you have:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Pulp & Paper Technology, Industrial Technology, Manufacturing Management, or a related technical field.
• 7+ years of progressive leadership experience in a paper mill, pulp mill, or heavy industrial manufacturing environment.
• Proven servant leadership approach with experience developing high-performing teams and driving a strong culture of safety, accountability, and operational excellence.
• Experience leading continuous improvement initiatives using Lean Manufacturing, Operational Excellence, and Root Cause Analysis methodologies.
• Strong understanding of mill operations, including paper machine processes, utilities, maintenance, reliability, quality systems, and environmental compliance.
• Proficiency with SAP/ERP systems, production planning, performance metrics, and cost management; pulp and paper manufacturing experience strongly preferred....
If you bring the same care to who you are as to what you do, we’d love to meet you!
Apply now and join our team as Production Manager in Pryor.
Cascades values diversity and inclusion and considers all applications equitably. This posting is for an active vacancy within our organization. / This posting is intended to build a pool of qualified candidates for future opportunities.
Salary : $95,000 - $140,000