Team Lead/ Shift Supervisor

Position Overview
The Team Leader functions as the Shift Supervisor and is responsible for leading the
Production area, including paper machine and stock preparation operators. Operating
within a 100% Recycled Closed-Loop Mill, the Team Leader ensures safe operation,
strict quality compliance, environmental stewardship, and optimal production efficiency.
Crucially, during non-business hours, nights, weekends, and holidays when day management
is absent, this position assumes full operational command of the entire
mill site, from inbound raw materials to outbound finished products, including all utility
departments.

Core Responsibilities
• Operational Leadership: Lead shift-wide manufacturing operations, monitoring
all production processes to ensure efficiency, volume targets and quality
standards are met.
• Non-Business Hours Oversight: Serve as the ranking site leader during nonbusiness
hours, providing autonomous direction, decision-making, and
emergency response management for all mill facilities and utility departments.
• Safety & Compliance: Ensure 100% compliance with safety policies, procedures,
and environmental regulations across all personnel and equipment.
• Quality Assurance: Guarantee that all products are manufactured to precise
quality specifications to meet or exceed customer expectations.
• Workforce Development: Manage, execute, and follow up on team training plans
to build operator skills and cross-functionality.
• Maintenance Coordination: Assist in scheduling, coordinating, and executing
shutdown and outage work in partnership with the maintenance department.
Essential Job Functions
• Safety Leadership: Set clear safety performance expectations through personal
example; collaborate with managers and supervisors to eliminate workplace
hazards.
• Mill Inspections: Conduct regular, documented daily inspections of all mill areas
using the inspection round sheet to maintain safety and housekeeping
standards.
• Operational Flexibility: Maintain the skills and ability to step in and work any
paper machine operator position when operational needs require. Assist in Stock
Prep area as when operational needs require.
• Troubleshooting & Root Cause Analysis: Partner with operators to diagnose
operational issues, determine root causes, and implement timely corrective
actions.
• Cost & Waste Control: Monitor and control production costs by constantly
reviewing material usages and minimizing waste throughout the closed-loop
process, and paper making processes.
• Continuous Improvement: Collaborate with crews to develop performance goals
for individual crew members and the shift as a whole, driving mill and process
optimizations.
• Personnel Management: Work alongside Area Managers and HR to maintain
accurate attendance records, address personnel issues, and resolve conflicts.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required
• Technical Expertise: Strong, working knowledge of paper mill operations, stock
preparation, and interconnected mill departments.
• Autonomous Decision-Making: Proven ability to operate independently and
make critical operational, logistical, and safety decisions during non-business
hours without immediate on-site management support.
• Analytical Thinking: Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills for real-time
troubleshooting and process monitoring.
• Communication & Interpersonal Skills: Proven ability to lead teams, present
training materials, and collaborate across departments.
• Computer Literacy: Proficient with Microsoft Office products and standard mill
production software.

Education and Experience Qualifications
• Industry Experience: Minimum of 5 to 8 years of work experience in the paper
industry, with at least 5 years specifically within paper machine or stock
preparation areas.
• Leadership Experience: 1–2 years of previous supervisory or leadership
experience preferred, with a track record of managing operations independently.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Paper Sciences or a related technical field is
preferred; equivalent industrial experience will be considered.

Physical Abilities & Environmental Conditions
• Physical Demands: Requires prolonged periods of walking and standing,
including on inclines, grated walkways, and stairs. Ability to climb ladders, kneel,
stoop, bend, stretch, pull, and work in confined spaces. Must be able to lift up to
50 lbs.
• Environmental Exposure: Regular exposure to an industrial manufacturing
environment featuring extreme heat, cold, and wet/humid conditions. Frequent
exposure to loud industrial machine noise (hearing protection required).

Must be able to work extended hours. on a 12 hour rotating shift (Days/Nights)