Assistant Pulp Mill Superintendent

Description & Requirements

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is the go-to leader and partner of choice in sustainable packaging. We are dedicated to creating efficient and scalable paper and packaging solutions to help solve complex packaging challenges. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity and respect, we are committed to delivering meaningful value for shareholders, customers, employees and the communities where we operate.

Asst. Pulp Mill Superintendent – WY and Recaust

The Opportunity

The Assistant Pulp Mill Superintendent provides daily leadership for the Woodyard and Recaust departments, ensuring alignment with production objectives and compliance with safety, environmental, and quality standards. This role is responsible for implementing and sustaining management systems that drive continuous improvement across process areas, while building strong partnerships with adjacent production teams to support an integrated mill strategy. The position reports directly to the Pulp Mill Superintendent.

How You Will Impact Smurfit WestRock

• Provide leadership to the Woodyard and Recaust areas of the mill
• Meets objectives that are set to meet the goals of the business.
• Monitor Key Performance Indicator trends.
• Oversee the implementation of corrective actions to ensure goals are met.
• Set expectations and hold both teams and individuals accountable for results.
• Responsibilities include daily management of the operations.
• Provide support to the Pulp Mill Operations Maintenance Coordinator to ensure operational
  
  

and maintenance activities are scheduled, coordinated, and executed to drive process and

equipment reliability.

What You Need To Succeed

• Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university.
• Minimum of 2 years related experience within the paperboard industry pulping operations.
• Supervisory or management experience required.
• Knowledge of Woodyard and Recaust operations preferred.
  
  

Competencies

• Safety – Exhibits strong competencies in Safety Mindset and has a thorough understanding of safety policies and procedures.
• Ability to Execute – Targets and achieves results, sets and accomplishes challenging goals, prioritizes and manages tasks effectively, maintains an organized system to monitor progress, overcomes obstacles, accepts accountability, sets standards and responsibilities.
• Champion of & Adaptor to Change – Drives for continuous improvement while managing expectations and results. Able to quickly adapt to changing circumstances and accelerates the change within themselves, their work group, or the organization; challenges the status quo and creatively identifies opportunities for improvement. Demonstrates a constant commitment to do things better.
• Customer Focused – Understands and works to meet customer requirements. Listens to and responds to customer’s needs; builds relationships with and gains trust of customer by always meeting commitments.
• Decision Making/Judgment – Recognizes problems and responds by systematically gathering information and weighing options. Able to sort through complex issues, seeks input from others and addresses root cause of issues. Makes timely and accurate decisions. Uses consensus when possible and clearly communicates decisions to others.
• Initiative – Tackles problems and takes independent action. Seeks out new responsibilities, acts on opportunities, generates new ideas, practices self-development, and demonstrates a bias for action without being prompted.
• Problem Solving/Analysis – Breaks down problems into smaller components, understands underlying issues. Can simplify and process complex issues and information, understands the difference between critical details and unimportant facts, can analyze data/information and draw accurate conclusions.
• Influence & Persuasion – Able to exhibit a ‘can-do’ approach and inspire associates to excel, uses competition to encourage others, develops performance standards and confronts negative attitudes. Develops a team spirit and uses tact when expressing ideas or opinions. Presents new ideas to authority figures and adapts presentations to suit a particular audience. Responds to objections successfully.
• Quality – Attentive to detail and accuracy; is committed to excellence. Continuously looks for improvements, seeks opportunities to increase effectiveness and efficiency.
• Integrity – Able to be tactful, maintain confidences, and foster an ethical work environment. Prevents inappropriate behavior by coworkers, give proper credit to others and handles all situations honestly.
• Communication – Able to clearly present information through spoken or written word; read and interpret complex information; talks with employees, customers, and supplies, and has strong listening skills.
  
  

What We Offer

• Corporate culture based on integrity, respect, accountability, and excellence
• Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities
• An attractive salary reflecting skills, competencies and potential
• A career with a global packaging company where Sustainability, Safety, and Inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of the daily work.
  
  

Candidates are required to undergo a drug screening after receiving a conditional job offer, but before starting employment.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.