Area Manufacturing Manager - Mill Operations

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.

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The Area Manufacturing Manager (AMM) will be engaged in a number of strategic and project initiatives related to mill operations areas. These areas involve but are not limited to Pulp Mill, Woodyard, Recaustizing, and OCC (recycling). The AMM will advise these areas in operations system development, training systems, technical staff development, and project coordination. The position will engage in best practice implementation and execution within these areas, be engaged with complex issues across department and functional teams. The AMM will work independently or facilitate engagement with appropriate resources to advance solutions and engage with all levels of the organization as needed.

Principle Accountabilities :

• Provide technical support to the business and manufacturing operations supporting optimization & / or capital projects
• Ability to troubleshoot issues and mentor others regarding pulp mill operations and equipment including machine reliability, maintenance, outages, and project management
• Ability to work independently and act as subject matter expert, assisting with and identifying areas of improvement
• Evaluate, select, and apply standard operations techniques, procedures and criteria using judgment in making minor adaptations and modifications
• Provide project management support across the business when and where needed as projects arise
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills - ability to communicate effectively with all areas of the business including senior leaders, other business units, mill leadership, personnel, and operators
• Provide technical training to plant personnel on newly installed technologies
• Involved in developing business and / or plant capital plans
• Develop plans, specifications and reports
• Make actionable recommendations based on sound engineering judgment
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Position Requirements :

All qualified applicants must apply at Careers.packagingcorp.com to be considered.

PCA is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans / Disabled and other protected categories.

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