Plant Superintendent

The Plant Superintendent oversees all mill production, including finishing and packaging rough lumber. The role maintains departmental production goals and by-product quality while optimizing productivity and recovery through a fully trained crew and proper safety procedures. The Plant Superintendent instructs employees on safe and productive work habits and ensures proper reporting and recording of maintenance and safety problems. The position is responsible for meeting production targets and quality guidelines while maintaining required staffing within budget. Effective communication across all departments is essential to keeping their work aligned. The position has the authority to train and directs the workforce within the prescribed policies, procedures, and regulations of the operation.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Safety

• Ensure each department operates in a safe manner in accordance to work safe rules, regulations, and policies.
• Works with all staff and employees to recognize and eliminate safety hazards.
• Ensure staff and employees are trained in safe work practices and are compliant with regulations and policies.
• Ensure that all aspects of the mill’s safety program are delivered to employees in a timely and effective manner; People Leadership
• Support employee development through coaching, feedback and performance management.
• Oversee the day-to-day activities of direct reports and ensure they have the tools, resources, and training required to do their job to the highest standards.
• Work with supervisors to ensure consistent application or company policies.
• Work with supervisors and other management to ensure employee issues and concerns are heard and dealt with in a timely manner. Operational
• Be accountable for plant performance. Evaluate staffing, machinery and maintenance processes, and recommend or implement changes that improve reliability, productivity, quality and safety
• Develops and implements programs to ensure product meets standard at each job function and implements corrective actions through Supervisors.
• Analyzes quality control information provided and initiates corrective action plans as required.
• Analyze raw materials daily. Make adjustments as required to meet the production levels established in the budget.
• Analyze production daily and identify the causes of negative variances. Develop and implement corrective action plans to address those variances and promote continued implementation of the corrective actions.
• Analyze maintenance work daily and make the adjustments necessary to keep the plant operational. When positive variances occur, identify their causes and promote continued implementation of the practices that produced them.
• Communicate variances to the Maintenance Superintendent. Work together to establish action plans that correct negative variances.
• Assist the Plant Manager in the future planning of the operation by participating in development long- term recapitalization plans. Financial
• Develop the departmental budget. Be accountable for delivering departmental results within that budget.
• Submit cost estimates to support the budgeting process for the annual plan and major equipment expenditures.
• Manage the department budget and provide variance analysis.
• Participate in capital planning and implementation process.
• Identifies areas of potential improvement, instituting and/or recommending changes.
• Maintains knowledge and awareness regarding new products, practices, techniques and equipment in the industry.