Quality Control Supervisor

West Fraser•Russellville, AR

8d•Onsite

About The Position

West Fraser is a diversified wood products company producing lumber, OSB, LVL, MDF, plywood, pulp, newsprint, wood chips, and energy with over 60 facilities in Canada, the United States, and Europe. We are the largest lumber producer in North America, a leading global manufacturer of wood-based panels, and the world’s largest producer of oriented strand board (OSB). We are a growing company, believe strongly in promoting from within, and pride ourselves on providing a challenging environment with continuous development. The successful candidate should be interested in future growth opportunities within the company.

Requirements

Understanding of electronics
Understand scanning, optimization, and processing
Understanding lumber grade and quality.
Have the ability to understand individual optimized machine centers
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Demonstrated computer skills
Demonstrated math and reading comprehension skills
Be willing to acquire additional education/training to stay on top of technology advancements
Experience in a manufacturing environment

Nice To Haves

2 or 4-year college degree is desired
Lumber grading certification is desired

Responsibilities

Check and improve all optimized machine centers
Responsible for the Monthly PMs and calibrations of all Optimizers and graders
Monitoring and giving feedback on Kiln quality and moisture
Ability to work interdepartmentally with managers and communicate issues of concern with non reports.
Check, report, and improve mill product distribution and flow
Monitor recovery trends
Weekly yard audits for lumber placement and stack quality.
Run Simulations to predict how product and price changes with affect the mill, make suggestions to the Gm on opportunities in the mill.
Implement and perform efficiency studies related to the overall process