Smurfit Westrock-posted about 2 months ago
Full-time • Manager
Stevenson, AL
5,001-10,000 employees
Paper Manufacturing

Reporting to the Maintenance & Engineering Manager, this position leads the Process Control Department for the Smurfit Westrock Stevenson facility. The Process Control Department is staffed with Process Control engineers who are responsible for: Maintaining/optimizing PLC systems and variable frequency drives throughout the mill. Maintaining/optimizing Quality Control Systems on paper machines. Maintaining/optimizing Web Inspection Systems on paper machines. Leading or supporting product, quality, and cost improvement projects with process control or online product measurement systems.

  • Direct supervisor of all Process Control Systems including the Process Control Department personnel. This also includes establishment and oversight of any 3rd party service agreements and contract personnel.
  • Operating budget and cost control responsibility for the Process Control department. Works with operations to jointly develop and control budgets for measurement/control hardware and services.
  • Oversees/coordinates the following activities for the Process Control Group:
  • All safety performance compliance, audits and participation in various proactive safety processes.
  • Efforts to maintain reliability and optimize performance of DCS (Distributive Control Systems) throughout the mill, QCS and WIS. In cooperation with the E/I functions within Maintenance, vendors and service providers performs preventative and corrective maintenance on DCS, QCS and WIS.
  • Software changes and back-up of software within DCS, QCS and WIS.
  • Troubleshooting and monitoring of controls and processes.
  • Process Control team member participation in various improvement teams and other optimization efforts. This includes safety, quality, efficiency, cost and organizational effectiveness improvement projects.
  • Maintaining required skills inventory and expertise within the department and ensuring that training needs of direct reports are met.
  • Supports the department in call duty as skill set/expertise dictates.
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field with 5+ years of supervisory experience in Process Control arena.
  • Paper Industry control, QCS and WIS experience
  • Fundamental understanding and hands-on experience with process and quality control concepts, equipment and processes in a manufacturing environment.
  • Prior supervisory/management/leadership experience over Process Control or online measurement/monitoring technical professionals is desired.
  • Be a change agent capable of leadership and proactive thinking that improves individual and team performance and behavior. Strong team skills in various roles - lead, mentor, participant.
  • Demonstrated effective organization, time management and communication skills. Ability to balance demands for routine, project and troubleshooting activities for self and coordination for up to 10 direct reports.
  • Ability to communicate/coordinate with different levels and multiple departments within the organization. Strong written/verbal communication skills and internal customer focus.
  • Demonstrated project management skills. Experience with all phases of capital project scoping and execution is desired.
  • Demonstrated problem-solving skills with ability to lead team improvement efforts, analyze data and recommend solutions. Experience/training in ISO, Lean Six Sigma, RCA or other structured problem-solving methodologies is a plus.
  • Strong computer skills overall along with abilities for statistical, analytical and diagnostic problem-solving skills
  • Must be willing to perform in an on-call environment, including weekends and occasional altered work schedules.
  • Position requires less than 10% travel.
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