Technical Assistant - PM3

International Paper•Mansfield, LA

7h•Onsite

About The Position

The role of the Technical Assistant in Finished Products is to provide leadership and support to the Area Manager, maintenance coordinator, shift managers and operating crews to ensure continuity of the line operation, achieve department and area objectives, and facilitate sound business decisions. The Technical Assistant is responsible for the operational activities covering #3 Paper Machine. The key focus areas include safety, daily production and performance (quality, acceptance, availability, and speed), system development, cost and efficiency improvements, customer satisfaction, and administrative duties. The Technical Assistant role provides high focus and energy on the daily operations as: The first responder for daily crisis and fire fighting situations. Safety promoter, process subject matter expert, supporting troubleshooter and customer advocate. Keep the members safe, customers happy, maintenance and operators engaged. The role is designed to provide the Area Manager time to focus on longer term and continuous improvement efforts. A floor presence to provide member coaching and teaching including process knowledge, machine observation and troubleshooting techniques, informed decision process skills, and systematic thinking. Help operating crews change and evolve as decision makers, and teach and expect members to know the core department skills. Use Mansfield philosophy to guide and department methods and documentation to assist (not create personal philosophy or agenda). The driving force behind the day-to-day system focus, use, compliance and execution quality. Day-to-day systems responsibility involves: centerlines, grade change recipes, control strategies, process and equipment rounds, shift plans, if-down-do lists, TCCs, BKOPs, management by exception, job requests (work orders), measurement systems (PPR, PMIMS, etc,). Leadership and or ownership in improvement efforts (Kaizen and deliberate improvement teams, VPP and RCFA action items).

Requirements

Technical Degree Required
Prior leadership or management experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.

Responsibilities

Strive for optimal production and performance. Meet and maintain daily and monthly metrics at or above standards.
Maintain and optimize a system of continuous improvement. Incorporate centerline philosophies, management by exception, and operator driven reliability practices.
Provide training and development assistance for departmental non-exempt and exempt members.
Paper Machine performance improvements
Improvement in reliability and troubleshooting
Evaluate departmental safety and housekeeping practices. Ensure expectations are met across the four operating shifts.
Eliminate non-value added activities (waste)
Make decisions based on the best-cost alternative, using knowledge and understanding of department fixed and variable cost budgets.
Direct responsibility for operator rounds (indirect responsibility for maintenance rounds such as lube and vibration routes)
Lead the afternoon shift plan follow up meeting
Root cause analysis. Provide summary of evidence, root cause identification, immediate action and long-term corrections to eliminate root cause.
With front line leaders, develop machine rounds for FLL and Operations leader to monitor machine conditions and provide coaching and performance feedback to operators.
Assist training supervisor with SOP, Lockout reviews/updates and communicating changes back to the operating crews.
Drive centerlining, schedule adherence, broke strategy, daily compliance to target, shift plans and use of checklists.
Monitor operator performance tracking data for lost time, acceptance and slow back for accuracy and improvement.