Where you will work:

The Shelby location is Clearwater Paper’s newest consumer products facility, boasting two paper mills located on 400 acres with over 600 talented employees. We are proud to produce a variety of high-quality premium and ultra-premium bathroom tissue, household paper towels, and napkins for major retail outlets throughout the United States. Our state-of-the-art technology includes 10 converting lines, 54 laser-guided vehicles, and 2 paper machines producing large quantities at high speed. Employees in Shelby are hard-working and proud to provide a quality product in an essential industry.

Shelby, North Carolina is a quaint community located between bustling downtown Charlotte and scenic Asheville. The town is a stone’s throw from Gastonia, Belmont, and Kings Mountain. Shelby’s art, music, and government community take place in the Uptown Shelby historic district.

Within uptown Shelby, the large Courthouse Square is surrounded by local businesses and a variety of restaurants. The local pavilion hosts weekly Farmer’s markets and weekend concerts. There is plenty of opportunity for activity in Shelby with groups that engage in hiking, cycling, running, CrossFit, and yoga. The Cleveland County Fair is the largest county agricultural fair in North Carolina held in the fall each year. Shelby offers a variety of opportunities for social service including the Boys & Girls Club, United Way, Communities and Schools, and Children’s Home of Cleveland County. Shelby is proud of its local schools including several K-12 and high schools, trade schools, and community colleges.

What you will do:

Organizational Leadership

• Responsible for the operation results and development of employees on shift.
• Manages employees work schedules, vacations.
• Aligns staffing on shift to match priorities. Shifts resources to the highest priority areas.
• Acts as the interface between management and staff keeping business interests in mind.
• Ensures the team works to standards (work instructions, procedures, Centerline [CL], Clean, Inspect, Lubricate [CIL] for safety, 5S, quality, etc.)
• Provides team leadership and coaching
• Leads and facilitates losses elimination by using the Go, See, Think, Do (GSTD)
• Ensures the collection and right reporting of performance KPIs
• Knows new standards and process knowledge and transfers to the team
• Assures team members have the necessary skills to be effective
• Facilitates Shift Hand Off (SHO) and participates in Daily Operating Review (DOR), Weekly Operating Review (WOR), and Monthly Operating Review (MOR).
• Provides information and training for crew on all equipment and processes in area of responsibility.
• Maintains personnel records and executes performance evaluations on employees.
• Assesses the needs of the crew and implements developmental processes (e.g., coaching, counselling, taking corrective action, mentoring, etc.) to continuously improve their performance
• Supervises hourly employees; provides training as needed

Safety and Environmental

• Provide regular inspections of work areas to assure that good housekeeping practices are followed and that all department area maintenance facilities and tools are kept in good repair.
• Instruct and lead crew in safe work practices in pursuit of zero injuries.
• Verify that all safety recordkeeping is done in a timely manner.
• Ensure structured, constructive safety meetings are conducted and follow up on resolutions for those items of concern which are brought up in safety meeting
• Fully support the mill’s behavior-based safety program and assure that area maintenance employees are given the necessary time required for making safety observations.

Production and Quality

• Goals of self and team are aligned to the site Integrated Business Plan (IBP)
• Assigns tasks and follows up with crew when necessary to ensure that work is completed on schedule.
• Identifies and corrects any potential problems (troubleshooting) and takes appropriate action necessary to prevent serious equipment failure.
• Plans effective use of available resources and assists in the development of process, design and operational improvements.
• Identifies possible cost savings in all areas of operation.
• Assures quality of production.

Continuous Improvement

• Leads crews to improve processes by identifying and eliminating nonvalue added activities (waste).
• Prepares and distributes information regarding changes to policies and procedures (as a result of kaizens or other CI opportunities) to employees.

Key Competencies & Attributes

• Actively seeks and allocates appropriate decision-making authority or task responsibility to appropriate individuals based on their abilities, availability, motivation, and development needs; considers potential positive and negative impact, business unit priorities, organizational values, and the opportunity to enhance others’ knowledge and skills.
• Identifies barriers that impact customer service and retention; communicates concerns and recommendations to others.
• Uses understanding of customer needs and the organization’s customer service practices to set priorities, make decisions, and take actions that create customer satisfaction and prevent service issues from occurring.
• Creates relevant options for addressing problems and opportunities that will achieve desired outcomes.
• Systematically evaluates business opportunities, targeting those with the greatest potential for producing positive business results.

What you will need:

• High school diploma or GED required. Bachelor’s degree in Management, Engineering, or related field preferred.
• Minimum of five years of industry experience
• One (1) year of supervisory experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.
• Must have good organizational and computer skills.
• Must be self-motivated and energetic.
• High speed manufacturing environment, sustained exposure to high frequency noises, multiple hours standing, walking on concrete surfaces
• Personal Protective Equipment required in mill environment.
• Dirt, noise, odor, & temperature extremes.
• Climbing stairs, ladders, and scaffolding
• Exposure to hazardous chemicals used in manufacturing process

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Clearwater Paper does not offer sponsorship for employment-based visa status (including, but not limited to, H-1B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require Clearwater Paper's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)