Plant Superintendent / Converting Division

Job Description

Position:Plant Superintendent

Reports to:Plant Manager

Summary:
The Plant Superintendent is tasked with managing and overseeing the plant. They must work to maintain safety, quality, and efficient production with their team of supervisors.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Superintendent is responsible for Plant Supervisors and Hourly Employees.

Oversee performance of shifts and how they flow from each department.

Communicate plant standards to supervisors and employees.

Establish high morale throughout your staff by showing fairness, consistency, and an interest in employee problems.

Report to the Plant Manager and Maintenance Manager any mechanical, scheduling, or personnel problems that may have significant effects on operations.

Oversee the proper training and manning of plant positions and manage inventory.

Responsible for the upkeep of machinery; coordinate maintenance work with a minimum of downtime.

Help with solutions to solve production problems. Implement, maintain, and support all company policies and procedures, safety program, and good housekeeping.

Additional duties may be assigned by management.

Other responsibilities include training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; conflict resolution; team building; coaching and leading employees to improve; addressing complaints and resolving problems; documentation; and setting an example of superior behavior, attitude and performance.

Leadership Attributes:
The individual must possess the following:
Superior time management skills including the ability to manage multiple issues concurrently and the ability to lead an effective, professional, and efficient meeting.

Teaching skills in order to function effectively as a teacher for his/her personnel both in the sales and administrative parts of the position.

Demonstrate an ability to interact and progress with high profile customer.

Excellent crisis manager who demonstrates that he/she has a high emotional control under adverse conditions and can lead his/her personnel to a successful resolution.

Excellent team building skills, between crews and other departments.

Excellent employee relations skills including being an active listener, understanding how to appraise personnel, applying both positive and corrective feedback, being able to resolve conflicts either involving the supervisor directly or as a third party, understands and demonstrates positive motivational skills including coaching and delegation techniques.

Demonstrated confidence including providing a consistent leadership style with an acceptable level of professional assertiveness.

Professional appearance to support his/her role as a managerial representative.

Education and/or Experience:
High school diploma or GED.
Two years prior supervisory experience.
Must have a minimum of 5 years of converting and/or corrugating experience and at least 2 years in a Supervisory or Managerial role.

Language Skills:
Able to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Mathematical Skills:
Able to read a tape measure with speed and accuracy. Able to calculate figures and amounts such as percentages, measurement, volume and rate. Able to apply concepts of high school math.

Reasoning Ability:
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or graphic form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Technical Skills:
The individual must have a working knowledge of the following:
Equipment design and capabilities that can be translated into efficient operation. This also supports the supervisor's role of teacher and trainer for his/her personnel.
Cost issues in order to make daily decisions that will reduce overall costs and will help the supervisor find areas that require improvement.

Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Performance Measurements:
The performance of the superintendent will be measured as follows:
Operating standards - the superintendent will need to meet or exceed the Operating Standards in the areas of quality, cost, safety, customer satisfaction and productivity. Such standards will be set annually and communicated to the superintendent.
Personal growth - while the company will provide the tools to assist the superintendent to grow professionally the responsibility for moving forward lies with the individual. Each year there will be goals developed and agreed to by the superintendent and his/her superior.
Employee relations - through observations the superintendent will be evaluated regarding his/her skills and advancements in the areas of motivational techniques and results, positive and corrective/constructive feedback, subordinate development and creating a positive work environment.
Creativity - this will be evaluated by how active the superintendent is in participating in advancing the business through new and innovative ideas.

Pratt Industries is America's 5th largest paper and packaging company with more than 10,000 highly skilled green collar employees dedicated to the environment and sustainability. Pratt Industries is one of the largest corrugated packaging companies in America, with sophisticated manufacturing facilities in more than twenty states. The company operates several of the most modern, cost effective paper mills in the country, as well as a series of sheet and box plants strategically placed throughout the United States offering a wide range of creative packaging solutions. Pratt Industries is committed to recycling and the environment by harvesting the urban forest.

Pratt Industries offers competitive compensation plans with incentive opportunities, full benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, All State, Pre-Paid Legal, and 401(k) with company match, paid vacation, paid holidays, and childbearing and parental leave.

Pratt Industries is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - M/F/V/D