Ceramics Engineer, Sr. jobs in Coeur D Alene, ID

Clearwater Paper (NYSE: CLW) is a publicly held company and a premier supplier of private brand tissue to major retailers, including grocery, drug, mass merchants and discount stores. In addition, the company produces bleached paperboard used by quality-conscious printers and packaging converters, and offers services that include custom sheeting, slitting, and cutting. Clearwater Paper's employees build shareholder value by developing strong relationships through quality and service. Working at Clearwater Paper provides an opportunity to enrich your career through challenging and meaningful work and ongoing training and development-all in a supportive environment. We know our success depends on your success.

What you will do:

Technical Consultation and Execution

• Serves as principal internal subject matter expert for paper making for the sites
• Principle contact for support and resourcing from external groups
• Leads the development and execution of paper machine operations best practices and work systems
• Assist with the development and execution of asset reliability programs incorporating Operations best practices
• Develops functional cross sharing platform for best practices and learnings across all sites
• Provides expertise for urgent troubleshooting as needed
• Assist sites in planning, execution, and critique of major shutdowns

Continuous Improvement

• Lead and support a culture of continuous improvement and developing of critical KPIs through review, refresh, and refinement of the paper machine improvement plans
• Assist with the development and execution of asset reliability plans for the company
• Works with mill teams to identify gaps in equipment uptime and assists team with building sustainable plans to close
• Assists mills with continuous optimization of product quality and end product performance
• Identify opportunities to improve overall performance through the development and deployment of operating standards
• Proactively monitor evolving technology landscape for opportunities to continuously improve productivity, processes, and efficiencies

Leadership and Talent Building

• Foster an environment that encourages employee engagement through a demonstration and modelling of Clearwater Paper's Core Values
• Drive a culture of technical collaboration throughout business
• Champion and execute Clearwater Paper's Talent and Performance Management process incorporating goal development and deployment, talent reviews, succession planning, and talent selection and development to ensure organization sustainment
• Enable technical sustainment plan by promoting, developing, and transferring knowledge across work groups
• Mentor mill leadership at all levels of organization

Key Competencies & Attributes

• Strong analytical skills to leverage data to drive quantitative and analytically based business decisions and take smart risks
• Demonstrated leadership courage to identify and communicate project risks; develop, align resources and communicate countermeasures to mitigate risks
• Able to think strategically and act tactically; hands on
• Demonstrated ability to lead in a matrixed and highly collaborative environment to influence change and core processes
• Customer focused
• Confidence in dealing with ambiguity; bringing different perspectives to light and rallying others to aligned goals and objectives
• High degree of business curiosity; quick learner with a proactive and agile mindset
• Optimistically looks toward future for opportunities to innovate and improve
• Exceptional communication skills (written and verbal); leading and presenting complex materials for various audiences
• Demonstrated experience in influencing across diverse team- creating a vision, strategy, gaining alignment, developing plans and tactics to ensure delivery
• Demonstrated strong change management skills; aligning and bringing others along- act to improve culture, process, products
• Demonstrated ability to understand the organizational impact in decision making; see the big picture and distil it into action plans
• Ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy while ensuring alignment across multiple stakeholders, self-starter with ability and desire to collaborate with teams

What you will need:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field preferred
• Minimum ten years experience in paper mill operations with progressive responsibility required
• Minimum five years of budgetary responsibilities
• Experience in board manufacturing preferred
• Thorough understanding of paper machine operations
• Demonstrated commitment to ongoing personal development through continuing education, coaching and developing others
• Highly adept performing at a fast pace communicating and collaborating across multiple stakeholders
• Previous experience using a Computer Maintenance Management system preferred (e.g. JD Edwards).
• Must possess analytical troubleshooting skills.
• Must have good verbal and written communication skills.
• Continuous improvement/lean manufacturing experience preferred.
• Proficient in use of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Demonstrated ability to foster Continuous Improvement.
• 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
• Travel required of 50-75% of time

Total Reward Details:

Total Reward Details:
We're committed to providing an exceptional workplace experience, including a comprehensive total reward package. This position is eligible for our Incentive Plan. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's job-related knowledge, skills, education, and experience among other factors. Benefits are generally available after 30 days and include medical, dental, vision, life, disability coverage, employee assistance program, and a 401k plan. Paid time off will include vacation days, personal days, and company holidays.

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 will not require Clearwater Paper's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.

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