Shift Manager Fibre Line#3 at Sappi

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At Sappi, we are a leading global provider with a reputation for delivering high-quality sustainable Woodfibre products and solutions for the global markets. We lead through our values centered around safety, integrity, courage, and making smart decisions which we execute with speed. We are seeking unique people who believe in fostering a diverse and inclusive and safe environment.  

We’re on the lookout for a Shift Manager FibreLine#3 to maximise plant performance by aligning, guiding and co-ordinating the activities of the team to utilize the skills and experience of each team member to achieve targets in terms of production volumes, quality, uptime, safety, costs and staff development.

As a Shift Manager, you will be responsible to:

• Leads a Shift based team assigned to his/her plant.
• Participates in relevant forums to facilitate effective communication. MDT, SHEQ, etc.
• Recommends maintenance/upgrade/replacement of existing equipment to optimize production efficiency.
• Plans the plant operations to ensure the maximum utilization of the resources (raw materials, energy, and people).
• Manages the execution of production activities (shuts, start-ups, checks, log sheets, graph trends, resources) to sustain quality standards and plant efficiency.
• Asses and manage abnormal plant conditions to ensure plant stability
• Assess staff against Position Profile & coaches/mentors team members.
• Ensures on-the-job and off-the-job training activities.
• Monitor and adjust employee role and responsibility.
• Evaluate and direct performance of team and team members against goals and standards of conduct to ensure maximum performance.
• Understands the SHEQ requirements, Investigates incidents, identify root causes of Non-Conformances and corrects deviations, Monitor subordinate’s performance against SHEQ,
• Maintains a high level of good housekeeping in the workplace at all time
• Ensure BBS observations are conducted according to mill objectives
• Ensure adherence to annual fixed cost, renewals, and overtime and manpower budgets.
• Communicates with the internal and external suppliers / customers. Responds to the customer feedback and takes corrective action if required.

Required Minimum Qualifications: 

• BSc Chemical Engineering/BTech Chemical Engineering/BTech Pulp and Paper
• 4 Years in the Pulp and Paper Industry
• 2 Years Dissolving Pulp experience
• Relevant Management Qualification / 2 Years Supervisory Exposure will be advantageous.