Where you will work
The Lewiston mill is the largest of Clearwater Paper’s facilities, producing both paperboard and tissue product, and boasting over 1200 talented employees. Approximately two hours away from Clearwater Paper’s headquarters in Spokane, Washington, the Lewiston paper mill is a key component in Clearwater Paper’s business strategy. This location offers employees an opportunity to learn both sides of the business while influencing key business decisions and outcomes.

Located on the border of Idaho and Washington, Lewiston provides a host of opportunities for those who love the outdoors including fishing, boating, camping, and skiing. There are several social and civic opportunities to participate in including Boys & Girls Club, Twin County United Way, Lewis Clark Partners Habitat for Humanity, and more. Clearwater Paper values involvement with the community and the partnerships created as a result. Lewiston is in close proximity to the University of Idaho, Washington State University, and Lewis-Clark State College, as well as several strong K-12 school districts.

What you will do

The responsibilities of the Shift Supervisor involve managing the performance and training of a production team, ensuring customer service, product quality, and equipment standards are maintained, and assisting with scheduling, shipping, and receiving. The candidate will also be in charge of improving production processes, the flow of materials and production, and maybe even how inventory is used and moved. The job may also involve serving as a designated backup to the Production Manager and participating in month-end inventory activities.

• Measure team performance and provide performance feedback to the Management team to ensure performance is addressed and supported
• May be a designated backup to the Production Manager for incidental backfill and development
• Foster an atmosphere where information is freely shared, and employees work toward a common goal
• Ensure assigned crew completes training plans to ensure the knowledge, skills, and abilities meet expectations for production personnel and compliance with company policies/practices
• Ensure standards for customer service, product quality, equipment, and operator performances are maintained.
• Ensure Quality processes, procedures, and associated documentation is utilized.
• Work with the Operations Manager and Production Manager to ensure the fulfillment of on-demand manufacturing operations in a quick turnaround business model leveraging utilization of all resources (ex: asset management, capacity planning, and resource management)
• Assist with scheduling and ensures schedules are met for on-time delivery of goods
• Direct team during shift start-up meeting; inform the team of throughput goals, processes, and requirements
• Assist shipping and receiving (2nd and 3rd shifts responsible for inbound and outbound)
• Ensures the optimization of the assembly/fulfillment processes and related material/production workflow
• May be responsible for accurate inventory usage/movement and reconciliation of goods and supplies for their crew and participate in month-end inventory activities

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 an 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

To be successful in this position, we are looking for candidates with the following:

• High school diploma or GED required. Bachelor’s degree in Management or related field preferred.
• Minimum of five years of industry experience, preferably in a high-speed environment.
• Minimum of one year of supervisory experience is preferred.

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.

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)