
Paper Mill Manager
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The Paper Mill Manager manages the Paper and Shipping Departments, including two paper machines, and oversees safety, environmental compliance, quality, customer satisfaction, costs, production, maintenance planning, budgets, capital projects, employee development, and labor relations. The role leads continuous improvement and strategic initiatives to reduce costs, increase productivity, and improve quality. Candidates need paper mill experience or an equivalent education and experience combination, including at least two years at Paper Machine Superintendent level or above.
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CAREER OPPORTUNITY:
Responsible for managing the Paper and Shipping Departments that include two Paper Machines. Responsible for all activities in the departments including safety, environmental, quality & customer satisfaction, cost, production, maintenance planning, financial budgets & results, capital project support, people development, and employee & labor relations.
HOW YOU WILL IMPACT SMURFIT WESTROCK:
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Safety - Lead safety systems and processes that support achieving our continually improving annual goals. Assure a safe, engaged and highly motivated workforce by providing role modeling and leadership in safety and environmental efforts, communicating safety consistently, accountability while providing fair and equal treatment.
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Environmental - Lead department environmental management systems to ensure compliance and environmental stewardship
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Quality/Customer Satisfaction - focus on the "no fail basics" of quality and service coupled with innovation to provide winning solutions to our customers
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Cost - Develop and maintain methods for tracking and reducing chemical and operational costs.
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Production - Optimize paper machine schedules to maximize the mill\u2019s production while continually increasing Paper Machine uptime % and productivity while reducing off quality.
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Financial Budget/Results - Work closely with Mill Controller and Leadership team to develop budgets and analyze financial results to look for opportunities for improving mill profitability
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Capital Execution - Provide input to capital projects from inception through completion.
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Strategic Planning - Initiate and facilitate improvement projects within the department focusing on strategic initiatives to reduce cost, increase productivity and/or improve quality
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People Development - Invest in our People to help them develop and operate at their full potential
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Employee/Labor Relations - Build positive relations based on the WestRock culture of trust, respect and empowering employees to always do the right thing.
WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED:
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B.S. Degree with 5 plus years of Paper Mill experience or equivalent combination of education and experience with at least 2 years at the Paper Machine Superintendent or above level
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General understanding of mill-wide operations and interdependency.
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Must be able to communicate clearly and effectively with all levels of the organization.
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Must be able to clearly define objectives and be effective in involving others in the
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achievement of those objectives.
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Must be dedicated to continuous improvement with special emphasis on safety, quality, environment, production, and cost.
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Must be a strong leader with demonstrated skills in interpersonal skills, customer service, communication and high sense of urgency and attention to detail
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Must work well in Teams, both as a Team Leader and Team Member
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Competent in Microsoft Office - Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word. Project
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Plant Information System - PI - Process Book, PARCview, Proficy experience is preferred
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Knowledge of DCS (Distributed Control System)
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Ability to learn proprietary software programs
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Understanding of Box Plant Corrugator operation
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Customer visits and/or interaction experience
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Lean, Six Sigma certifications
Keywords: paper mill manager, production manager, paper machine superintendent, business unit manager, paper operations leader, manufacturing excellence manager, operations manager, business manager, machine room manager, pm superintendent, Paper Machine Supt, Paper Machine Superintendent, finished products manager, paper machine manager, paper machine, kraft paper, linerboard, containerboard, paperboard, paper, boxboard, liner, containerboard, corrugated medium, sbb, sbs, kraft board, bleached board, coated paper, cartonboard
Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is the go-to leader and partner of choice in sustainable packaging. We are dedicated to creating efficient and scalable paper and packaging solutions to help solve complex packaging challenges. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity and respect, we are committed to delivering meaningful value for shareholders, customers, employees and the communities where we operate.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.
How this job compares
Set against the 675 open Production Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$95–132K/yr325 salary ranges
- US median$22–27/hr20 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 19 open Production Manager jobs in North Carolina and 675 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Production Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (509 postings).
- Education
- 163 of the 675 open Production Manager jobs (24%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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