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Assistant Superintendent, Recovery (Recovery Boilers)

Smurfit Westrock, West Point Mill West Point, VA

The Assistant Superintendent, Recovery will provide day-to-day leadership for all department employees and area operations. Improve safety, environmental compliance, quality, cost control and production for the Recovery Boiler operational areas. Responsible for implementing and maintaining management systems to ensure continued improvement to overall process areas. Foster and develop partnerships with adjoining production areas to create a "Winning Solutions" team environment. Always promote internal customer engagement and satisfaction as a cornerstone. This position reports to the Power & Recovery Superintendent.

Job Responsibilities:

• Accountable for an accident-free work environment by managing the departments SOPs, JHAs and SES systems.
• Assure all Safety and Environmental standards are achieved or exceeded.
• Engage in WR Performance Excellence (LSS), driving results to achieve a world class low-cost process.
• Review production reports daily, taking action to maintain area expectations for internal customers satisfaction.
• Maintain compliance with Recovery Boiler Safety Standards, BLRBAC, FM, and AF&PA guidelines.
• Develop and implement process improvement projects to optimize equipment uptime and efficiency.
• Optimize Recovery Boiler operation while ensuring an environmentally sound process system to maximize throughput, reducing downtime and costs.
• Communicate with other department managers to optimize mill production.
• Promote team concept with supervisors and operators to assure continuity in reaching common production goals.
• Provide after-hours managerial support for department as needed.
• Develop and mange outage inspection scopes and repairs for recovery boilers and related equipment.
• Review environmental compliance measures daily, acting on any non-conforming items.
• Initiate process improvement projects to eliminate emissions/releases.
• Develop and maintain annual operating and maintenance cost budgets, reviewing monthly actuals to budget.
• Maintain asset management systems to improve equipment performance and reliability, including capital projects development while creating a "Standardized & Simplified" process to reduce the need for system experts.
• Ensure the training program for operators and foreman is current and appropriate training levels are met.
• Promote ISO standards throughout department.

What you need to succeed:

• B.S. Engineering preferred
• Minimum 5 years' experience within an integrated mill environment. Recovery boiler, Evaporator, or Lime Kiln & Recausticizing area experience highly desired.
• Minimum 3 years in a supervisory position
• Previous experience with a Production Management System and Computerized Maintenance Management System required.
• Proficient in PI Vision, Microsoft Office Suite, and JDE. Microsoft Project experience preferred

Smurfit Westrock partners with our customers to provide differentiated paper and packaging solutions that help them win in the marketplace. Smurfit Westrock's 100,000 team members support customers around the world from more than 320 operating and business locations spanning North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Learn more at www.smurfitwestrock.com. Smurfit WestRock is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer committed to creating and maintaining a diverse workforce: Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans

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. The salary range for this position is $91,500.00 - $152,500.00, depending on your role, level, and location. The benefits for this role include short-term bonus incentive, health, dental and vision insurance, flexible spending accounts or health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and paid sick leave as required by applicable state/local law, 15 days of paid vacation, and 11 days of paid holidays, subject to annual change. Your pay will be based on factors such as your skills, experience, and education. To learn more about this posting, please contact your recruiter during the hiring process. You may apply online at Smurfit Westrock External Careers and the application window is expected to close by 30-Nov-2026.