Mill Manager

The Mill Manager will lead the Arcadia OSB facility located in Simsboro, Louisiana. As part of Weyerhaeuser Wood Products, this role reports to the Panels Manufacturing Director. The Mill Manager is accountable for safety, culture, reliable manufacturing operations, and on-time, in-full delivery of products to customers while ensuring site business objectives are achieved.

This role fosters an innovative and engaged culture, leads within a high-performance work system, manages product cost and inventory, and develops future leaders. The Arcadia OSB facility is a non-union operation with approximately 140 employees.

Key Functions

• Engages team members and leaders in safely manufacturing oriented strand board (OSB) products that meet customer needs while driving improvement in key business metrics

• Ensures an injury free culture is created through committed leaders and involved team members, supported by strong safety systems

• Coaches, develops, and leads leaders and team members in the overall manufacturing process

• Fosters a culture of trust, engagement, and inclusion that supports employee retention and high morale

• Holds ultimate accountability for reliability, quality, financial, procurement, productivity, environmental, and other site stewardship responsibilities

• Partners to ensure effective employee relations, talent development, and consistent application of policies and practices across the site

• Ensures business and individual goal setting processes such as capital plans, expense budgets, safety strategic plans, and performance management plans are developed and executed with excellence

• Minimum 8 years of leadership experience in a manufacturing environment, with a proven record of positive results in safety, quality, productivity, cost control, and people development

• Outstanding teaming and interpersonal skills that:
  - Effectively engage teams to meet business goals
  - Ensure successful teaming and networking within Panels, Wood Products, and the company, as needed

• Strong interest in, and the ability to, engage and lead others in a high performance, team-based organization

• Strong business and financial acumen

• Proven record of effectively engaging team members in behavior-based safety techniques

• Excellent interpersonal, written, verbal, and electronic communication skills

• Strong planning and organizational skills

• Able to work flexible hours as needed in a mill environment

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in business, a technical discipline (engineering or similar), or forestry/wood products, or equivalent experience

• Experience developing and working in high performance work systems

• Working knowledge of Lean and innovation tools and processes

• Previous Mill Manager experience leading and developing a strong team culture

What We Offer:

Compensation: This role is eligible for our annual merit-increase program, and we are targeting a salary range of $144,790-$217,185 based on your level of skills, qualifications and experience. You will also be eligible for our Annual Incentive Program, which offers a cash bonus targeting 25% of base pay. Potential plan funding may range from zero to two times that target.

Benefits: When you join our team, you and your dependents will be offered coverage under our comprehensive employee benefits plan, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, and life insurance. We offer a pre-tax Health Savings Account option which includes a company contribution. Other benefit options are also available such as voluntary Long-Term Care and Employee Assistance Programs. We also support personal volunteerism, sponsor a host of diversity networks, promote mentoring, and provide training and development opportunities to help you chart your path to a fulfilling career.

Retirement: Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, which includes a paid company match in addition to our contribution equal to 5% of your eligible pay.

Paid Time Off or Vacation: We provide eligible employees who are scheduled to work 25 hours or more per week with 3-weeks of paid vacation to use during your first year of employment. In addition, after being employed for six months, eligible employees begin to accrue vacation for future use. We also recognize eleven paid holidays per year, providing a total of 88 holiday hours and paid parental leave for all full-time employees.

About Weyerhaeuser

We sustainably manage forests and manufacture products that make the world a better place. We’re serious about safety, driven to achieve excellence, and proud of what we do. With multiple business lines in locations across North America, we offer a range of exciting career opportunities for smart, talented people who are passionate about making a difference. 
We know you have a choice in your career. We want you to choose us. 

About Wood Products

We've been delivering quality building products and solutions to our customers for more than 100 years. From builders and dealers to specifiers and homeowners, we offer exceptional product performance and unparalleled support.

For more than a century, we’ve been building our reputation as a leader in sustainable wood products.

Weyerhaeuser is an equal opportunity employer. Inclusion is one of our five core values and we strive to maintain a culture where all our people feel a sense of belonging, opportunity and shared purpose. We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce and supporting an equitable and inclusive environment that inspires people of all backgrounds to join, stay and thrive with our team.