Technical Manager

Reporting to the Mill Manager, the Technical Manager oversees a technical team responsible for product recipes, recipe modification for new products/markets and research and development to ensure product quality and cost effectiveness. This position is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing product optimization, in addition to reporting data analysis and internal research and development. The successful candidate will also maintain the Mill Quality Assurance program with the APA.

TECHNICAL MANAGER

Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership as the mill’s primary contact for; technical issues relating to thickness, panel size, strength, and rigidity of products, customer complaints, and product development
• Conduct new product development and testing
• Routinely identify and implement cost saving opportunities in board manufacturing process
• Monitor the key properties of product being produced to ensure they meet quality standards
• Track, prioritize, and assign responsibilities for process improvement projects that improve EH&S, quality, throughput, and product costs
• Set and monitor operational control limits of heat energy, drying and pressing machinery to produce quality product at expected production levels
• Monitor and adjust key process variables that affect raw material usages ensuring raw material usage is at expected levels and meet or exceed cost forecasts
• Interface with and maintain strong working relationships with production and maintenance teams. Provide leadership to troubleshoot operating and maintenance issues affecting quality or production
• Continuously improve the operation by staying current with new technologies, implementing best practices, identifying non-value added elements and modeling continuous process improvement Minimum

Our ideal candidate would have:

• Bachelor of Wood Science preferred; Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering or related field
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience working with wood and adhesives in the development and manufacturing of engineered lumber
• Develop methods or procedures to gain efficiency and margin improvement
• Ability to define and communicate expectations and then hold people accountable
• People and team building skills
• Problem solving and decision-making skills
• Leading and setting the example with safety
• Develop constructive and cooperative working relationships and maintain them over time
• Analyze data to make informed critical decisions

Our highly competitive compensation package includes:

• Competitive base salary with annual bonus opportunity
• Outstanding benefits package including medical, dental, pension, life insurance, disability, accident insurance, vacation, and holidays

Location Summary:

• High Level is the hub of Mackenzie County in northwestern Alberta.
• Check out area businesses, activities, wildlife, etc. at MackenzieFrontier.com

About West Fraser:

West Fraser is a leading forest products company. We are listed on the TSX, NYSE, and recognized for the eighth time, as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers. Our goals are straightforward - leadership through safety, profit, responsibility in communities, excellence in people and strength in products.

West Fraser Timber has over 60 locations across Canada, the United States, and Europe.

We believe strongly in promoting from within and pride ourselves on providing a challenging environment with continuous development. The successful candidate should be interested in future growth opportunities within the company. West Fraser offers an excellent compensation package including a competitive salary, excellent benefits, and an outstanding pension plan.

West Fraser believes inclusive, diverse teams build a more vibrant workforce, safer operations, and a stronger company overall. We strive to create workplaces and leadership teams that are reflective of the diverse communities we are a part of. We will not discriminate against any applicant for employment on the basis of race, gender, national origin or any other protected legal characteristic.

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