Manager, Wetmill

CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets, crates and containers. We employ approximately 13,000 people and operate in 60 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world’s biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact.

What does that mean for you? You’ll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner. You’ll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. You’ll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our

Hybrid Work Model


Job Description

About the Role:
Manage overall operations of the wet mill plant, ensuring efficient and safe processing of sawn timber while meeting production targets and maintaining high-quality standards.

Develop and maintain relationships with third-party service providers and customers, ensuring compliance with all company policies, procedures, and health & safety regulations.

Lead and supervise a large team, driving continuous improvement in production processes and equipment maintenance.

Key Responsibilities may include:

- Oversee production planning and set daily production targets, ensuring optimal output and resource utilization.
- Manage all wet mill staff, including night shift personnel, ensuring that all operational and quality control procedures are followed.
- Drive continuous improvement efforts to enhance timber recovery rates and oversee upgrades to equipment and processes.
- Ensure adherence to health & safety regulations, conducting toolbox talks, enforcing the use of protective gear, and overseeing safety protocols.
- Maintain relationships with suppliers, managing log procurement, and resolving issues related to material quality or supplier performance.
- Oversee the management of sawmill housekeeping, including stock control, saw shop maintenance, and ensuring timely preventative maintenance to minimize equipment downtime.
- Provide training and development to staff, ensuring competency in operational procedures and promoting a safety-first culture.

Manager, Wetmill

Weatherboard Sawmill, Creighton

Join Our Team as a Wet Mill Manager - Where Precision Meets Passion
- Are you a results-driven leader with a passion for optimizing operations? We're seeking a dynamic Wet Mill Manager to oversee our milling processes and ensure the highest standards of quality and efficiency. In this role, you'll be at the heart of our production, while driving innovation and continuous improvement. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and have a keen eye for detail, this is the perfect opportunity to take your career to the next level._

The Wetmill Manager will be responsible for all aspects of managing the Wetmill from receiving logs to delivering sawn board to the Drymill & Manufacturing Pant. The Wetmill Manager will put safety as his/her first priority and assure that the safety infrastructure and culture continuously improve. The Wetmill manager will also be responsible to assure that recovery, quality and cost targets are met.
- Responsibilities_

Production
- Achieving daily/monthly production targets
- Plan according to the requirements of the manufacturing plant
- Manage breakdowns and assure preventative maintenance is executed to increase uptime.
- Assure that all checks are done, and faults reported
- Assure that production tempo is maintained and that bottlenecks are relieved timeously.
- Assure good timekeeping is maintained at all times.
- Assure that good housekeeping is maintained at all times

Recovery:

- Assure that an A-Grade recovery target of 60% is met in the Wetmill.
- Assure that all machines are setup accurately
- Assure that alignment is accurate on all machines especially on the vertical bandsaw which has a big effect on recovery.
- Assure that log sorting is done - manually or with the log sorter.

Quality
- Assure that hourly samples are taken on all the machines and that the sizing is within spec
- Assure that incoming inspection is done on logs and that out of spec logs are isolated and claimed for timeously.

Inventory management
- Assure that the logyard stock does not increase to above 5 000m3.
- Align weekly on log requirements with the Planning & Harvesting Managers
- Do monthly stock-takes and assure that the stock take is accurate.
- Assure that daily/monthly production is accurate and not over or underestimated.

Safety
- Assure that guard and pedestrian segregation is on standard throughout the Wetmill.
- Drive and promote good safety behaviour on a daily basis.
- Assure that safety is everybody’s priority
- Drive SLAM (Stop Look Assess Manage)
- Assure that toolbox talks are held weekly, and attendance registers