Technical Manager - Papermaking (Canada)

Product improvement

• Own basesheet development initiatives in the three-year papermaking product development roadmap for assigned categories.
• Own trial design, success criteria, and recommendations; author trial charters and experimental plans.
• Execute validation runs and oversee sample and test plans.
• Translate consumer and laboratory results into go/no-go recommendations for product development reviews.
• Define specifications and critical-to-quality parameters.

Innovation

• Execute and support sales and marketing product innovation initiatives and develop processes to improve products and margins.
• Lead external trials and evaluations with suppliers and laboratories for chemistry, fabrics, papermaking, converting, and analytical testing.
• Ensure vendor NDA and data-handling compliance; investigate and implement new technologies.
• Benchmark against competitive and national brands to understand positioning and improvement opportunities.
• Influence changes, ideas, and developments.

Technical support and leadership

• Provide multi-site technical support for quality and runnability, customers, and quality systems.
• Support significant operational and quality issues directly at sites.
• Mentor junior engineers, engage and influence employees at all levels, and lead technical seminars for operational and process staff.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field, preferably chemical or pulp and paper engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 10–15 years of tissue or towel papermaking experience, including TAD technology, process optimization, and trial or experimental design.
• Experience in research and development, product development, and/or quality.
• Strong knowledge of papermaking processes; pulp mill process knowledge is an asset.
• Proficiency in experimental design, statistics, data analysis, visualization, and root cause problem solving.
• Project management experience, including A3 and Gantt chart methodologies.
• Leadership, coaching, mentoring, communication, prioritization, and ability to drive results.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% across Canada and the United States.
• Basic to intermediate converting knowledge or exposure.

Salary

• New Brunswick expected base salary range: $110,000–$152,500.
• Ontario expected base salary range: $121,000–$171,000.
• Salary placement depends on job-related experience, education, skills, and qualifications.

Benefits

• Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage; employee and family assistance; RRSP matching; wellness reimbursements; product purchase program; and job-related training and development.
• Relocation cost support may be available where applicable.

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