Functional Area Lead

Weyerhaeuser’s MDF facility has a career opportunity for a Functional Area Leader in Production. The successful candidate will have strong leadership and technical capabilities and the ability to grow and develop as a future leader. This position will help to develop leadership, focus safety and work toward operational excellence; also, a successful candidate will help drive quality and production goals, coordinate and maintain operational schedules and support the business to ensure continuous process improvement. A Functional Area Leader provides direct leadership to a team of hourly team members. This role will report to the Operation Manager. Key Functions - The functional area leader has ownership of the people, processes, equipment and results of a specific functional area including continuous improvement. - Provide daily leadership and oversight of functional area team members on all crews. - Role model all standards/processes by living our core values of safety, integrity, citizenship, sustainability and inclusion. - Improve and maintain functional area performance according to set objectives and established goals for safety, quality, process reliability, cost control and people development. - Scheduling and attending regular production/safety meetings and facilitating proactive problem-solving. - Actively be involved in assigning work and evaluating job performance. - Support cross training initiatives to increase talent depth. - Support, coach and provide timely feedback and direction to team members. - Meet production standards and goals. - Efficiently manage downtime events.