Description The Senior Operations Manager is a critical leadership role within Weyerhaeusers Lumber business, responsible for driving safe, reliable, and cost competitive operations at a lumber manufacturing facility. Operating as the second in command to the Mill Manager, this role provides day to day leadership across production, maintenance, and operational support teams while ensuring alignment with Weyerhaeusers values, business objectives, and commitment to continuous improvement. This leader plays a key role in cultivating a safety-first culture, strengthening employee engagement, and driving results through sustainable operational performance. Key Responsibilities: Safety Leadership Lead with an uncompromising commitment to safetyWeyerhaeusers top priority. Model and reinforce safe behaviors, ensuring compliance with all safety policies and regulatory requirements. Drive incident prevention through proactive hazard identification, employee involvement, and root cause analysis. Partner with teams to continuously improve safety performance and build a culture where employees feel empowered to speak up. Operational Excellence Lead daily mill operations to meet or exceed production, recovery, quality, and cost targets. Partner with the Mill Manager to execute business and operational strategies aligned with Weyerhaeusers objectives. Utilize data and key performance indicators (KPIs) to drive performance, accountability, and decision-making. Ensure seamless coordination across log yard, sawmill, planer, kiln, and shipping operations. Drive operational discipline and a culture of excellence through leader standard work, daily management routines, improvement in SMP scores, setting clear performance expectations. People & Culture Build and sustain an engaged, high-performing workforce grounded in Weyerhaeusers core values: safety, integrity, respect, inclusion, citizenship, and sustainability. Coach and develop department managers, supervisors and frontline leaders to strengthen leadership capability and succession pipelines. Foster a culture of trust, accountability, and collaboration through visible leadership and clear communication. Develop and improve onboarding, training, and job qualification programs to accelerate readiness and support consistent performance. Partner with HR on employee relations, talent development, workforce planning, and engagement strategies. Continuous Improvement & Reliability Champion Lean manufacturing principles and continuous improvement efforts to eliminate waste and improve process stability. Collaborate with maintenance and reliability teams to maximize uptime and improve asset performance. Lead structured problem-solving efforts using root cause analysis (RCA) to address recurring issues and strengthen a continuous improvement culture. Financial & Business Accountability Drive cost discipline and operational efficiency to meet financial targets. Identify opportunities to improve margins through productivity gains, yield improvement, and cost reduction. Support capital planning and lead execution of projects that enhance safety, reliability, and production capability. Build financial capability across the organization by coaching and developing leaders on cost management, budgeting, and business fundamentals. Stakeholder Engagement Maintain strong alignment with plant leadership, regional leadership, and corporate partners. Communicate clearly and consistently on performance, priorities, and improvement initiatives. Represent the mill in a manner that reflects Weyerhaeusers commitment to responsible operations and community engagement. Strengthen workforce engagement through visible leadership, consistent communication, and follow-through on commitmentsreinforcing the same expectations for all leaders.
About Company:
We grow trees and make forest products that improve lives in fundamental ways. Our wood products are used to build homes, where families are sheltered and raised. Our cellulose fibers are used to make diapers and other hygiene products that keep people clean and healthy. We innovate to use trees in products you may not expect, such as fabric, plastics and energy. We do these things because growing a truly great company isn’t just about great financial results or being a great place to work, it’s also about making a great contribution to society.