Robert Mitchell

• Provide leadership, direction and technical knowledge to the department.

Responsibilities include:

• Department Safety and Environmental compliance, incident investigations and corrective actions tracking.
• Operations and reliability for Recovery, Recaust, Cogen and Waste Treatment areas. Establish expectations and hold operators accountable to meeting those expectations.
• Develop / implement centerling metrics, ODR rounds and procedures.
• Oversee maintenance teams and set priorities and work schedules. Maintain and track liabilities.
• Plan and execute Annual Outages and track outage spend.
• Monthly energy forecasting and budget tracking, set KPI's to support energy forecast.
• Development of hourly and salary staff.
• Support technical gaps and ensure proper resources are utlized.

• Provide leadership and technical support in Recovery area.
• Responsibilities included:
• Safe operation of Black liquor recovery boiler and all associated equipment. Including FW/Demin systems, Evaporators and Concentrators, Precipitators, Turbine Generators and Air compressors
• Manage operating targets to support the mill.
• Track lost opportunity and set priorities for maintenance.
• Manage outages, planning and execution, lockout coordination and contractor coordination.
• Work with operators on training and developing.
• Manage monthly cost center spend and tracking.

• Manage operating crews on shift to support safe operation of the mill.
• Ensure crew worked safely and followed all environmental policies.
• Maximize the liquor cycle to support mill needs.
• Ensure operators utilize SSOPs/ESSOPs and operating checklists.
• Ensure operators completed rounds and enter any necessary work orders needed.
• Follow up on training and testing of operators.
• Report out each shift on state of the business and communicate any needed follow up to managers.
• Set expectations with crew and hold them accountable when necessary.

• Responsible for completing rounds and log sheets.
• Perform lockout tagout when needed.
• Outage coordination and support.
• Support crew during upset conditions.

• Responsible for safe operation of three Waste to Energy boilers and associated equipment.
• Manage crew on shift with focus on safety and environmental compliance.
• Ensure operators completed daily rounds and cleaning.
• Submit work orders as needed to support maintenance planning.
• Supported annual outages and inspections.
• Supported training and development of crew, set expectations and held them accountable when necessary.

• Started out as a utility operator assisting boiler operator on rounds until qualified.
• Trained to fill all operator positions.
• Supported all lockout tagout needs.
• Worked with outage coordinators on annual outages.
• Trained and qualified as control room operator.
• Responsible for safe operation of the equipment and the crew.
• Maintained all operational logs and check sheets.
• Reported out on upset conditions to shift manager.
• Maximized liquor cycle to support mill needs.