Pulping, Stock Preparation and Paper Machine
Operates the kraft pulp line, stock preparation and the paper machine from the wet end to the reel, controlling the process through the distributed control system, managing clothing changes and rectifying operational problems to keep the machine running on grade.
What the team is accountable for
- Operate the digester, washing and bleach plant
- Prepare stock to furnish and consistency targets
- Run the paper machine wet end, press, dryers and reel
- Coordinate clothing changes and grade changes
- Record production, downtime and quality on every shift
How we know it is working
Who works here
Grant Oyelaran
Grant manages the pulp line, stock preparation and the paper machine crews and has been at Riverside for eleven years, starting as a wet end operator.
Mick Delaney
Mick supervises C panel on the paper machine, coordinates clothing changes and grade changes, and has been on the machine for twenty-two years.
Tahlia Brennan
Tahlia operates the refiners, cleaners and machine chest controls on C panel and is in her third year at the mill.
Where the work is recorded
Production Shift Log
The shift record for each production area covering tonnes made, downtime, quality results, plant status and handover notes.
Permit to Work Register
The register of every permit raised for hot work, confined space entry, heights, containment breaks and electrical work, with isolations and status.
Maintenance Work Orders
The record of preventative and breakdown maintenance requests, their priority, planning and completion across the mill.
Assessment tasks in this department
Run stock preparation and rectify a refiner freeness drift
You are a Process Operator on stock preparation, C panel night shift.
IntermediateCoordinate the forming fabric change at the October shutdown
You are the Acting Shift Supervisor coordinating a paper machine clothing change.
AdvancedInvestigate recurring couch breaks to root cause
You are the Paper Machine Process Coordinator leading a root cause investigation.