Job Title: Maintenance Area Process Manager

Location: Columbus, Mississippi, United States

Industry: Manufacturing & Production

Job Category: Manufacturing - Plant Management

Compensation:

• Base Salary: USD $87,600 to $116,800
• Full-time position with full benefits.
• Relocation Assistance Available: Yes
• Commission Compensation: No
• Bonus Eligible: No
• Overtime Eligible: No
• Interview Travel Reimbursed: Yes

The Job You Will Perform:

This position is responsible for improving overall mill performance by increasing equipment uptime and reducing end-of-life failures between outages. The primary area of responsibility will be from the digester through the finishing area.

Key Responsibilities:

• Be a role model and champion for an injury-free workplace.
• Analyze chronic equipment failures and high maintenance/cost equipment using "Failure Analysis" to determine and document the root cause. Develop and implement solutions to prevent repeat failures.
• Analyze maintenance-related downtime weekly to fully understand the source of the downtime and ensure an appropriate level of response is taken to eliminate repeat issues.
• Provide technical support in solving day-to-day production and maintenance problems.
• Champion preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Maintain the Mechanical Integrity program and procedures for Process Safety Management.
• Provide input to area maintenance budgets for major maintenance items and optimizations.
• Analyze financial service cost vs. target and address equipment not delivering targeted cost performance.
• Develop long-term maintenance plans for rotating equipment, rebuilds, and major maintenance.
• Estimate, plan, and manage maintenance projects to budget for routine work, quarterly outages, and major outages.
• Provide capital and expense project design, development, and execution.
• Provide contractor work management and coordination for routine and major shutdown jobs per mill standards using best engineering practices.

The Skills You Will Bring:

Required Qualifications:

• BS (minimum) in Mechanical or Metallurgical Engineering.
• Minimum 3 years of reliability/maintenance engineering experience in the continuous process industry, preferably kraft pulp manufacturing.
• Knowledge and experience in Maintenance Best Practices.
• Working knowledge of ASME, NBIC, and API codes and OSHA regulations.
• Extensive knowledge of rotating equipment, pressure vessels, piping systems, and atmospheric storage tanks.
• Use of precision measurement tools and assembly techniques.
• Ability to teach others.
• Interpersonal skills necessary to work within a diverse organization.
• Ability to work in a high-performance team environment.
• Ability to manage multiple projects at one time.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, organizational and planning skills, facilitation skills, computer skills, and the ability to achieve results through others.
• Willingness to work extended hours, particularly during scheduled outages.

Competencies:

• Drive for results.
• Interpersonal skills.
• Technical & functional skills.
• Planning.
• Organizing.

Candidate Details:

• Seniority Level: Mid-Senior
• Management Experience Required: No
• Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree
• Willingness to Travel: Never

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $87,600.00 - $116,800.00 per year

Experience level:

• 3 years

Work setting:

• In-person
• Office

Experience:

• Maintenance: 3 years (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Columbus, MS 39710 (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Columbus, MS 39710: Relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Work Location: In person