What are the responsibilities and job description for the Electrical Supervisor position at Canfor?
The Opportunity:Posting ID: 28807 Position Type: Regular City: DeRidder, LA, United States Location: DeRidder
Ready to lead a high-performing electrical team and drive operational success? As the Electrical Supervisor, you’ll be at the forefront of ensuring reliability and efficiency in a fast-paced industrial environment.
Reporting to the Maintenance Superintendent, you’ll take ownership of electrical maintenance activities—installing, troubleshooting, and repairing critical equipment—all while driving safety, quality, and performance standards. This is your chance to combine technical expertise with leadership excellence and help shape a culture of safety and innovation.
The life of an Electrical Supervisor includes:
At Canfor, we embrace diversity, valuing everyone’s unique qualities. We believe that inclusion and diversity are crucial for our productivity, creativity, innovation, and competitive edge. Our recruitment process is fair and equitable, based on qualifications and experience.
Why Canfor? We're a global leader in low-carbon forest products like lumber, pulp, paper, wood pellets, and green energy. We prioritize innovation, environmental practices, and community support. In the U.S., we operate as Canfor Southern Pine, offering high-quality, sustainable Southern Yellow Pine.
Join us today, and together, we can build a sustainable future.
We appreciate all candidates' interest but will contact only those selected for interviews. Our hiring for various positions is ongoing and includes different screening processes such as behavioral assessments, references, criminal record checks, and drug testing, depending on the role and location.
Ready to lead a high-performing electrical team and drive operational success? As the Electrical Supervisor, you’ll be at the forefront of ensuring reliability and efficiency in a fast-paced industrial environment.
Reporting to the Maintenance Superintendent, you’ll take ownership of electrical maintenance activities—installing, troubleshooting, and repairing critical equipment—all while driving safety, quality, and performance standards. This is your chance to combine technical expertise with leadership excellence and help shape a culture of safety and innovation.
The life of an Electrical Supervisor includes:
- Facilitate and promote a safe and positive working environment for all employees under your direction.
- Provide leadership, guidance, and open communication to your team while identifying opportunities to reduce downtime and repair costs.
- Ensure safety, quality, environmental, and maintenance objectives are consistently met or exceeded.
- Train and mentor employees, design work schedules, and delegate responsibilities effectively.
- Document and schedule predictive, preventative, and corrective equipment maintenance.
- Coordinate electrical work execution and collaborate with other maintenance teams to minimize unscheduled downtime.
- Order parts and materials as needed and prepare reports for management.
- Maintain high standards of work performance and professional conduct.
- 3–5 years of supervisory experience in an industrial environment.
- 10 years of experience as an Industrial Electrician with specialized skills in PLCs.
- Thorough knowledge of plant equipment and operations.
- Expertise in electronic maintenance systems and familiarity with OSHA regulations.
- Strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills.
- Knowledge or experience in lumber manufacturing is considered an asset.
At Canfor, we embrace diversity, valuing everyone’s unique qualities. We believe that inclusion and diversity are crucial for our productivity, creativity, innovation, and competitive edge. Our recruitment process is fair and equitable, based on qualifications and experience.
Why Canfor? We're a global leader in low-carbon forest products like lumber, pulp, paper, wood pellets, and green energy. We prioritize innovation, environmental practices, and community support. In the U.S., we operate as Canfor Southern Pine, offering high-quality, sustainable Southern Yellow Pine.
Join us today, and together, we can build a sustainable future.
We appreciate all candidates' interest but will contact only those selected for interviews. Our hiring for various positions is ongoing and includes different screening processes such as behavioral assessments, references, criminal record checks, and drug testing, depending on the role and location.