Maintenance Manager

Principal Accountabilities/ Responsibilities:

• Leads and develops safe work culture through adhering to and maintaining all company safety rules, policies, and standards.
• Exhibit strong core leadership skills – accountability, credibility, trust.
• Ensure coaching, discipline, recognition, and handling of situations is consistent with HR policy.
• Develop salaried and hourly maintenance personnel to ensure bench strength.
• Conduct performance appraisals, performance improvement and coaching of both salaried and hourly personnel.
• Utilize and promote the usage of the CMMS system to provide direction and assistance to maintenance personnel within the Paper Maintenance team.
• Promote growth of maintenance team by providing leadership in the development and implementation of:
• Root Cause Analysis
• Precision maintenance techniques
• Preventive maintenance programs
• Reliability improvements
• Analyze operational data and equipment performance history to deliver improvements in critical maintenance related metrics including unplanned downtime, PM compliance, schedule compliance, Mean-Time-Between Failures, and maintenance related costs.
• Champion the availability and reliability of our assets using the following:
• Effective predictive maintenance
• Effective maintenance planning and scheduling
• Effective repair techniques
• Champion vendor services to maximize quality, performance, and reliability of equipment repairs. Utilize vendors and OEM’s for improving the skills of maintenance personnel and for improving inspection routines.
• Manage Controls and Mechanical Engineers to improve equipment availability.
• Support all mill Reliability efforts
• Develop and create a vision for the maintenance team and implement it.
• Interface with Production, Engineering, Human Resources, Purchasing, Stores, and Utilities departments.
• Develop and maintain staffing plans to meet business requirements.
• Develop and deliver maintenance budgets.

Education and experience requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or a related field. In lieu of a degree, additional years of experience may be considered.
• 10 years’ experience in the maintenance field, experience in Paper Machine preferred
• Three to five years’ experience in a Maintenance Supervisory position.
• Have a deep understanding of the planning and scheduling of maintenance work functions as they apply to predictive, preventive, precision, proactive, and planned maintenance.
• Strong human relations and interpersonal skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills in aiding the reliability of the operation.