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Summary: Management leadership for the Maintenance-Engineering Department that is responsible for the preventative maintenance, reliability and optimization of the process equipment, and capital projects.

Essential Functions of the Job:

• Provide maintenance and engineering support for all departments to optimize performance, increase production efficiency, improve product quality, improve environmental compliance margins, and increase process and equipment reliability. 
• Lead by example and encourage employees’ adherence to the mill’s general, safety and environmental policies.
• Develops and manages the maintenance and engineering teams to maximize operational performance and employee satisfaction.
• Drives results of established metrics, KPI’s and annual department goals to ensure targets are established and accomplished.
• Manages capital, major repair and maintenance budgets, tracks expenditures and progress to maximum financial efficiency.
• Manage the predictive and preventative maintenance program.
• Promote active participation and use of the Root Cause Analysis program. Manages design and implementation of solutions.
• Support in troubleshooting acute and chronic process issues.
• Manages the development of designs and engineering for complex projects.
• Leads improvement projects and/or forms project teams as needed depending on the project scope.
• Executes major repairs and upgrades for mill infrastructure, air, water, gas, chemical and fire systems.
• Coordinate efforts with vendors to implement new technologies, reliability improvements, production optimization and equipment operation.
• Manages the development of new procedures to facilitate proper process or equipment operation after modification or upgrades.
• Use various software programs and production databases to document and determine effective process operation and timing of equipment maintenance/upgrades. 
• Coordinates with contracted engineers and construction supervisors and crews.
• Manages the mill drawing system and the addition of assets in Maximo
• Manages the Safe Work Plan program and provides updates/training to the program on an annual basis as needed.
• Support the call team process and mentor the members
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position supervises exempt and non-exempt support staff.  Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws.  Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Qualifications:

• Strong heavy manufacturing experience required.  
• 10 plus years or more paper mill experience a plus
• Must have previous management experience
• Must have a bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent experience

Other skills:

• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills 
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Suite and the ability to learn new applications.
• Strong understanding of computerized maintenance management systems such as Maximo.  
• Well-developed people practice, including strong interpersonal skills, the ability to build lasting relationships, provide recognition and demonstrate integrity and high personal standards.   
• Have strong coaching skills to teach preventative and predictive maintenance, project planning, maintenance scheduling, and root cause analysis.
• Competencies: detail orientated, managerial courage, problem solving and organizational skills

Physical Demands:

• Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to:
  • Sit at a desk for long periods of time, or sit while driving a car
  • Frequently use hands to type on a computer keyboard, answer the telephone and file documents.
  • Frequently walk within the office and occasionally the distance of a large manufacturing facility
  • Occasionally reach with hands and arms above the shoulders
  • Vision abilities required are close vision and depth perception

Work Environment:

• The noise level within the office is usually quiet and the temperature is regulated to be comfortable
• Occasionally the employee is exposed to the Mill work environment which can be hot, and the noise level is loud.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud (80+dB).
• Frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions.
• Occasionally exposed to loud, moving mechanical equipment, high precarious places.