Maintenance Planner/Supervisor

Sappi; Mill Cross; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global provider, Sappi, seeks a Maintenance Manager to oversee safety compliance and maintenance performance at its Mill Cross location. With a rich history and commitment to sustainability, this role demands strong leadership and technical expertise to ensure operational excellence within a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of maintenance experience acceptable if includes industrial settings.
• Experience as maintenance coordinator, supervisor, planner, or engineer is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safety performance and regulatory compliance.
• Assign work to maintenance workforce and manage technical assistance.
• Lead maintenance work using a computerized management system.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical skills

Technical assistance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Associate's degree in a technical field or Process Control

Job description

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Sappi North America
Sappi Cloquet, established in 1898, produces high-quality graphic papers used in premium magazines, catalogs, books, direct mail, and high-end print advertising for the fashion, automotive, and travel industries, as well as specialty papers. Cloquet manufactures Verve, a dissolving pulp used for the textile and home goods markets. Energy-saving and clean water initiatives at Cloquet have earned environmental recognition, aligning with the mill's commitment to sustainability.

Sappi—Cloquet is a team-based environment with over 100 years of continuous pulp and paper making history. The culture of the workforce has evolved to promote an atmosphere where hourly and salaried staff work together to get the job done. This position offers the opportunity to work and grow in a vibrant, forward-thinking mill with a team of highly-skilled, dedicated employees. The person in this role is integral to the overall success of the mill and is a key member of the management team.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safety performance, regulatory compliance, reliability, and cost control.
• Report to the Maintenance Superintendent and collaborate with Safety, Environmental, Operations, and Reliability leaders to achieve maintenance and operational excellence.
• Keep equipment bills of material current.
• Review parts for inventory reduction and/or needed inventory levels.
• Develop task lists for all new and existing equipment, including standard work procedures.
• Focus on maximizing wrench time.
• Assign all work, including redirects, to the maintenance workforce.
• Lead safety initiatives to ensure an accident-free, safe, and productive workforce.
• Manage and provide technical assistance to a diverse, highly skilled workforce in a team-oriented, self-directed environment.
• Manage daily and long-range planning and work execution to meet business goals.
• Lead efforts to deliver best practices in precision maintenance and improve equipment reliability, integrity, and performance.
• Maintain productivity through detailed planning and organization of work packages using a computerized maintenance management system.
• Demonstrate strong leadership, motivational, and analytical skills.
• Facilitate resourcing of planned and scheduled maintenance work during weekly meetings.
• Build strong, cross-functional, empowered teams.
• Identify and implement training needs.

Entry Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or an Associate's degree in a technical field or Process Control.
• Five or more years of maintenance experience may substitute for post-secondary education but must include experience in a maintenance craft, or as a maintenance coordinator, supervisor, planner, or engineer in an industrial setting.

Salary is determined by factors including the value of the job to the organization, market forces, internal equity, and skills brought to the role.

Sappi provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Sappi complies with applicable state and local nondiscrimination laws in all locations.

ABOUT SAPPI

Sappi is a leading global provider of everyday materials made from woodfibre-based renewable resources. As a diversified, innovative, and trusted leader focused on sustainable processes and products, we are building a more circular economy by making what we should, not just what we can.