Electrical Maintenance Planner/Supervisor

Sappi; Cloquet (MN); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Sappi in Cloquet, Minnesota, seeks an experienced leader in electrical maintenance. This role involves ensuring safe, reliable operations while driving maintenance excellence and compliance. You will collaborate with various teams, maintain operational systems, and oversee a skilled workforce. A BS in Electrical Engineering or significant industrial experience is required. Join Sappi to grow in a supportive environment dedicated to professional development and safety.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of electrical maintenance experience or industrial setting supervisory experience.
• Experience in maintenance craft, coordinator, planner, or engineering.
• Ability to demonstrate strong leadership and motivational skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive safety initiatives and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate with various teams for operational excellence.
• Develop task lists and standard work procedures.
• Maximize wrench time through effective planning.
• Organize work packages using CMMS.

Skills

Safety performance

Leadership

Analytical skills

Collaboration

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering or AS in a technical field

Tools

Computerized maintenance management system (CMMS)

Job description

About Sappi – Cloquet

Join a team with over 100 years of continuous pulp and paper-making history! At Sappi Cloquet, we pride ourselves on a collaborative culture where hourly and salaried employees work together to get the job done. This position offers the chance to grow in a forward-thinking mill alongside highly skilled, dedicated professionals. As a key member of our management team, you’ll play an integral role in the success of the mill.

Description

In this role, you’ll be responsible for driving maintenance excellence and ensuring safe, reliable, and cost-effective operations.

What You’ll Do

Your core responsibilities include:

• Championing safety performance and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborating with Safety, Environmental, Operations, and Reliability leaders to maintain operational excellence.
• Keeping equipment bills of material current and reviewing parts for inventory optimization.
• Developing task lists and standard work procedures for new and existing equipment.
• Maximizing wrench time through effective planning and work assignment.
• Assigning and redirecting work to the maintenance workforce.

What We Expect

• Drive safety initiatives to ensure an accident-free, productive workplace.
• Provide technical guidance to a diverse, highly skilled workforce in a team-oriented environment.
• Manage daily and long-range planning to achieve business goals.
• Lead efforts to implement precision maintenance best practices and improve equipment reliability.
• Organize work packages and documentation using a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).
• Demonstrate strong leadership, motivational, and analytical skills.
• Facilitate resource planning for scheduled maintenance work.
• Build empowered, cross-functional teams and identify training needs.

What You Bring

• Education: BS in Electrical Engineering OR AS in a technical field or Process Control.
• Experience: Five or more years of electrical maintenance experience may substitute for post-secondary education. Must include experience in maintenance craft or as a coordinator, supervisor, planner, or engineer in an industrial setting.

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

Sappi provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment 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 laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.