Maintenance Leader — Mill Reliability & Safety

Smurfit Westrock Company; Alabama; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Smurfit Westrock Company in the United States seeks a Maintenance Manager to oversee safety, environment, quality, productivity and cost management of the maintenance department at the Mahrt paper mill in Cottonton, AL. The role drives continuous improvement of mill operations to enable efficient, high-quality production of customer products.

The position requires strategic leadership of maintenance planning, KPI monitoring, outages, and asset reliability, with collaboration across Plant

Qualifications

• Leadership experience to motivate a team and drive performance excellence.
• Strong decision-making with ability to use data.
• Proven problem-solving skills with structured approaches.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance safety goals and plans to ensure a safe work environment.
• Drive accident prevention and environmental excellence.
• Promote continuous improvement in maintenance operations.
• Provide strategic leadership to maximize production.
• Develop and implement maintenance strategies for asset reliability.
• Monitor KPI performance and manage maintenance budgets.
• Coordinate planning, scheduling, and execution of routine and outage maintenance.
• Lead Plant Leadership Team alignment on goals.
• Negotiate with labor unions on contract issues.

Skills

Leadership

Decision-Making

Problem-Solving

Job description

Smurfit Westrock Company in the United States seeks a Maintenance Manager to oversee safety, environment, quality, productivity and cost management of the maintenance department at the Mahrt paper mill in Cottonton, AL. The role drives continuous improvement of mill operations to enable efficient, high-quality production of customer products.

The position requires strategic leadership of maintenance planning, KPI monitoring, outages, and asset reliability, with collaboration across Plant