Maintenance Manager

Newmanpaperboard; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Maintenance Manager to lead mechanical maintenance teams in a dynamic paper mill environment. This role emphasizes planning, scheduling, and implementing preventative maintenance strategies to optimize equipment availability and minimize downtime. The ideal candidate will bring over 10 years of industrial maintenance experience, strong leadership skills, and a commitment to safety and operational excellence. Join a company dedicated to sustainability and innovation, where your expertise will contribute to high-quality, recycled paperboard production.

Benefits

Health insurance

Health savings account

Life insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on experience in industrial maintenance.
• Excellent communication skills and proactive problem-solving ability.

Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical maintenance teams and manage maintenance schedules.
• Ensure safety regulations are applied and equipment is operational.

Skills

Industrial Maintenance

Leadership

Preventative Maintenance

Problem Solving

Communication

Safety Regulations

Organizational Skills

Education

10+ years in Industrial Maintenance

Tools

CMMS Systems

Work Order Systems

Job description

Job Title:Maintenance Manager
Location:Philadelphia, PA
Company:Newman & Company

About Us:

Newman & Company, located in Philadelphia, PA, is part of a family of four privately held, vertically integrated companies with over 100 years of industry experience. Together, our organizations specialize in paperboard manufacturing, recycling, transportation logistics, and paper brokerage. As a mill committed to sustainability, we produce high-quality, 100% recycled paperboard for a wide range of industries.

Position Overview:

The Maintenance Manageris responsible for the leadership and management of the mechanical maintenance teams for the paper mill, powerhouse, converting and general facilities. The Maintenance Manager also works closely with operations to identify issues and opportunities and to respond quickly to problems.

• Maintenance Superintendent will place emphasis on planning/scheduling, preventative/predictive maintenance, reliability, and spare part availability optimize equipment availability, minimize unplanned downtime and equipment failures, and maintain functional buildings and grounds
• Support operational goals and metrics for asset productivity, quality and safety
• Ensure that safety rules and regulations are well known, understood and applied and equipment meets safety guidelines and regulations
• Prioritize, plan, and schedule maintenance work efficiently while minimizing maintenance cost and equipment downtime, as well as identify improvement opportunities
• Initiates, implements and manages the plant Stores System to ensure part availability for planned maintenance work and unplanned/emergency repairs
• Prepares reports, analyzes data, make recommendations and implements maintenance activities for improving plant operations and solving maintenance related problems
• Works with Asset Leaders, Production Schedulers, Project Leaders, Maintenance Engineers to properly prioritize maintenance work and ensure proper maintenance resource allocation for allotted machine downs
• Initiates and implements programs to track, analyze and improve key maintenance metrics including asset utilization, maintenance cost, PM compliance, schedule compliance
• Strong knowledge of CMMS systems, work order systems and related system/software
• Ensure proper workmanship of team members, performance recognition and disciplinary actions, completes performance reviews to maintain compliance with HR requirements
• Respond to all unplanned and emergency downtime on equipment as required to efficiently and quickly resume operations
• Development and administration of the maintenance budget
• Manages the Facility, Building and Grounds Preventative Maintenance and Service contracts for the Manufacturing areas of responsibility
• Strong knowledge of work management processes, labor estimating, resource balancing
• Good working knowledge of facilities and industrial equipment and OEM requirements
• Understanding of OSHA safety requirements, practices and procedures
• Knowledge of skilled trades, equipment fabrication, electricity and electronics, mechanics, PLC’s, machine drives, pneumatics, hydraulics, plumbing and pipe fitting
• Ability to effectively lead work teams as well as work as a team member
• Organizational and prioritization skills
• Ability to read and understand machine drawings and/or schematic diagrams.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 10 years’ hands-on experience in industrial maintenance, including leadership positions within manufacturing operations.
• Excellent communication skills including both verbal and written.
• Working knowledge of preventative maintenance and reliability improvement programs.
• Demonstrated ability to be proactive in problem solving and to lead the resolution of problems

Job Type: Full-time

• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Newman & Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.We are proud to be an inclusive workplace and value the contributions of a diverse team.

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