Maintenance Planning Superintendent

Smurfit Westrock; Stevenson (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Smurfit Westrock in Alabama seeks a Maintenance Planning Superintendent to lead the Maintenance Planning Department, improving equipment availability and reliability across the mill.

You will manage maintenance systems, coordinate outages, supervise staff, and partner with operations to ensure safety and regulatory compliance while controlling costs.

Candidates should have engineering degree and 7+ years' experience in maintenance, preferably in the paper industry.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering preferred or related field with 7+ years of experience.
• Experience within the paper industry preferred.
• Supervisory or leadership experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manages maintenance systems, including repairs, preventive maintenance, inspections, and records.
• Develops action plans to address maintenance inefficiencies and repeat failures.
• Sets objectives for safety, training, quality, cost, and productivity; oversees budget.
• Coordinates annual outage efforts.
• Oversees contractors and contract work.
• Develops salaried department employees through communication, training, supervision.
• Interfaces with all operating departments.
• Investigates problems to ensure efficient operation and identifies root causes.
• Manages department costs to keep expenditures within budget.
• Coordinates with maintenance and technical departments.
• Ensures compliance with mill, company, state, and federal safety policies.
• Monitors culture of professionalism, customer satisfaction, engagement, respect and trust.
• Supports safety and environmental compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Maintenance planning

Paper industry experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field

Job description

Description & Requirements

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is the go‑to leader and partner of choice in sustainable packaging. We are dedicated to creating efficient and scalable paper and packaging solutions to help solve complex packaging challenges. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity and respect, we are committed to delivering meaningful value for shareholders, customers, employees and the communities where we operate.

The Opportunity

The Maintenance Planning Superintendent leads and is responsible for the Maintenance Planning Department’s activities to continually improve the performance of production equipment availability and reliability.

How You Will Impact Smurfit Westrock

• Manages all maintenance systems which include equipment repairs, preventative maintenance, equipment inspections, and maintenance records
• Develops action plans to address maintenance inefficiencies and repeat equipment failures
• Sets department objectives for improving safety, training, quality, cost, and productivity as well as development of the maintenance budget
• Coordinates annual outage efforts
• Oversees contractors and contract work
• Develops salaried department employees through effective communication, training, and supervisory skills
• Interfaces with all operating departments
• Investigates problems to ensure efficient facility operation and determines root cause to prevent reoccurrence
• Manages cost control for department to ensure that expenditures do not exceed budget
• Coordinates efforts with maintenance and technical departments
• Ensures activities are in compliance with mill, company, state, and federal policies and guidelines as it relates to the safety of employees and the execution of work.
• Monitors behaviors within organizational boundaries to maintain a culture embedded in professionalism, customer satisfaction, employee engagement, respect, and trust
• Supports and fosters safety and environmental compliance

What You Need To Succeed

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering preferred or related field with 7+ years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience within the paper industry preferred.
• Supervisory or leadership experience is preferred

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Candidates are required to undergo a drug screening after receiving a conditional job offer, but before starting employment.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.