Maintenance Planning Superintendent

WestRock Company; Stevenson (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

WestRock Company is seeking a Maintenance Planning Superintendent to lead the Maintenance Planning Department, focused on improving production equipment availability and reliability.

The role involves managing repairs, preventive maintenance, inspections, and records, plus developing action plans to reduce failures and optimizing safety, cost, and productivity within the department.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in maintenance planning or related field.
• Experience in the paper industry preferred.
• Supervisory or leadership experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manages maintenance systems including repairs, preventive maintenance, inspections, and records.
• Develops action plans to address inefficiencies and recurring equipment failures.
• Sets department objectives for safety, training, quality, cost, and productivity; oversees budget.
• Coordinates annual outage efforts and oversees contractors.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Supervisory experience

Leadership

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Job description

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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