Maintenance Supervisor

Port Townsend Paper Corporation; Port Townsend (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Port Townsend Paper Corporation is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor to lead a team at their manufacturing site. The role involves improving productivity, ensuring safety, and executing preventive maintenance. Candidates should have extensive experience in maintenance and leadership within a high-speed manufacturing environment.

Benefits

Excellent benefits package including medical, dental, life, and long-term disability insurance.

Competitive paid vacation plan

Retirement plan

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years' maintenance experience in a high-speed manufacturing facility.
• Prior supervisory experience preferred.
• Strong computer skills, particularly in Excel, Word, and MS-Project.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance team and improve workforce productivity.
• Ensure safety and compliance with maintenance activities.
• Troubleshoot equipment issues and improve reliability.

Skills

Mechanical knowledge

Leadership

Communication

Analytical ability

Education

High school diploma or GED

Associate or bachelor's degree in industrial or Electro/mechanical Maintenance

Tools

Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)

Microsoft Office Suite

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The Position

You will lead a team the maintenance team at a fully integrated, complex, manufacturing site that includes pulping, power/recovery, and papermaking processes. The role of the Maintenance Supervisor is to improve workforce productivity and proper execution of preventive maintenance and repair work. All work will follow work package specifications, completing work in a precision state. The Maintenance Supervisor will assist with troubleshooting equipment issues, improving equipment reliability, and ensuring the safety of personnel involved in mechanical repairs.

Job Details

Level

Management

Job Location

Port Townsend Paper - Port Townsend, WA

Job Shift

Any

Description

Job Title: Maintenance Supervisor

Reports to: Maintenance Superintendent

The Position

You will lead a team the maintenance team at a fully integrated, complex, manufacturing site that includes pulping, power/recovery, and papermaking processes. The role of the Maintenance Supervisor is to improve workforce productivity and proper execution of preventive maintenance and repair work. All work will follow work package specifications, completing work in a precision state. The Maintenance Supervisor will assist with troubleshooting equipment issues, improving equipment reliability, and ensuring the safety of personnel involved in mechanical repairs.

About Port Townsend Paper Corporation (PTPC)

The Port Townsend Paper ("PTPC") mill is proud to have been in continuous operation for more than 90 years. We use a blend of virgin and recycled fibers (Kraft and OCC pulp) to produce Kraft pulp, paper, containerboard, medium and market pulp. We have built a strong and loyal customer base by developing and nurturing strategic partnership-style relationships.

At PTPC we believe that a healthy and safe work environment is fundamental to the success of all employees. We put that belief into practice every day by managing risk and building safety reliability into our processes and procedures. Engaging and empowering our workforce to maintain world-class safety performance is the pathway to achieving operational excellence. We also strive to preserve the environment, be good neighbors, and remain a valued member of the local community. Many of our employees have enjoyed working at PTPC for the greater part of their careers; we have employees with 20, 25, 30, even 35 years of service. PTPC is proud to provide good, prevailing wage jobs on the Olympic Peninsula.

Qualifications

Job Responsibilities

• Mechanical knowledge of equipment in these areas will be instrumental to the success of the Supervisor.
• A demonstrated ability to lead a team of maintenance personnel of various skill-levels and crafts in a highly collaborative high-speed industrial environment to influence and drive process and change management.
• The ability to inspire trust and drive engagement through influencing, passion, and active engagement with teams.
• The ability to actively seek and allocate appropriate decision-making authority or task responsibility to appropriate individuals based on their abilities, availability, motivation, and development needs; considers potential positive and negative impact, business unit priorities, organizational values, and the opportunity to enhance others' knowledge and skills.
• The ability to identify barriers that impact customer service and retention; communicates concerns and recommendations to others.
• Creates relevant options for addressing problems and opportunities that will achieve desired outcomes.
• Maintain adherence to the work management process flow.
• Be a strong catalyst for change - a quick learner, who is optimistic and curious with a strong motivation for continuous improvement through collaboration and a demonstrated capability in the application of problem-solving methodologies.
  
  

Leadership

• Work with OMC's (Operations Maintenance Coordinator), Maintenance Manager, Planning, and appropriate department personnel to assure that all maintenance activities are coordinated and executed to established plans and schedules.
• Manages and provides direction for the activities of employees to meet goals while balancing quality, productivity, performance, cost, safety, environmental, and morale of the team to achieve positive results in all areas.
• Accountable for daily management of maintenance resources, performance management, as well as positive and productive employee and labor relations.
• Builds organizational capabilities (structure, leadership competencies and organizational talent mix) and reinforces a culture of driving industry leading performance, ensuring the team has proper training and tools to meet or exceed departmental and mill goals and objectives.
• Prioritize, plan, organize and execute maintenance shutdowns and shop rebuilds.
• Demonstrates leadership and leads change.
• Responsible for weekend and nightly mill wide calls.
• Responsible for reviewing time records and scheduling of employees and payroll approval process.
• Supports and demonstrates the values of continuous improvement, learning and shared accomplishment.
• Leads the team to improve processes by identifying and eliminating non-value-added activities (waste); may prepare and distribute information regarding changes to policies and procedures as a result of problem-solving activity.
• Utilizes strong problem-solving skills to ensure corrective actions for employee and/or production issues are defined and established, bringing open items to closure in a timely manner.
• Communicates to all levels of the organization as needed and participates with key partners from other areas of the mill to coordinate activities.
• Solicit feedback from Maintenance Tradespeople, Operations, and other customers to pursue continuous improvement of Job Plan quality and accuracy.
  
  

Safety Leadership

• Guides and develops crews to effectively work in a safe manner, ensuring the safety performance and adherence to safety programs for the department, promoting a safety culture and administering accountability for unsafe behaviors.
• Provides regular inspections of work areas to assure that good housekeeping practices are followed and that all department area maintenance facilities and tools are kept in good repair.
• Reviews all safety incidents in the department/assigned area and participates in developing cause maps.
• Ensures compliance with all environmental OSHA, labor, and government regulation.
  
  

Minimum Requirements

Experience:

• A minimum of five years' maintenance experience in a high-speed manufacturing facility is required. Prior experience in a leadership position with supervisory experience preferred.
• 5 years of Pulp and Paper experience preferred.
  
  

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Knowledge of and experience with Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)
• Strong computer skills with experience in Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel, Word, and MS-Project
• Communication / presentation and ability to facilitate discussions in a professional and effective manner.
• Analytical ability and time management
  
  

Education Level

• High school diploma or GED required. Associate degree or bachelor's degree in industrial or Electro/mechanical Maintenance or Millwright programs preferred.
  
  

Employment Terms

• Full time, Exempt position
• Salary range: $120,000-150,000 DOE.
• Excellent benefits package including medical, dental, life, and long-term disability insurance.
• Competitive paid vacation plan
• 9 paid holidays and one paid personal holiday per calendar year.
• Retirement plan.
• Employee Assistance coverage with full services, including dietary and nutritional services, retirement planning, and support services.
• In compliance with the Immigration and Naturalization Act, proof of authorization to work in the United States will be required at the time of hire.
• Prior to a new hire, a background check including criminal record history will be conducted. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment but will be considered in determining the applicant's suitability and competence to perform in the position.
  
  

Port Townsend Paper Corporation is an equal-opportunity employer. We are a drug free workplace.

Required

Preferred

Job Industries

• Maintenance & Janitorial

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing

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