Mechanical Maintenance Superintendent

Smurfit Westrock; West Point (VA); On-site; USD 124,000 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Short-term bonus incentive

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement savings plans

Life and disability insurance

Job summary

Smurfit WestRock in West Point, VA, seeks a Mechanical Maintenance Superintendent to lead the mill’s mechanical maintenance across Paper Machines, Power & Recovery, Woodyard, and Pulp Mill areas. You will drive safety, reliability, and cost performance while building strong teams and coordinating with Operations, Engineering and Planning.

The role demands a seasoned leader with extensive maintenance/engineering background, proven supervision, and ability to manage outages in a 24/7 environment.

Qualifications

• Ten or more years of manufacturing experience in a maintenance or engineering role.
• Seven or more years of supervisory or leadership experience.
• Proven ability to establish expectations, develop employees, build effective teams, hold others accountable, and drive results.
• Experience selecting, coaching, and developing direct reports.
• Strong organizational, communication, documentation, and reporting skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of applicable industrial safety requirements, including OSHA regulations, LOTO, and confined-space entry.
• Ability to support outages, call duty, and the needs of a 24/7 operation.
• Computer proficiency across MS Office and scheduling software.
• Strong working knowledge of predictive maintenance tools (vibration analysis, infrared thermography, oil analysis, laser alignment).
• Experience with JD Edwards or another CMMS.

Responsibilities

• Lead with safety and promote a strong safety culture in line with mill requirements and regulations.
• Direct and lead mill mechanical maintenance functions across multiple areas.
• Build and develop a high-performing maintenance team with clear expectations.
• Drive equipment reliability and cost-effective maintenance practices.
• Strengthen maintenance work management with disciplined planning and scheduling.
• Advance reliability practices including RCA and preventive/predictive maintenance.
• Promote precision maintenance and workmanship to improve equipment life.
• Lead shutdown and outage planning with safety, quality, and schedule discipline.
• Manage maintenance budgets balancing reliability and operational needs.
• Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Reliability, Planning, and Maintenance to set priorities.
• Provide technical direction during significant equipment issues and corrective actions.
• Support a 24/7 manufacturing operation during outages and extended hours.

Skills

Manufacturing experience

Leadership experience

Leadership & accountability

Coaching & development

Communication skills

Multitasking

Industrial safety

MS Office

Scheduling software

Vibration analysis

Infrared thermography

Oil analysis

Laser alignment

Shutdowns/outages

Root Cause Analysis

Pulp and paper knowledge

JD Edwards (JDE)

Preventive maintenance

Predictive maintenance

NDT

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering

Pulp and paper experience

Tools

MS Office

Scheduling software

JD Edwards (JDE)

Job description

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.

ABOUT WEST POINT, VA

The West Point Mill is a fully integrated paper manufacturing facility in West Point, Virginia. The mill gives maintenance leaders the opportunity to work with a broad range of complex industrial equipment and processes across Paper Machines, Pulp, Woodyard, and Power and Recovery operations.

West Point offers the feel of a close-knit community within Virginia’s Tidewater region. For the right maintenance leader, this role is an opportunity to lead people, strengthen reliability, improve maintenance execution, and make a visible impact on the mill’s performance.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Smurfit WestRock is seeking a Mechanical Maintenance Superintendent to join the leadership team at our West Point Mill in Virginia.

This position provides leadership and direction for mechanical maintenance across the mill, including the Paper Machines, Power and Recovery, Woodyard, and Pulp Mill areas. The Mechanical Maintenance Superintendent will play an important role in improving safety, equipment reliability and availability, maintenance execution, workforce capability, and cost performance.

The successful candidate will be a strong, visible leader who can build effective teams, establish clear expectations, develop people, drive accountability, and work closely with Operations, Engineering, Reliability, Planning, and Maintenance to continuously improve mill performance.

HOW YOU WILL IMPACT SMURFIT WESTROCK

• Lead with safety. Promote a strong safety culture and ensure maintenance activities are performed in accordance with mill requirements and applicable regulations, including OSHA, LOTO, and confined-space requirements.
• Lead the mechanical maintenance organization. Provide direction and leadership across mill mechanical maintenance functions while effectively utilizing resources in a multi-skilled environment.
• Build and develop a strong team. Establish clear expectations, coach and develop employees, reinforce accountability, and support the selection and development of maintenance leaders.
• Drive equipment reliability. Lead continuous improvement efforts that increase equipment availability and reliability while supporting cost-effective maintenance practices.
• Strengthen maintenance work management. Promote disciplined planning, scheduling, prioritization, execution, and follow-up of maintenance work.
• Advance reliability practices. Support preventive and predictive maintenance, Root Cause Analysis, and other reliability processes that identify and eliminate recurring equipment failures.
• Promote precision maintenance. Reinforce precision maintenance principles and quality workmanship to improve equipment performance and service life.
• Lead shutdown and outage execution. Provide leadership for effective shutdown planning and execution, with a focus on safety, coordination, quality, schedule performance, and disciplined execution.
• Manage maintenance costs. Develop and manage the maintenance budget for assigned areas while balancing reliability, operational requirements, and responsible spending.
• Partner across the organization. Work closely with Operations, Engineering, Reliability, Planning, and maintenance supervision to establish priorities, solve problems, and improve mill performance.
• Support equipment troubleshooting. Provide leadership and technical direction during significant equipment issues and ensure failures are appropriately investigated and corrective actions are implemented.
• Support a 24/7 manufacturing operation. Provide leadership during outages, call duty, and other extended-hours situations as required.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

• Ten or more years of manufacturing experience in a maintenance or engineering role.
• Seven or more years of supervisory or leadership experience.
• Proven ability to establish expectations, develop employees, build effective teams, hold others accountable, and drive results.
• Experience selecting, coaching, and developing direct reports.
• Strong organizational, communication, documentation, and reporting skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of applicable industrial safety requirements, including OSHA regulations, LOTO, and confined-space entry.
• Ability to support outages, call duty, and the needs of a 24/7 operation.
• Computer proficiency across multiple platforms, including Microsoft Office and scheduling software.
• Strong working knowledge of predictive maintenance tools (vibration analysis, infrared thermography, oil analysis, laser alignment).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Industrial Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related technical discipline.
• Pulp and paper or other continuous-process or heavy-manufacturing experience.
• Experience working in an organized labor environment.
• Experience with JD Edwards or another computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).
• Knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance, precision maintenance, and Root Cause Analysis.
• Experience leading major maintenance shutdowns or outages.
• Familiarity with tanks and vessels, welding methods, inspections, and nondestructive testing (NDT).

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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.

The salary range for this position is $124,125.00 - $206,875.00, depending on your role, level, and location. The range listed is also the expected pay for roles in Illinois and Colorado. The benefits for this role include short-term bonus incentive, health, dental and vision insurance, flexible spending accounts or health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and paid sick leave as required by applicable state/local law, 15 days of paid vacation, and 11 days of paid holidays, subject to annual change. Your pay will be based on factors such as your skills, experience, and education.