Mgr II, Maintenance

Smurfit-Westrock; Donerville (PA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Life insurance

401k with match

Training & development

Job summary

Smurfit Westrock is seeking a Maintenance Manager to schedule materials and plant downtime, ensuring equipment availability and performance. You will lead a team to support preventative and predictive maintenance, analyze data, and drive continuous improvement in maintenance practices.

In this role you will manage budgets, engage with vendors, and ensure safety and compliance across maintenance activities while developing staff through training and supervision.

Qualifications

• Must have knowledge of machines, tools, repair and maintenance.
• Understanding of production processes, quality control, costs, and distribution of goods.
• High school diploma required.

Responsibilities

• Schedule daily maintenance of the plant and coordinate downtime to maximize equipment availability.
• Support preventative and predictive maintenance through planning, analysis, and documenting improvements.
• Monitor budgets, costs, and justify equipment needs for projects and outages.
• Develop and enforce maintenance procedures to create a continuous improvement culture.
• Ensure compliance with safety policies and regulatory guidelines for maintenance activities.
• Liaise with vendors and contractors to support outages and planned maintenance.

Skills

Machine & tools knowledge

Maintenance planning

Production processes understanding

Education

High school diploma

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.

The Opportunity

The Maintenance Manager schedules materials and machine downtime to maintain production equipment availability and performance, at satisfactory levels through the planning, coordination and reporting of repair activities.

How you will contribute to Smurfit Westrock:

• Responsible for the day to day maintenance of the plant
• Ensures that the maintenance team supports both preventative and predictive maintenance programs through analysis, planning, and productivity
• Ensures Reliability and Planning addresses reactive/unplanned maintenance through rapid response and support continuous improvements through documentation, analysis, and feedback to derive corrective action
• Participate in the preparation and administration of the facility maintenance budget. Submit recommendations, monitor expenditures, prepare cost estimates, helps submit justification for equipment and assist in the development of support documentation for projects.
• Manages expenditures consistent with budget and business plan. Supports development of budget and business plan annually
• Manages all maintenance systems which include equipment repairs, preventative maintenance, equipment inspections, and maintenance records
• Develops, recommends, implements and executes procedures for maintenance as to create a process driven continues improvement culture.
• Ensures activities are in compliance with the plant, company, state, and federal policies and guidelines as it relates to the safety of employees and the execution of work
• Develops relationships with outside vendors and contractors which would assist in the successful completion of machine outages and planned maintenance
• Responsible for demonstrating managerial leadership within maintenance resulting in efficient and effective utilization of our valuable human resources
• Develops salaried department employees through effective communication, training, and supervisory skills
• Resolve work problems and suggest plans to motivate employees to achieve goals through a team-based environment
• Maintaining and managing department efficiencies, department cost and to develop ways to keep mechanical machine downtime minimal
• Taking care of personnel issues, scheduling of department work, vacation schedules, employee reviews
• Reviewing reports and working on department efficiency improvements
• Working with other departments to help and assist with ways to increase overall efficiencies.

What you need to succeed:

• Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance
• Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods
• High school diploma

What we offer:

• Corporate culture based on integrity, respect, accountability, and excellence.
• Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities.
• An attractive salary reflecting skills, competencies, and potential.
• Benefits package to include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401k with match and more!
• A career with a global packaging company where Sustainability, Safety and Inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of the daily work.

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.