Regional Maintenance Manager - Recycling Plants

Smurfit Westrock; Dalton (GA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Smurfit Westrock is seeking a seasoned maintenance professional to support multiple recycling facilities. You will troubleshoot complex equipment, implement preventive maintenance, and collaborate with plant teams to improve uptime and safety.

The role requires hands-on mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical expertise, with a focus on reliability improvements, root-cause analysis, and equipment upgrades across sites. Travel up to 75% is expected, with work conducted at various plants.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on industrial maintenance experience.
• Strong troubleshooting skills with hydraulics, pneumatics, mechanical systems, electrical components, motors, sensors, controls, and related plant equipment.
• Ability to read and interpret mechanical and electrical drawings, schematics, manuals, and equipment documentation.
• Experience supporting preventive maintenance programs, downtime reduction, reliability improvements, and equipment repair planning.
• Welding and fabrication experience preferred; welding certification is a plus but not required.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 50-75% of the time, sometimes on short notice.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on maintenance and troubleshooting support for recycling plant equipment across assigned sites.
• Diagnose and resolve mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical equipment issues, both on-site and through remote support when appropriate.
• Support preventive maintenance practices that help reduce unplanned downtime, improve equipment reliability, and extend asset life.
• Partner with plant leadership, operators, safety teams, and maintenance personnel to improve equipment performance and reinforce safe work practices.
• Train and coach team members on equipment care, troubleshooting basics, inspections, and standard operating procedures.
• Identify recurring equipment issues, support root-cause analysis, and help implement practical corrective actions.
• Support plant and regional projects, including equipment upgrades, maintenance improvements, capital project deployment, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Use performance data, downtime trends, and maintenance observations to recommend improvements and help prioritize work.
• Promote a safety-first culture by reinforcing safe maintenance practices, lockout/tagout expectations, housekeeping, and hazard awareness.
• Share best practices across sites to improve consistency, reliability, and accountability throughout the recycling network.

Skills

Maintenance experience

Troubleshooting hydraulics/pneumatics

Electrical systems knowledge

Reading schematics

Preventive maintenance

Communication skills

Travel readiness

Tools

Hydraulic tools

Electrical testing tools

PLC/controls basics

Job description

Smurfit Westrock is seeking a seasoned maintenance professional to support multiple recycling facilities. You will troubleshoot complex equipment, implement preventive maintenance, and collaborate with plant teams to improve uptime and safety.

The role requires hands-on mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical expertise, with a focus on reliability improvements, root-cause analysis, and equipment upgrades across sites. Travel up to 75% is expected, with work conducted at various plants.