Reliability & Safety Maintenance Leader

Smurfit-Westrock; Cottonton (AL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Smurfit Westrock is seeking a Maintenance Superintendent in Cottonton, AL to lead safety‑driven maintenance programs, improve reliability, and manage costs. You will drive KPI monitoring, work management, shutdowns, and long‑term capital planning while mentoring staff.

The ideal candidate brings strong leadership, problem‑solving, and collaboration across functions to deliver measurable improvements in a manufacturing setting.

Qualifications

• Required: 5 years of experience in industrial maintenance.
• Preferred: 5+ years in maintenance management.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Oversee safety, environmental quality, productivity and cost in maintenance.
• Monitor KPI and manage the Work Management Process.
• Lead 5-year maintenance and capital planning.
• Develop asset strategies to improve reliability.
• Coach maintenance staff on planning, scheduling and execution.
• Ensure Root Cause Failure Analysis for persistent issues.

Skills

Industrial maintenance

Maintenance management

Leadership

Safety & compliance

KPI monitoring

Root Cause Analysis

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Tools

JDE

PLC / DCS / CMMS

Microsoft Office

Job description

Smurfit Westrock is seeking a Maintenance Superintendent in Cottonton, AL to lead safety‑driven maintenance programs, improve reliability, and manage costs. You will drive KPI monitoring, work management, shutdowns, and long‑term capital planning while mentoring staff.

The ideal candidate brings strong leadership, problem‑solving, and collaboration across functions to deliver measurable improvements in a manufacturing setting.