Reliability Superintendent

WESTFRASER; Louisiana (MO); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits starting Day 1

Medical

401k with company matching

Job summary

West Fraser is seeking a Reliability Leader to enhance plant uptime and drive continuous improvement across machinery and processes. You will lead and mentor technicians, champion CMMS usage, and promote world-class maintenance practices while collaborating with operations to maximize asset availability.

The role requires an engineering degree with 5+ years in maintenance/reliability and proven leadership. West Fraser offers competitive pay, day-one benefits, and growth opportunities within a

Qualifications

• A degree in Engineering or equivalent combination of training and experience.
• 5+ years of relevant maintenance and/or reliability experience in fixed plant.
• Minimum of 1 year of proven leadership and mentoring experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and training to Reliability Supervisors and Technicians.
• Promote the Reliability Program across Condition Monitoring, Root Cause Analysis, Preventive & Predictive Maintenance, and CMMS usage.
• Foster Asset Lifecycle Management and maximize asset availability using CMMS data and benchmarking.
• Provide regular condition reports and coordinate asset/outage planning with area leaders.
• Ensure effective use of reliability best practices and CMMS for planning, reporting, and scheduling.
• Design and implement asset management strategies including preventive, predictive, and breakdown maintenance plans.
• Coordinate with third-party vendors and leverage external expertise for the reliability program.
• Analyze production processes to identify improvements, reduce downtime, and increase throughput.

Skills

Leadership

Maintenance planning

Condition monitoring

Root cause analysis

CMMS usage

Process improvement

Team mentoring

Data analysis

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

CMMS

Job description

The primary responsibility of this position is to improve the uptime of the plant and improve efficiency of the machinery and processes. This position also helps drive new ideas, systems, operational excellence, and continuous improvement across the site.

What Will You Do:

• Provide leadership and training to Reliability Supervisor, Reliability Technicians, and Lubrication Technicians.
• Promote the Reliability Program under areas of responsibility including Condition Monitoring, Root Cause Analysis, Preventive & Predictive Maintenance, and CMMS usage.
• Foster a culture of Asset Lifecycle Management. Using this model as the mill’s CMMS system, use data from similar mills and from normal maintenance activities to maximize asset availability.
• Provide regular condition reports of all the assets in area of responsibility. Work with area superintendents/planners on scheduled asset or mill outages.
• Ensure efficient and effective use of machine reliability best practices tools performance of all technicians.
• Use the Computerized Maintenance Management System, CMMS, to effectively plan, report and schedule all work.
• Design and implement asset management strategies that involve all aspects of the manufacturing process i.e. Preventive Maintenance Plans, Predictive Maintenance Plans, Breakdown Maintenance Plans, operating strategies, etc.
• Manage third-party services in relation to the reliability programs and foster professional working relationships to leverage their knowledge and services.
• Analyze production processes and recommend process improvements to gain efficiencies. Actively work to reduce downtime and increase Mbf/Hr.
• Promote World Class Manufacturing Concepts such as Remote Condition Monitoring into new and existing assets.
• Review OEM equipment and make recommendations concerning Asset Life and maintainability.
• Coordinate with 3 rd Party vendors to design, install, and maintain new and existing assets regarding the reliability program.
• Recommend, plan, and execute improvements in the work area to gain efficiencies in work processes.
• Train or Recommend training for all team members regarding the Reliability Program.
• Special projects and other duties as assigned

What You Will Need:

• Degree in Engineering or equivalent combination of training and experience
• 5 or more years of relevant maintenance and/or reliability experience in fixed plant
• Minimum of 1 year of proven leadership, vision, dedication & ability to mentor a team

Our highly competitive compensation package and outstanding benefits include:

• Benefits starting Day 1
• Competitive starting pay
• On-the-job training
• A culture that strongly believes in promoting from within
• Medical
• Vision
• 401kwith company matching & retirement contribution
• Employee Stock Purchase plan
• Life InsuranceDisability Insurance
• Paid vacations and holidays
• Employee Assistance Program

West Fraser is a diversified wood products company producing lumber, OSB, LVL, MDF, plywood, pulp, newsprint, wood chips, and energy with over 60 facilities in Canada, the United States, and Europe. We are the largest lumber producer in North America, a leading global manufacturer of wood-based panels, and the world’s largest producer of oriented strand board (OSB).

We are a growing company, believe strongly in promoting from within, and pride ourselves on providing a challenging environment with continuous development. The successful candidate should be interested in future growth opportunities within the company

West Fraser is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V/D & Drug-Free Workplace (DFW)

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