Electrical Maintenance Planner/Supervisor

Sappi; Ngodwana; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pulp and paper company is seeking an Electrical Maintenance Planner/Supervisor in Mpumalanga, South Africa. This role involves driving maintenance excellence while ensuring safety and compliance in operations. Candidates should possess a relevant degree and significant experience in electrical maintenance. Join a dynamic team and contribute to sustainable practices in a forward-thinking environment, while developing your career alongside skilled professionals.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of electrical maintenance experience may substitute for post-secondary education.
• Experience in maintenance craft or as a coordinator, supervisor, planner, or engineer in an industrial setting.

Responsibilities

• Drive maintenance excellence and ensure safe operations.
• Collaborate with various leaders to maintain operational excellence.
• Maximize wrench time through effective planning and work assignment.

Skills

Team-oriented collaboration

Safety performance

Technical guidance

Leadership

Analytical skills

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering

AS in a technical field or Process Control

Tools

Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)

Job description

Electrical Maintenance Planner/Supervisor

Country: United States

City: Cloquet

Location: Mill Cloquet

Sappi North America Sappi Cloquet, established in 1898, produces high-quality graphic papers used in premium magazines, catalogs, books, direct mail and high-end print advertising for the fashion, automotive and travel industries, as well as speciality papers. Cloquet manufactures Verve, a dissolving pulp used for the textile and home goods markets. Energy saving and clean water initiatives at Cloquet have won environmental recognition, aligning with the mill's commitment to sustainability.

About Sappi – Cloquet

Join a team with over 100 years of continuous pulp and paper‑making history! At Sappi Cloquet, we pride ourselves on a collaborative culture where hourly and salaried employees work together to get the job done. This position offers the chance to grow in a forward‑thinking mill alongside highly skilled, dedicated professionals. As a key member of our management team, you’ll play an integral role in the success of the mill.

What You’ll Do

In this role, you’ll be responsible for driving maintenance excellence and ensuring safe, reliable, and cost‑effective operations. Your core responsibilities include:

• Championing safety performance and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborating with Safety, Environmental, Operations, and Reliability leaders to maintain operational excellence.
• Keeping equipment bills of material current and reviewing parts for inventory optimization.
• Developing task lists and standard work procedures for new and existing equipment.
• Maximizing wrench time through effective planning and work assignment.
• Assigning and redirecting work to the maintenance workforce.

What We Expect

As a leader on the maintenance team, you will:

• Drive safety initiatives to ensure an accident‑free, productive workplace.
• Provide technical guidance to a diverse, highly skilled workforce in a team‑oriented environment.
• Manage daily and long‑range planning to achieve business goals.
• Lead efforts to implement precision maintenance best practices and improve equipment reliability.
• Organize work packages and documentation using a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).
• Demonstrate strong leadership, motivational, and analytical skills.
• Facilitate resource planning for scheduled maintenance work.
• Build empowered, cross‑functional teams and identify training needs.

What You Bring

• Education: BS in Electrical Engineering OR AS in a technical field or Process Control.
• Experience: Five or more years of electrical maintenance experience may substitute for post‑secondary education. Must include experience in maintenance craft or as a coordinator, supervisor, planner, or engineer in an industrial setting.

Salary is determined by a number of factors including the value of the job to the organization, market forces, internal equity and skills brought to the job.

Sappi provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Sappi complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

ABOUT SAPPI

Sappi isa leading global provider of everyday materials made from woodfibre‑based renewable resources. As a diversified, innovative and trusted leader focused on sustainable processes and products, we are building a more circular economy by making what we should, not just what we can.