MaintenanceEngineering Manager

Summary: Management leadership for the Maintenance-Engineering Department that is responsible for the preventative maintenance reliability and optimization of the process equipment and capital projects.

Essential Functions of the Job:

• Provide maintenance and engineering support for all departments to optimize performance increase production efficiency improve product quality improve environmental compliance margins and increase process and equipment reliability.
• Lead by example and encourage employees adherence to the mills general safety and environmental policies.
• Develops and manages the maintenance and engineering teams to maximize operational performance and employee satisfaction.
• Drives results of established metrics KPIs and annual department goals to ensure targets are established and accomplished.
• Manages capital major repair and maintenance budgets tracks expenditures and progress to maximum financial efficiency.
• Manage the predictive and preventative maintenance program.
• Promote active participation and use of the Root Cause Analysis program. Manages design and implementation of solutions.
• Support in troubleshooting acute and chronic process issues.
• Manages the development of designs and engineering for complex projects.
• Leads improvement projects and/or forms project teams as needed depending on the project scope.
• Executes major repairs and upgrades for mill infrastructure air water gas chemical and fire systems.
• Coordinate efforts with vendors to implement new technologies reliability improvements production optimization and equipment operation.
• Manages the development of new procedures to facilitate proper process or equipment operation after modification or upgrades.
• Use various software programs and production databases to document and determine effective process operation and timing of equipment maintenance/upgrades.
• Coordinates with contracted engineers and construction supervisors and crews.
• Manages the mill drawing system and the addition of assets in Maximo
• Manages the Safe Work Plan program and provides updates/training to the program on an annual basis as needed.
• Support the call team process and mentor the members
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position supervises exempt and non-exempt support staff. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organizations policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing hiring and training employees; planning assigning and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Qualifications:

• Strong heavy manufacturing experience required.
• 10 plus years or more paper mill experience a plus
• Must have previous management experience
• Must have a bachelors degree in engineering or equivalent experience

Other skills:

• Excellent written verbal and interpersonal communication skills
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Suite and the ability to learn new applications.
• Strong understanding of computerized maintenance management systems such as Maximo.
• Well-developed people practice including strong interpersonal skills the ability to build lasting relationships provide recognition and demonstrate integrity and high personal standards.
• Have strong coaching skills to teach preventative and predictive maintenance project planning maintenance scheduling and root cause analysis.
• Competencies: detail orientated managerial courage problem solving and organizational skills

Physical Demands:

• Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job the employee may be required to:
  • Sit at a desk for long periods of time or sit while driving a car
  • Frequently use hands to type on a computer keyboard answer the telephone and file documents.
  • Frequently walk within the office and occasionally the distance of a large manufacturing facility
  • Occasionally reach with hands and arms above the shoulders
  • Vision abilities required are close vision and depth perception

Work Environment:

• The noise level within the office is usually quiet and the temperature is regulated to be comfortable
• Occasionally the employee is exposed to the Mill work environment which can be hot and the noise level is loud.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud (80dB).
• Frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions.
• Occasionally exposed to loud moving mechanical equipment high precarious places.