Maintenance Manager

About the role

The Maintenance Manager at the Mahrt paper mill in Cottonton, AL is responsible for the overall safety, environmental, quality, productivity and cost management of the maintenance department. The role also drives continuous improvement of mill operations to enable efficient, high-quality production of customer products.

Responsibilities

• Create Maintenance Department safety goals and plans to ensure a safe work environment
• Support and drive accident prevention and environmental excellence
• Participate in and promote continuous improvement
• Provide strategic leadership on maintenance operations to ensure maximum production
• Provide leadership and coaching regarding all planning, scheduling and execution of routine and outage maintenance work
• Develop and implement short-term and long-term maintenance strategies to enable operating efficiency in alignment with Smurfit Westrock’s values
• Ensure adherence to the established work management process
• Create an effective Plant Maintenance Program using industry best practices to maximize equipment reliability and uptime
• Manage and analyze maintenance department KPIs to assess operating efficiency and identify opportunities to drive performance excellence
• Maintain and communicate departmental performance in Safety, Environmental, Reliability, and Cost effectiveness
• Lead maintenance staff to exceed industry standards and set new industry uptime and reliability standards
• Serve as a member of the Plant Leadership Team to align on Plant goals and standards and collaborate on organizational effectiveness
• Negotiate using win-win strategies on behalf of Smurfit Westrock with the Labor Union representatives on contract issues

Critical Skills / Capabilities

• Leadership: Leads and motivates a team of people to achieve performance excellence; ability to read people and situations and adjust approach accordingly; proactively leads and enforces initiatives that drive organizational effectiveness; teaches others how to build trust-based relationships
• Decision-Making: Uses strong problem-solving skills and supporting information to arrive at optimal decisions in an appropriate timeframe; knows when to decide and/or when to seek additional input, and drive for consensus
• Problem-Solving: Applies knowledge to frame, simplify and solve complex issues; focuses on identifying root causes to create solutions in a timely and decisive manner; reconciles conflicting and/or incomplete information to develop solutions
• Strategic Thinking: Develops short and long-term courses of action that support the organization's overall vision and mission; balances business, technical, and operational issues when determining a strategy; identifies problems with current strategies and suggests ways to resolve them; incorporates knowledge of Smurfit Westrock’s goals/strategy as well as competitive, customer, supplier, industry, or marketplace trends into strategic plans; capitalizes on opportunities and manages risks
• Communication: Creates and delivers engaging presentations to internal and external audiences; develops new communication strategies and approaches to communicate data, insights, and critical messages resulting in clear understanding
• Negotiation: Takes a lead role in negotiating issues with others in routine or non-complex situations; identifies and removes barriers to agreements; tries multiple strategies/actions to persuade others; discusses/considers alternatives, persuades others toward a specific course of action, and bargains for win-win solutions; provides input into future negotiation processes or strategies
• Conflict Resolution: Anticipates and takes steps to prevent counter-productive confrontations; manages and resolves conflicts and disagreements in a constructive manner

Qualifications

• Required: 10 - 15 years of experience in industrial maintenance
• Preferred: 5 + years of experience in maintenance management
• Required: 2-year technical degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Industrial Engineering
• Preferred: Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical and/or Mechanical Engineering

Skills

• Microsoft Office - Excel, Outlook, Productivity Suite
• JDE, PLC / DCS or similar CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System)

Benefits

• Corporate culture based on integrity, respect, accountability, and excellence
• Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities
• An attractive salary reflecting skills, competencies, and potential
• Benefits package to include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401k with match, tuition reimbursement, employee discounts, employee referral bonus, and much more!
• A career with a global packaging company where Sustainability, Safety and Inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of the daily work