Maintenance Superintendent

Maintenance Leadership & Facilities Oversight

Supervise and support maintenance staff and contractors in daily operations and project execution.

Manage all aspects of maintenance activities for company facilities, including machinery care, equipment installation/un-installation, facility maintenance, and grounds upkeep.

Career Development

• Develop, implement, and oversee cost-effective preventative maintenance programs.
• Promote and enforce a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with all company safety policies and procedures.
• Assist in troubleshooting equipment failures and implementing long-term corrective actions.
• Develop and support training initiatives for maintenance staff.
• Provide guidance, coaching, and corrective action when appropriate.
• Maintain excellent housekeeping and organization within maintenance and tool areas.

Internal Customer Support

• Support internal quality systems and safety programs.
• Work flexible hours.

Project Management

Plan, coordinate, and execute capital improvement, infrastructure, and facility projects from concept through completion.

Monitor project timelines, costs, and overall performance against established objectives.

Manage contractors, vendors, and equipment suppliers to ensure quality workmanship and timely project completion.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Coordinate project activities with operations to minimize downtime and production disruptions.
• Ensure all projects comply with environmental, safety, and regulatory requirements.
• Support commissioning, startup, and documentation activities for new or modified systems.
• Oversee and coordinate contract work performed by outside vendors and service providers.

Operations & Collaboration

Partner with Operations, Engineering, Safety, Environmental, and Purchasing teams to support plant objectives and operational improvements.

Maintain accurate maintenance records, project documentation, reports, and compliance records.

Manage multiple priorities and shifting deadlines in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Maintain diplomacy, confidentiality, and professionalism when handling company-sensitive information.

Educational/Experience Requirement

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, Maintenance Management, or related field preferred.
• 2 + years of maintenance, facilities, or project management experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience working within a corporate manufacturing structure, including cross-functional collaboration, reporting processes, and compliance-driven operations.
• Experience within paper, converting, pulp & paper, packaging, or heavy industrial manufacturing preferred.
• Prior supervisory or team leadership experience preferred.

Physical Demands

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand for extended number of hours per shift, walk, bend, twist, stoop, squat and use hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls.
• The employee frequently is required to talk or hear.
• The employee is required to reach with fingers, hands, and arms.
• Must be able to perform repetitive hand, wrist, and arm motions.
• The employee must regularly lift, push or pull and/or move up to 35 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• The job is performed in a manufacturing environment with exposure to noise, dust, varying temperatures, and moving mechanical parts.
• Safety gear must be worn as required.