Mechanical Maintenance Superintendent
WestRock Company · Stevenson, AL · 1 mo ago
ManagementFull-time
Safety, Environmental & Compliance Excellence
- Lead all maintenance activities with a safety-first mindset and reinforce compliance with all company safety policies, procedures, permits, and regulatory requirements.
- Ensure maintenance execution aligns with environmental, process safety, and operational risk management expectations.
- Drive hazard identification, Job Safety Analysis (JSA), Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) principles, and risk mitigation during maintenance execution.
- Ensure all fire protection, life safety, and critical protection systems are maintained, tested, and compliant with applicable regulations and site standards.
- Promote safe work execution through field presence, coaching, audits, and visible leadership engagement.
- Ensure contractor and internal maintenance activities comply with site safety, reliability, and quality expectations.
Reliability & Maintenance Excellence
- Lead the execution of preventive, predictive, corrective, and outage maintenance activities to improve equipment reliability and asset performance.
- Drive disciplined adherence to the site maintenance work process, including planning, scheduling, execution, and post-job feedback.
- Ensure precision maintenance practices are utilized, including alignment, balancing, torque management, lubrication excellence, inspection quality, and proper installation standards.
- Reduce unplanned downtime and maintenance-related production losses through proactive maintenance strategies and defect elimination.
- Support Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) activities and ensure corrective actions are implemented effectively and sustained.
- Monitor equipment performance, bad actors, maintenance KPIs, and reliability trends to prioritize resources and drive continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with Engineering and Reliability teams to improve asset strategies, PM optimization, and equipment lifecycle management.
- Ensure maintenance quality standards and craftsmanship expectations are consistently reinforced across all maintenance activities.
Work Management & Execution
- Lead daily maintenance execution activities to ensure safe, efficient, and effective completion of planned work.
- Cook up work priorities aligned with business objectives.
- Drive schedule compliance, schedule adherence, and schedule protection to maximize workforce productivity and minimize reactive work.
- Ensure maintenance backlog health is actively managed and prioritized appropriately based on business risk and equipment criticality.
- Optimize labor, contractor, and material resources to maximize wrench time and execution efficiency.
- Review work execution performance and identify opportunities to improve planning accuracy, job readiness, and execution effectiveness.
- Support outage and shutdown planning efforts to ensure safe and successful execution of critical work scopes.
Financial & Business Performance
- Manage maintenance spending within approved budgets while maintaining reliability and operational performance expectations.
- Maintain maintenance costs, overtime, contractor utilization, and material consumption to improve cost effectiveness.
- Support annual budget planning, capital forecasting, and maintenance resource planning activities.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on reducing maintenance costs, improving uptime, and increasing operational efficiency.
- Utilize KPIs and operational data to identify trends, measure performance, and support business decision-making.
Leadership, People & Culture
- Build and sustain a culture of accountability, teamwork, craftsmanship, and continuous improvement.
- Coach, mentor, and develop maintenance supervisors, planners, and craftsmen to improve technical capability and leadership effectiveness.
- Establish clear performance expectations and provide routine feedback aligned with departmental and organizational objectives.
- Promote employee engagement through communication, recognition, involvement, and development opportunities.
- Foster strong partnerships with Operations, Engineering, Reliability, Procurement, and other support teams.
- Lead by example through visible field engagement and proactive leadership behaviors.
- Support succession planning and workforce development initiatives to strengthen organizational capability.
Critical Skills / Capabilities
- Leadership & Accountability
- Demonstrates strong leadership presence and the ability to influence teams toward safe and reliable operational performance.
- Holds self and others accountable for meeting commitments, performance expectations, and business objectives.
- Buys into trust-based relationships through consistency, communication, and integrity.
- Communication
- Effectively communicates expectations, priorities, and business objectives across all organizational levels.
- Facilitates productive meetings, discussions, and problem-solving sessions.
- Clearly communicates technical and operational information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Problem Solving & Decision-Making
- Utilizes data, operational knowledge, and structured problem-solving techniques to resolve issues effectively.
- Identifies root causes and implements sustainable corrective actions.
- Makes timely and informed decisions while balancing operational, financial, and safety considerations.
- Planning & Organizational Effectiveness
- Prioritizes work effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Cooks up resources efficiently to maximize productivity and execution effectiveness.
- Demonstrates strong organizational and time management skills.
- Coaching & Development
- Develops employees through coaching, mentoring, and constructive feedback.
- Encourages knowledge sharing, skill development, and continuous learning.
- Promotes a culture focused on craftsmanship, reliability, and operational discipline.
- Continuous Improvement
- Identifies opportunities to improve maintenance processes, reliability, and operational efficiency.
- Supports innovation and implementation of best practices in maintenance and reliability.
- Technical Skills & Qualifications
- Experience with CMMS systems such as JDE, SAP, Maximo, or similar maintenance management platforms.
- Strong understanding of preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, precision maintenance, and reliability principles.
- Working knowledge of industrial maintenance systems, rotating equipment, fixed equipment, utilities, and process systems.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Experience interpreting maintenance KPIs, reliability metrics, and operational performance data.
- Understanding planning and scheduling best practices within a manufacturing environment.
- Experience: 8 to 10 years of Paper Mill Maintenance experience or related
- Preferred: Precision Maintenance experience
- Required: 6 to 8 years of Maintenance or Engineering experience in Manufacturing
- Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related field
- Education: 2-year technical degree in Mechatronics, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering or related field