Mill Reliability Leader

Pay Rate: $142,000–$157,800. Multiple factors, including individual experience, skills, and abilities, will determine placement within the range.

Schedule: Salaried, Full-Time

About The Role

The Mill Reliability Leader (MRL) is the lead reliability position in the facility and will manage the Reliability organization and efforts across the entire mill. The MRL is responsible for developing a team of highly skilled reliability engineers, predictive maintenance technicians, and lubrication technicians. The Reliability team is responsible for successfully executing all reliability elements, including RCFA process, predicting and preventing failures, PM/PdM techniques and equipment care, precision maintenance, lubrication excellence, and world-class MWS processes.

As the Mill Reliability Leader, you will track key reliability metrics and communicate to the entire mill organization the fundamental systems and behaviors that must be in place to drive continuous improvement in mill results. This position is a key role in the Maintenance & Engineering leadership team and reports to the Maintenance & Engineering Manager.

Key Accountabilities

• Reduce unscheduled downtime to world-class levels, increase equipment life
• Develop and maintain equipment criticalities used in the operating areas
• Maintain strong relationships with the Maintenance and Operations Business Unit managers, Area managers, and First Line Leaders, and challenge the organization to continuously improve reliability systems and behaviors
• RCFA system owner for equipment failures and implementing corrective actions
• Mill-wide PCF Champion, identify and eliminate chronic problems
• Equipment care development leader, with heavy influence on inspectors’ activities, routes, and ability to identify early failure indicators using proven techniques
• Development of Reliability professionals
• Influence operations to assure proper operation of equipment, basic care, and early identification of problems
• Introduce new reliability technologies and predictive techniques
• Seek out best practices across the corporation and implement locally
• Maintain Reliability Action Plan

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, or chemical engineering is preferred
• 10+ years of operations, maintenance, and/or engineering experience in a paper-manufacturing environment
• High level of understanding of reliability principles
• Knowledgeable in CMMS systems
• Competent in using Lean tools such as RCFA
• Good communication skills (written and verbal)

About Global Cellulose Fibers (GCF)

Our GCF business helps customers transform renewable cellulose fibers into essential everyday products. Our safe, high-quality pulp forms the basis for a wide range of applications like towel and tissue products, diapers, feminine care, incontinence, and other personal care products that promote health and wellness. In addition, our specialty pulp serves as a sustainable raw material used in construction materials, paints, coatings, and more. GCF generated $2.8B in revenue in 2024 and has 3,300 employees globally, with nine manufacturing facilities and eight regional offices.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Life insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• 401(k) and Company-funded retirement contributions
• Paid Time Off

Location: Franklin Fluff Mill, 34040 Union Camp Drive, Franklin, VA 23851