First Line Leader Maintenance - Secondary Fiber

International Paper • Prattville, AL

398d • $81,700 - $108,900

About The Position

The First Line Leader Maintenance - Secondary Fiber at International Paper is responsible for leading the maintenance crew in a pulp and paper manufacturing facility. This role emphasizes safety leadership, effective communication, and operational efficiency, ensuring that maintenance objectives are met while promoting a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• A degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Chemical Engineering or a minimum of 4 years maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Heavy Manufacturing experience required, experience working in a paper mill preferred.
• Knowledge and experience with Rotating Equipment preferred.
• Good decision-making, judgement, and outstanding interpersonal skills are required.
• High degree of organizational skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to interpret maintenance manuals, functional specifications, and engineering drawings.
• Working knowledge of equipment, trades skills, work execution, and reporting.
• Ability to work within and improve a team.
• This position requires working extended hours often and with short notice, a strong sense of ownership and urgency, motivation and innovation, clearly visible leadership skills.
• Proficient in Work Brain and time entry.

Responsibilities

• Enable the Finished Products Maintenance Crew to work safely and efficiently through training, monitoring, and continuous coaching and mentoring.
• Manage daily area maintenance decisions, including staffing, work prioritization, and spending.
• Ensure effective communication between the maintenance team and other mill teams.
• Responsible for work execution within the department and the overall effectiveness of the Notification and Work Order System.
• Responsible for effective participation with the MWS team.
• Create daily/weekly schedules and execute priority of work.
• Plan more involved work in the departmental area and be fluent in the use of SAP.
• Manage contract work.
• Communicate job progress and follow up on work until successful completion.
• Lead problem solving, troubleshoot issues, and initiate the acquisition of additional resources as appropriate.
• Communicate results with the Crew and Operations.
• Grow team and individual performance, including performance reviews with team members, ensuring correct staffing, training, scheduling, and development for the team.
• Promote Crew Engagement.
• Effectively and efficiently manage Crew work hours through Work Brain.
• Promote 5S initiatives.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• 401(k)
• Company-funded retirement contributions
• Paid Time Off
• Education & Development (including Tuition Reimbursement)
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance
• Voluntary Benefits including insurance for home, auto, vision, and pets

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Paper Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 10,001+ employees