Maintenance Manager - 2nd Shift

Columbia Forest Products•Newport, VT

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Columbia Forest Products is seeking a Maintenance Manager for its Newport, Vermont plant. The role plans, directs, and coordinates the personnel and activities responsible for construction, modification, and maintenance of plant equipment, machinery, utilities, and facilities. The manager performs these responsibilities directly and through team member supervisors, and provides leadership for the maintenance department, including boiler operations, grounds, and facilities. The Maintenance Manager oversees equipment maintenance to maximize performance, reliability, and availability while minimizing downtime. The role improves departmental effectiveness through the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), including work requests and orders, maintenance planning and scheduling, preventive and predictive maintenance, condition monitoring, and tracking and reporting performance metrics. The manager also directs utility-system maintenance to ensure the continuous supply of heat, steam, electrical power, and compressed air. The position leads Maintenance Crew Leaders and their hourly crews, including assigning work, setting expectations, coaching, recognizing performance, addressing concerns, and taking corrective action when needed. It supports staffing through candidate interviews, trains and develops employees, and establishes and enforces departmental standards and procedures. The manager collaborates with mill leadership on plant objectives, participates in shutdown planning, and maintains and updates lockout/tagout and confined-space programs. The work is in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. The employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and occasionally to fumes or airborne particles, outdoor weather, extreme cold, and extreme heat. The noise level is usually moderate. Work requires flexible availability, including overtime, nights, weekends, and holidays. Travel is generally limited to occasional training, visits to other CFP locations, and equipment-purchase evaluations, and is expected to be approximately 10% or less of work time.

Requirements

At least five years of maintenance management experience.
An associate degree or an equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience.
Ability to respond effectively to inquiries or concerns from regulatory agencies and present information clearly to senior leaders, peer managers, and employee groups.
Ability to apply mathematical concepts, including fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions, to practical operational and maintenance situations.
Ability to define problems, collect and analyze data, establish facts, and draw sound conclusions.
Ability to interpret complex technical instructions in written, mathematical, or diagram form and address multiple abstract and concrete variables.
Reliable attendance and willingness to work flexible hours, including overtime, nights, weekends, and holidays.
Ability to communicate proactively with team members at all organizational levels, manage competing priorities and stressful situations, and work cooperatively with others.

Responsibilities

Lead the maintenance department, including boiler operations, grounds, and facilities.
Oversee plant equipment maintenance to maximize performance, reliability, and availability while minimizing downtime.
Improve departmental effectiveness through CMMS and TPM practices, including work requests and orders, maintenance planning and scheduling, preventive and predictive maintenance, condition monitoring, and performance-metric tracking and reporting.
Direct maintenance of utility systems to ensure continuous supplies of heat, steam, electrical power, and compressed air.
Inspect operating machinery and equipment for compliance with established operational standards.
Train, develop, and direct maintenance crews to improve work quality, technical capability, and professionalism; provide cross-training for coverage during staffing shortages and emergencies.
Respond to employee concerns, questions, and ideas; coach and support employees in their development.
Maintain and expand working knowledge of mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, electronic, and engineering processes, and stay current on relevant industry developments and technologies.
Establish, communicate, and enforce departmental standards, policies, and procedures for safety, employee relations, standard work, and other operational requirements.
Conduct and document annual verification and updates of lockout/tagout and confined-space programs.
Collaborate with mill leadership to support plant objectives.
Participate in planning and coordinating scheduled plant shutdowns and maintenance periods.
Direct Maintenance Crew Leaders who supervise hourly employee crews.
Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with company policies and applicable laws.
Assist with candidate interviews to support staffing efforts.
Lead and develop maintenance personnel by assigning work, setting performance expectations, coaching and recognizing employees, addressing workplace concerns, and taking corrective action when necessary.
Model Columbia Forest Products’ values: Customer Service, Absolute Integrity, We Are Family, and Share the Success.
Perform duties consistently with safety policies and work standards; communicate effectively, manage competing priorities and stressful situations, and work cooperatively with others.
Perform other duties as assigned.