Maintenance Supervisor

West Fraser•Leola, AR

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The successful candidate will have excellent organizational skills, be self-directed, and be confident in their decision-making abilities. This role involves achieving maintenance goals with a strong focus on employee safety, supporting troubleshooting and observations of machine centers, managing department costs, and planning maintenance activities. The position requires effective communication, conflict management, and supervision of maintenance and cleanup personnel. Responsibilities also include managing contractor safety, maintaining sawmill equipment, ensuring crew safety through procedures like Lock-Out and FLRA verification, arranging training for apprentices, creating improvement projects, managing parts inventory with the purchaser, and handling scheduling and attendance. Periodic weekend coverage is expected, along with inspecting completed work.

Requirements

Prior Journeyman Electrician or Millwright
Proficient in Microsoft Office
Well organized
Minimum of five years (plus) of industrial experience
Leadership and communication skills

Nice To Haves

Two or Four-year degree preferred
Prior Supervisory experience preferred
Lumber industry experience preferred

Responsibilities

Achieving Maintenance goals with the highest regard for employee safety
Supporting troubleshooting & observations of machine centers with shift supervisors and other maintenance staff to ensure production and quality standards are met
Managing the department cost in an aggressive manner assuring optimum manufacturing unit cost; develop and educate key metrics.
Maintenance Planning, planning non-emergency maintenance, coordinating PM routes
Effectively communicating goals and/or instructions
Managing conflicts
Supervising Maintenance and Cleanup personnel on varying schedules
Managing contractor safety through active leadership.
Maintenance of sawmill equipment (this includes but is not limited to De-Barkers, Gang Edgers, Trimmer, Sorter, Stacker, Conveyors, Chippers, Blowers, Hydraulic Systems, Pneumatic Systems)
Safety of the crew (Lock-Out Procedures, assisting with and verifying Field Level Risk Assessments (FLRA), Safety Audits)
Arrange WF Training for and mentoring apprentices
Creating and planning improvement projects
Managing parts with the purchaser
Scheduling and attendance
Will include periodic weekend coverage
Inspecting completed work