Mechanical Maintenance Superintendent
About The Position
Smurfit WestRock is seeking a Mechanical Maintenance Superintendent to join the leadership team at its West Point Mill in Virginia, a fully integrated paper manufacturing facility. The role provides leadership and direction for mechanical maintenance across the Paper Machines, Power and Recovery, Woodyard, and Pulp Mill areas. The superintendent will help improve safety, equipment reliability and availability, maintenance execution, workforce capability, and cost performance. The successful candidate will be a visible leader who builds effective teams, sets clear expectations, develops employees, reinforces accountability, and partners with Operations, Engineering, Reliability, Planning, and Maintenance to continuously improve mill performance. The role supports a 24/7 manufacturing operation and includes leadership during outages, call duty, and other extended-hours situations as required.
Requirements
- Ten or more years of manufacturing experience in a maintenance or engineering role.
- Seven or more years of supervisory or leadership experience.
- Proven ability to establish expectations, develop employees, build effective teams, hold others accountable, and drive results.
- Experience selecting, coaching, and developing direct reports.
- Strong organizational, communication, documentation, and reporting skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Working knowledge of industrial safety requirements, including OSHA regulations, LOTO, and confined-space entry.
- Ability to support outages, call duty, and the needs of a 24/7 operation.
- Computer proficiency across multiple platforms, including Microsoft Office and scheduling software.
- Strong working knowledge of predictive maintenance tools, including vibration analysis, infrared thermography, oil analysis, and laser alignment.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Industrial Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related technical discipline.
- Pulp and paper or other continuous-process or heavy-manufacturing experience.
- Experience working in an organized labor environment.
- Experience with JD Edwards or another computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).
- Knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance, precision maintenance, and Root Cause Analysis.
- Experience leading major maintenance shutdowns or outages.
- Familiarity with tanks and vessels, welding methods, inspections, and nondestructive testing (NDT).
Responsibilities
- Promote a strong safety culture and ensure maintenance activities meet mill requirements and applicable regulations, including OSHA, LOTO, and confined-space requirements.
- Lead mechanical maintenance functions across the mill and effectively utilize resources in a multi-skilled environment.
- Set clear expectations, coach and develop employees, reinforce accountability, and support the selection and development of maintenance leaders.
- Lead continuous improvement efforts to increase equipment availability and reliability while supporting cost-effective maintenance practices.
- Promote disciplined maintenance planning, scheduling, prioritization, execution, and follow-up.
- Support preventive and predictive maintenance, Root Cause Analysis, and other reliability processes to identify and eliminate recurring equipment failures.
- Reinforce precision maintenance principles and quality workmanship to improve equipment performance and service life.
- Lead shutdown and outage planning and execution, focusing on safety, coordination, quality, schedule performance, and disciplined execution.
- Develop and manage the maintenance budget for assigned areas while balancing reliability, operational requirements, and responsible spending.
- Partner with Operations, Engineering, Reliability, Planning, and maintenance supervision to establish priorities, solve problems, and improve mill performance.
- Provide leadership and technical direction during significant equipment issues, ensure failures are investigated, and implement corrective actions.
- Provide leadership during outages, call duty, and other extended-hours situations as required to support a 24/7 operation.
Benefits
- Short-term bonus incentive
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible spending accounts or health savings accounts
- Retirement savings plans
- Life and disability insurance programs
- Paid sick leave as required by applicable state/local law
- 15 days of paid vacation
- 11 days of paid holidays
- Relocation support
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
