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Maintenance Manager

Domtar · Plymouth, NC

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Level
Manager
Team
Reliability
Degree
Required (or equivalent experience)
Experience asked
15+ years
Industry
Packaging
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The role in 30 seconds

A management reliability role at Domtar (packaging) in Plymouth, NC. You will be responsible for developing short, intermediate, and long-term strategies for improving the critical elements of the maintenance operations.

They ask for
15+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
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Root cause

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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026

Reliability Engineer roles in the US: typical posted base $105k–$145k.

Median of the low and high ends of 198 live postings that list pay, out of 559 reliability engineer openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

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How this role compares

Against 12 other live reliability postings in North Carolina.

Experience asked
More than usual (15+ vs 5+)

Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • Team leadership 54%
  • ✓ Root cause 46%
  • Lean 23%
  • Six Sigma 23%
  • ✓ Union environment 23%
  • EHS / safety 23%

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This plant: Domtar in Plymouth

2 other open roles at this site.

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Key Responsibilities

  • ◆Ensure the safe, efficient, and cost-effective management of the overall maintenance and reliability processes and activities to maximize equipment reliability and assets preservation.
  • ◆Ensure that all maintenance work (planned and unplanned) is implemented on time, on budget and meets the stated objectives.
  • ◆Lead Preventive, Predictive and Reliable Manufacturing Processes which follow the One Domtar Standards. Participate in the One Domtar Reliability Functional Team to support continuous improvement of the One Domtar Standards.
  • ◆Lead and develop the Maintenance and Reliability teams; Ensure that the Maintenance department continuously collaborates with the Operating departments.
  • ◆Manage/control maintenance cost to achieve target results while ensuring budgets are prepared, met and variances explained with appropriate action taken as required
  • ◆Manage the Mill’s CMMS optimizing spare parts/materials inventory and maintenance work to minimize unplanned downtime and operating cost as well as ensuring the MRO inventory meets proper Working Capital standards as defined by Domtar.
  • ◆Lead the continuous improvement of key performance indicators to increase asset life and department budget cost effectiveness
  • ◆Lead and perform necessary root cause analysis on asset failures and implement identified actions to improve manufacturing reliability
  • ◆Demonstrate success in leading change and driving improvement
  • ◆Be accountable for all Mill asset outcomes

Required Qualifications

  • ✓Incumbent must possess an Engineering degree or equivalent experience leading maintenance and reliability improvement in an industrial environment managing personnel, safety, costs, reliability and continuous improvement or a minimum of 15 years of successful maintenance management/leadership in a complex manufacturing environment

Preferred Qualifications

  • ✓A minimum of 15 years of related industry experience in increasingly responsible maintenance management/leadership positions
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Domtar is a leading producer of pulp, paper, packaging, tissue and wood products. Through our focus on safety and sustainability, as well as our commitment to operational excellence and our network of facilities across Canada and the United States, Domtar delivers high-quality and cost-effective products to customers around the world.

Our workforce is comprised of 14,000 talented and hardworking individuals. We are proud to offer competitive compensation, a supportive working environment, rewarding career paths and plenty of opportunities for learning and growth.

The location in Plymouth, (North Carolina, United States), is seeking talent to fill the position of Maintenance Manager . This job is full-time permanent.

Reporting to the Mill Manager, the Maintenance Manager is responsible and accountable for providing strategic leadership for all aspects of the Maintenance Department and team, including Maintenance, Reliability and E/I/Controls. As a member of the Mill leadership team, you will be responsible for developing short, intermediate, and long-term strategies for improving the critical elements of the maintenance operations.

Critical Competencies for Success

  • •Well-developed and demonstrated leadership skills in a unionized environment
  • •Demonstrated experience as a change agent
  • •Strong technical knowledge of pulp and paper making process
  • •Demonstrated success implementing & optimizing reliability maintenance systems and processes
  • •Knowledge of electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and facility systems
  • •Proven leadership skills that include ability to coach and develop team members to a higher level of performance (salaried and hourly), ability to work in a team environment actively promoting collaboration, teamwork and effective conflict resolution
  • •Demonstrated planning, organizing and problem-solving skills with ability to manage multiple priorities and projects concurrently; experience developing and managing budgets to maximize asset reliability
  • •Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, as well as highly developed interpersonal skills

You will be required to successfully complete a selection process that could include interviews, an employment background check, a pre-employment drug and alcohol screen, reference verifications, aptitude tests (for some positions), and a fitness-for-duty test (for some positions).

Once your application has been submitted, you will receive a confirmation email. If you are selected to interview, you will be contacted by a member of our Human Resources team.

To learn more about our company, consult the Domtar Company Web Site and follow us on LinkedIn , Instagram and Twitter .

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