Area Maintenance Manager - Recovery

Area Maintenance Manager – Recovery

$108,200-$144,300

Multiple factors, including Individual experience, skills and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range.

Salaried Full-Time

601 County Rd 78

Selma, AL

Riverdale Mill, located in Selma AL, is a complex, fully integrated pulp and paper manufacturing facility with two machines, one producing Brite Top liner and one producing medium linerboard. In addition to the machines, the mill includes multiple process lines, including wood handling, pulping, power, recovery and effluent treatment. The Recovery Department is comprised of recovery boilers, evaporators, cooling tower and BMP sumps.

The Recovery Area Maintenance Manager is the leader of an electrical and mechanical maintenance team within the Recovery Department charged with safety, quality, environmental compliance, employee engagement, hourly team development, process productivity, efficiency, and reliability, while at the same time using a systems based approach to build long-term stability. This position has two salaried direct reports leading approximately 10 union represented hourly team members, and reports to the Business Unit Manager, Maintenance Execute.

• •Provide visible and active leadership in delivering excellent safety results
• •Lead and develop Recovery Area maintenance front line leaders
• •Support training processes in alignment with GMTI to ensure a pool of highly skilled team members
• •Build effective systems and materials such as maintenance procedures (SOPs), troubleshooting documents (TCCs), and other training materials
• •Support engagement processes to ensure the crews have ownership and feel valued within the organization
• •Coordinate within the Recovery Department and other business units to optimize mill and area reliability/maintenance needs
• •Seek out and implement best practices using teams, databases, vendors, and other technical resources
• •Support the Manufacturing Work Systems (MWS) process to prioritize and plan daily work, routine outages, and annual outages, including operational, maintenance, and contractor tasks
• •Successfully execute daily maintenance work at a high productivity level, including precision maintenance execution (ensure FLLs fulfill MWS roles/responsibilities/audit, ensure consistent documentation of work, ensure consistent use of precision procedures, ensure use of Best Practices, and control work execution)
• •Coordinate outages and other routine work as needed, which may include reviewing bid proposals and planned spending to ensure maximum value is achieved
• •Serve as a contractor coordinator (owner’s rep) as required
• •Lead ongoing improvement efforts related to reliability pacesetter elements
• •Participate in the 5S program for the area, including leading 5S improvement projects as needed
• •Provide support for capital project development and implementation
• •Participate in accountability follow-ups with employees as needed and when appropriate
• •Manage area costs and meet budget targets
• •Provide support for the budgeting cycle targeted at delivering year-over-year savings
• •Fulfill the weekend duty team leadership role for the Maintenance Department

• •Successful candidate should have the ability to:
• •Instill safety as a core value within the team and effectively communicate a shared vision for safety
• •Quickly develop thorough knowledge of mill equipment and systems
• •Utilize excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate to groups and individuals at all levels
• •Approach positional

International Paper offers a benefits package that includes health, welfare and retirement plans including Medical, Dental, 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, and Voluntary Benefits including insurance for home, auto, vision and pets

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