Maintenance Supervisor
International Paper · Lebanon, IN
- Level
- Supervisor
- Team
- Reliability
- Base pay
- $91k–$106k
- Experience asked
- 25+ years
- Industry
- Packaging
- Posted
- 13 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A supervisor reliability role at International Paper (packaging) in Lebanon, IN. Supervise a shift or team of maintenance hourly technicians.
- They ask for
- 25+ years
- Tools it names
- SAP
- Base pay
- $91k–$106k
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How this role compares
Against 83 other live reliability postings in Indiana.
- Experience asked
- More than usual (25+ vs 5+)
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- PLC 51%
- ✓ Team leadership 46%
- Welding 37%
- Root cause 25%
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This plant: International Paper in Lebanon
1 other open role at this site · 4 people we found in reliability roles at International Paper.
- Maintenance Technician · Reliability · Technician
Maintenance Supervisor at International Paper in other locations
International Paper lists this title in 3 places. Pick the plant you can get to.
- Richmond, VA · $76k–$101k
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Full description from International PaperAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Maintenance Supervisor
Pay Rate
$90,900 – $106,000
Multiple factors, including Individual experience, skills and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range. Variable pay may provide additional opportunities for financial awards. This job is eligible to participate in IP’s annual incentive plan.
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Category/Shift
Salaried / Full-Time
Physical Location
800 Edwards Drive
Lebanon, Indiana 46052
The Job You Will Perform
- •Supervise a shift or team of maintenance hourly technicians. Also fills in for maintenance manager as needed to manage the entire facility maintenance department.
- •Manages the maintenance budget for the facility including running and reviewing SAP reports and maintaining a spreadsheet of YTD expenditures.
- •Utilizes systems, including KIWI and SAP, to track maintenance key performance measures, including: mechanical/electrical downtime, maintenance reliability indices, maintenance breakdowns, etc.
- •Manages the work order system and tracks work orders through completion. Compiles a report related to work order efficiency for the leadership team at the facility.
- •Conducts a weekly maintenance priority meeting with the maintenance and production leadership team at the facility to review the open notifications and work order backlog. The purpose of this meeting is to plan and prioritize projects for the next 7 days and garner leadership support of these activities
- •Responsible for planning of maintenance projects including scheduling of personnel (employees and contractors), maintaining project budget, accessing machine manuals, ensuring needed parts are in inventory, working with production team to schedule time and ensuring work orders are in the system, updated and completed throughout the project
- •Works in conjunction with the Maintenance Manager and local leadership team to schedule predictive/preventative maintenance activities to keep all equipment in good working order.
- •Under the direction of the Maintenance Manager, leads some Environmental Health & Safety initiatives in the facility including: air permitting, storm water compliance, HAZMAT, waste water compliance, roof maintenance, Infared inspections, compressed air management, cooling tower/chiller, air handlers, fire & safety system, inspections, contractor training, employee training, electrical, hot work, etc.
- •Responsible for the inventory/parts management of the facility’s store-room, including maintenance of inventory in the system (SAP), ensuring proper inventory levels are maintained, store-room organization, and kitting for projects.
- •Assists Maintenance Manager as needed in the development and management of capital projects and their implementation.
- •Manages and maintains a single, site-wide parts and tool inventory and coordinates and manages routine service contractors.
- •Determines material needs for repairs, research options, obtain pricing, utilize the SAP system to create a requisition, and receive material in SAP upon receipt of invoices.
- •Coordinate purchasing, inventory, and work order administration activities of the Maintenance Department.
- •Source material available locally and will purchase needed material using a Pcard, maintain purchase records, and reconcile the P-card following corporate requirements.
- •Inspects all maintenance materials and services upon delivery to the Maintenance Department.
- •Assists in ensuring proper plant receiving procedures are followed.
- •Track equipment repair, building repair, or project costs using the SAP system or other available methods and report to management on a routine basis and as requested.
- •In consultation with the respective manager, utilizes current site maintenance personnel to perform work before sourcing external contract services. This may be accomplished by using all maintenance resources from the site to address work anywhere across the site. Provides support in the areas of safety, maintenance, building security, housekeeping, grounds keeping, cost effectiveness, and promotes continuous improvement.
- •Analyzes high maintenance cost centers and in consultation with the respective manager, implements solutions to reduce and improve the cost.
- •Work with vendors to consolidate purchases where cost savings can be derived
- •May manage work to be contracted out by planning the tasks to be completed, developing a scope of work, and contacting contractors for quotations. After review and acceptance of a bid, utilizes the SAP system to create a requisition and will release service entries upon completion of work and receipt of invoices.
- •Plans Routine Maintenance Tasks & Preventative Maintenance Events.
- •Maintain a neat and orderly fashion for all catalogues, bulletins and technical information in the Maintenance Office, including drawings and blue prints, machine manuals, vendor catalogues and all other technical and non-technical information required to be in the Maintenance Department library.
- •Other duties as assigned by manager.
The Skills You Will Bring
- •Four years’ maintenance experience in a manufacturing plant.
- •College and/or related technical courses are preferred.
- •High school diploma or GED.
- •Four years’ experience in the corrugated box industry with heavy experience in electronics preferred.
- •Mechanical, hydraulics, pneumatics, and electricity experience preferred.
- •Demonstrated personnel supervisory skills.
- •Action oriented
- •SAP experience preferred
- •Decision Quality
- •Develops Talent
- •Optimizes Work Processes
- •Organizational Savvy
- •Plan and Aligns
The Benefits You Will Enjoy
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 Lo
