Mechanical Maintenance Superintendent
Smurfit Westrock · West Point, VA
- Level
- Supervisor
- Team
- Reliability
- Degree
- Required
- Industry
- Packaging
- Posted
- 2 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A supervisor reliability role at Smurfit Westrock (packaging) in West Point, VA. Support a 24/7 manufacturing operation.
- They ask for
- degree required
- Tools it names
- Root cause, Welding, EHS / safety
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
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How this role compares
Against 68 other live reliability postings in Virginia.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Typical $70k–$101k, from 7 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Welding 46%
- ✓ Team leadership 41%
- PLC 29%
- SAP 20%
- ✓ Root cause 20%
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This plant: Smurfit Westrock in West Point
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requirements
and applicable regulations, including OSHA, LOTO, and confined-space requirements.
- ✓Lead the mechanical maintenance organization. Provide direction and leadership across mill mechanical maintenance functions while effectively utilizing resources in a multi-skilled environment.
- ✓Build and develop a strong team. Establish clear expectations, coach and develop employees, reinforce accountability, and support the selection and development of maintenance leaders.
- ✓Drive equipment reliability. Lead continuous improvement efforts that increase equipment availability and reliability while supporting cost-effective maintenance practices.
- ✓Strengthen maintenance work management. Promote disciplined planning, scheduling, prioritization, execution, and follow-up of maintenance work.
- ✓Advance reliability practices. Support preventive and predictive maintenance, Root Cause Analysis, and other reliability processes that identify and eliminate recurring equipment failures.
- ✓Promote precision maintenance. Reinforce precision maintenance principles and quality workmanship to improve equipment performance and service life.
- ✓Lead shutdown and outage execution. Provide leadership for effective shutdown planning and execution, with a focus on safety, coordination, quality, schedule performance, and disciplined execution.
- ✓Manage maintenance costs. Develop and manage the maintenance budget for assigned areas while balancing reliability, operational requirements, and responsible spending.
- ✓Partner across the organization. Work closely with Operations, Engineering, Reliability, Planning, and maintenance supervision to establish priorities, solve problems, and improve mill performance.
- ✓Support equipment troubleshooting. Provide leadership and technical direction during significant equipment issues and ensure failures are appropriately investigated and corrective actions are implemented.
- ✓Support a 24/7 manufacturing operation. Provide leadership during outages, call duty, and other extended-hours situations as required.
Preferred qualifications
- ✓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).
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About west point, va
The West Point Mill is a fully integrated paper manufacturing facility in West Point, Virginia. The mill gives maintenance leaders the opportunity to work with a broad range of complex industrial equipment and processes across Paper Machines, Pulp, Woodyard, and Power and Recovery operations.
West Point offers the feel of a close-knit community within Virginia’s Tidewater region. For the right maintenance leader, this role is an opportunity to lead people, strengthen reliability, improve maintenance execution, and make a visible impact on the mill’s performance.
The opportunity
Smurfit WestRock is seeking a Mechanical Maintenance Superintendent to join the leadership team at our West Point Mill in Virginia.
This position provides leadership and direction for mechanical maintenance across the mill, including the Paper Machines, Power and Recovery, Woodyard, and Pulp Mill areas. The Mechanical Maintenance Superintendent will play an important role in improving safety, equipment reliability and availability, maintenance execution, workforce capability, and cost performance.
The successful candidate will be a strong, visible leader who can build effective teams, establish clear expectations, develop people, drive accountability, and work closely with Operations, Engineering, Reliability, Planning, and Maintenance to continuously improve mill performance.
How you will impact smurfit westrock
- •Lead with safety. Promote a strong safety culture and ensure maintenance activities are performed in accordance with mill
To succeed
- •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 applicable 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 (vibration analysis, infrared thermography, oil analysis, laser alignment).