Superintendent Maintenance

Seeking a high-quality Maintenance Superintendent at the Fremont Division.

Reporting to the Operations Manager, the Maintenance Facilities Superintendent will have primary responsibility for:

• Managing three shifts of maintenance personnel, including but not limited to scheduling the shifts, reviewing maintenance personnel performance, assisting the HR manager and Operations Manager in hiring new personnel, determining appropriate staffing levels, and assigning maintenance tasks to qualified personnel.
• Overseeing the Limble CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) work order and preventive maintenance system and making sure that work orders are appropriately prioritized, assigned, and completed.
• Manage all projects in the plant related to plant equipment installations, overhauls, or large upgrades of existing equipment. Ensure projects are planned, adequately staffed and completed on time.
• Working with operations to schedule preventive maintenance items requiring machine down time to complete. Ideally, when a machine goes down unexpectedly, the Facilities Superintendent will make sure that all associated PMs are completed before turning the machine back over to production.
• Working with Production to ensure that breakdowns are correctly diagnosed and repaired and that when the machine is repaired, there is a maintenance turnover to the production crew explaining what the problem was, what maintenance did to rectify and what to watch for/do in the future to prevent the breakdown.
• Work with corporate engineering on various projects in the plant.
• Work with the Parts Coordinator to make sure that MRO inventories are appropriate.
• Work with outside contractors to schedule various machine audits throughout the year and work with the outside contractors to make sure that we have contracts in place, safety training complete, insurance updated and supervise the work being performed to make sure it is completed to the terms of the contract/statement of work we negotiated with the contractor.
• Identify training opportunities for maintenance personnel and develop individual training plans to include machine updates, latest technologies, tools, and troubleshooting techniques.

The Maintenance Facilities Superintendent will be a member of the Division Management Team and will be responsible for relaying and ensuring that Divisional policies are implemented throughout maintenance. The Facilities Superintendent will be expected to maintain and develop departmental measurements aligned to the overall divisional strategy and vision and communicate them to the division management team.

In addition to a full complement of leadership skills - including the ability to lead teams in a union environment - it is also important for the Facilities Superintendent to bring knowledge of maintenance planning and scheduling and personnel development. The candidate should be able to communicate effectively with seasoned maintenance professionals. Incorporating continuous improvement processes and best practices.

• Has the credibility to work with other departments to achieve the Fremont Division visions and strategies by motivating, inspiring and gaining commitment for a course of action that achieves results.
• A developer of people who sets an example for others by leading with absolute integrity and strong values.
• The ability to effectively work with various operating groups meeting their needs while always focusing on the overall improvement of a solid operational system.

• Superior verbal and written communication skills and the ability to effectively deliver and reinforce consistent messages at all levels.
• The ability to communicate departmental needs clearly and effectively and goals up and down the organization.

• Provide leadership to maintain and improve safe working conditions and maintaining good housekeeping practices.
• Effectively develop and manage multi-area budgets.
• Identify short- and long-range needs, prioritize these needs and develop a plan to meet these needs.

• A Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field. Experience in lieu of a degree may be considered.
• A PE license is preferred.
• Thorough knowledge of pneumatic, hydraulic, electro-mechanical and other automation devices required.
• Ability to read plans, prints, sketches and use those to direct fabrication or repair.
• Current repair and maintenance (machine mechanical / electrical / hydraulics) skills required. While qualified candidates may come from outside the paper industry, it is expected that they will have similar experience in a highly automated process manufacturing environment and be accustomed to large-scale production in a commodity driven low-cost business.
• Ability to perform preventive maintenance inspection (PM) diagnosis, repair, and rebuild major equipment/components including but not limited to balers, conveyors, hydraulic power packs, diverters, compressors, motors, glass breakers, fans, pumps, forklifts, and building equipment.
• Ability to lead others by communicating effectively with team members (bilingual is a plus).
• Strong analytical and technical skills.

• Teamwork and problem-solving skills are a must. While expertise in all aspects of maintenance excellence and engineering life cycle design is critical, it is equally important that the successful candidate have a proven record of being able to solve problems and implement corrective actions in areas that he/she has no previous experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing projects on time and under budget.
• May require a flexible schedule. Candidate should be able to work overtime, odd and unscheduled hours as required and share on-call duties.
• Ability to lift up to 40lbs.
• Ability to stand, bend or kneel for long and short periods of time.

In addition to a competitive wage, the selected candidate will enjoy a comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, prescription drug, wellness programs, STD, LTD, life insurance, company matching 401(k) and pension. Green Bay Packaging benefits may vary by position or division.