Superintendent-Reliability

Description

Where you will work:

Located on the border of Idaho and Washington, Lewiston provides a host of opportunities for those who love the outdoors including fishing, boating, camping, and skiing. There are several social and civic opportunities to participate in including Boys & Girls Club, Twin County United Way, Lewis Clark Partners Habitat for Humanity, and more. Lewiston is in close proximity to the University of Idaho, Washington State University, and Lewis-Clark State College, as well as several strong K-12 school districts.

What you will do:
Leadership & Management

• Manage site reliability group.
• Provide a positive role model for all mill personnel in the area of safety, quality, and productivity.
• Provide guidance, instruction, and mentoring for the reliability staff.
• Provide periodic feedback to employees in the areas of job knowledge, performance, and development. Provide training, where needed, to improve employee skill sets critical to the success of the business.
• Manage equipment reliability to achieve the lowest maintenance costs for the mill.

Reliability

• Direct reliability prioritization, planning, and execution for the site.
• Prepare facility budgets and maintenance projects between contractors and maintenance.
• Analyze problems and/or trends in mill maintenance and reliability recommending appropriate resolutions to minimize production downtime for all areas of the mill.
• Champion the breakdown analysis process to evaluate major sources of machine downtime and create action plans to improve machine efficiency and reliability.
• Coordinate corporate technology strategies with the information systems shared services group.
• Effectively communicate KPIs weekly and monthly
• Leadership role in the corporate reliability group driving system changes to achieve corporate reliability targets.

Managing through Systems

• Manage through systems: VA, Lube, Tanks, Equipment Precision State, etc.
• Lead reliability improvement efforts.
• Leadership oversight of the PSM mechanical integrity pillar
• Provide monthly reports to measure and follow up on work systems and reliability efforts.
• Effectively communicate scorecard progress reports monthly.
• Support a successful annual outage.

Safety/Environmental/Compliance

• Lead the safety effort for the reliability maintenance and engineering staff.
• Identify safety issues that may arise due to equipment modification.
• Maintain a clean and orderly environment conducive to safe work habits, encourage employee accountability.
• Ensure the mill is compliant with local state and federal rules in the area of maintenance equipment

What you will need:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field required.
• Minimum eight (8) years of experience in paper mill maintenance, engineering, project management, and/or production management required.
• A functional understanding of predictive and preventive maintenance programs, work order systems, and world-class maintenance systems is desired.
• Previous experience using a Computer Maintenance Management system preferred (e.g., JD Edwards).
• Must possess analytical troubleshooting skills.
• Must have good verbal and written communication skills.
• Continuous improvement/lean manufacturing experience preferred.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Demonstrated ability to foster Continuous Improvement.
• On-call and available to work unscheduled hours as needed by the business
• Hot, dusty, humid, noisy mill environment.
• Able to safely move on and around equipment and mill property.
• Some travel, both day trips and overnight stays, is required.
• Must be able to wear required personal protective equipment in an industrial environment.

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