Reporting to the Mill Manager, the Maintenance Manager is responsible and accountable for providing strategic leadership for all aspects of the Maintenance Department and team, including Maintenance, Reliability and E/I/Controls. As a member of the Mill leadership team, you will be responsible for developing short, intermediate, and long-term strategies for improving the critical elements of the maintenance operations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure the safe, efficient, and cost-effective management of the overall maintenance and reliability processes and activities to maximize equipment reliability and assets preservation.
- Ensure that all maintenance work (planned and unplanned) is implemented on time, on budget and meets the stated objectives.
- Lead Preventive, Predictive and Reliable Manufacturing Processes which follow the One Domtar Standards. Participate in the One Domtar Reliability Functional Team to support continuous improvement of the One Domtar Standards.
- Lead and develop the Maintenance and Reliability teams; Ensure that the Maintenance department continuously collaborates with the Operating departments.
- Manage/control maintenance cost to achieve target results while ensuring budgets are prepared, met and variances explained with appropriate action taken as required
- Manage the Mill’s CMMS optimizing spare parts/materials inventory and maintenance work to minimize unplanned downtime and operating cost as well as ensuring the MRO inventory meets proper Working Capital standards as defined by Domtar.
- Lead the continuous improvement of key performance indicators to increase asset life and department budget cost effectiveness
- Lead and perform necessary root cause analysis on asset failures and implement identified actions to improve manufacturing reliability
- Demonstrate success in leading change and driving improvement
- Be accountable for all Mill asset outcomes
Required Qualifications
- Incumbent must possess an Engineering degree or equivalent experience leading maintenance and reliability improvement in an industrial environment managing personnel, safety, costs, reliability and continuous improvement or a minimum of 15 years of successful maintenance management/leadership in a complex manufacturing environment
Preferred Qualifications
- A minimum of 15 years of related industry experience in increasingly responsible maintenance management/leadership positions
Critical Competencies for Success
- Well-developed and demonstrated leadership skills in a unionized environment
- Demonstrated experience as a change agent
- Strong technical knowledge of pulp and paper making process
- Demonstrated success implementing & optimizing reliability maintenance systems and processes
- Knowledge of electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and facility systems
- Proven leadership skills that include ability to coach and develop team members to a higher level of performance (salaried and hourly), ability to work in a team environment actively promoting collaboration, teamwork and effective conflict resolution
- Demonstrated planning, organizing and problem-solving skills with ability to manage multiple priorities and projects concurrently; experience developing and managing budgets to maximize asset reliability
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, as well as highly developed interpersonal skills
