Area Maintenance Manager

Position Title: 

Area Maintenance Manager

Pay Rate: 

$125,000 - $135,000

Multiple factors, including Individual experience, skills and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range.

Category/Shift: 

Salaried (Exempt) Full-Time 

On-site Position

Physical Location: 

401 Avenue U 

Bogalusa, LA 70427

The Job You Will Perform: 

• Supervise and develop multidisciplinary managers with team members
• Coordinate maintenance work to safely ensure maximum reliability of all equipment, meet financial constraints, utilize trade skills, meet lead times, using the necessary special equipment and repair procedures. 
• Maintain and improve the preventive/predictive maintenance system, provide excellent equipment care, and follow-up to ensure safe, timely and satisfactory completion of corrective maintenance work.   
• Critically and objectively address priorities while scheduling jobs.   
• Participate in maintenance budgeting and department strategic business plan. 
• Inspect repairs/modifications and observe test runs to ensure safe, reliable operations.
• Maintain relationships between reports while strategy planning. 
• Develops relationships of employees using tools such as conflict resolution and change management.  

The Qualifications, Skills and Knowledge You Will Bring: 

• Bachelors (Engineering Preferred) or 5+ years of industrial, maintenance, or industrial maintenance experience. 
• Paper Mill experience and process knowledge.
• Mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation system experience.
• Demonstrated commitment and priority of safety 
• Ability to be flexible by being open to other ideas, valuing the strengths of others, shows compassion, and is a positive advocate of others.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities to meet both internal and external customer needs.
• Exhibit effective problem-solving skills. 5 Whys or RCFA training or experience.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Pro-active in follow-up and resolution of issues with accountability of self and reports.
• Makes good decisions in a timely manner based upon a mixture of analysis, experience, and judgment.
• Proficient in Microsoft 365 Products, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, SharePoint, Teams, SAP, TRAKS, etc. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+ years of progressive experience in Engineering, Operations, Technical or Maintenance.
• Previous leadership experience in Maintenance or Process Manager.
• Maintenance job planning experience.
• Understands complex safety systems (ZES, Confined Space, Hotwork, etc.)