Superintendent-Reliability

Where you will work:

The Lewiston mill is the original Clearwater Paper manufacturing facility, producing paperboard products, and boasting over 700 talented employees. Approximately two hours away from Clearwater Paper’s headquarters in Spokane, Washington, the Lewiston paper mill is a key component in Clearwater Paper’s business strategy. 

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. Clearwater Paper values involvement with the community and the partnerships created as a result. 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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Clearwater Paper does not offer sponsorship for employment-based visa status (including, but not limited to, H-1B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position.  Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require Clearwater Paper's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.