Maintenance Superintendent

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Maintenance Superintendent to join our Containerboard mill in Toledo, Oregon. The Maintenance Superintendent is responsible for planning, directing, and guiding the business goals, plans, and processes for the maintenance department. This leader will use knowledge to develop and carry out objectives, solve problems, and be able to respond to short-term as well as long term department mill goals. 

The successful candidate will provide leadership and direction to the maintenance department to ensure the mill maintenance team is meeting the objectives in safety, reliability, quality, cost, and customer service. The candidate will lead and support preventative maintenance programs and provide technical support for troubleshooting to minimize downtime and maximize process efficiencies. As well as help employees understand who their customers are and how their work directly impacts spending and mill profits/loses. The Maintenance Superintendent will provide leadership through the application of Koch’s Principle Based Management® (PBM®) philosophy to achieve superior results. 

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific Toledo is a producer of brown paper used to make cardboard and is a leader in recycling in the Northwest. The Toledo Mill is located within a 10-minute drive to the Pacific Ocean. Many outdoor activities are available near the mill including fishing, hiking, mountain biking, kayaking, and boating. 

What You Will Do

• Be a safety steward to prioritize employees’ health and safety
• Design and implement long-term continuous improvement applications and systems to enhance mechanical reliability
• Partner closely with Operating Area team to advance mill results
• Accountable for employee and organizational development plans and people management strategies
• Responsible for the safe, compliant, and effective execution of maintenance work by exhibiting strong leadership skills to motivate and develop a team of salaried and hourly employees to continuously improve performance of the individual employees and overall business
• Demonstrate functional leadership skills to engage a workforce with a diverse background of knowledge & experience
• Demonstrate strong functional knowledge of maintaining equipment used in the paper manufacturing process
• Assist in identifying standards and training requirements for the organization
• Ensure the reliability and availability of equipment throughout the facility through effective equipment strategies to prevent and resolve equipment failures
• Responsible for adhering to the Asset Maintenance Work Process

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Five (5) or more years of management experience in an industrial, manufacturing/production operations or military environment
• Three (3) or more years of work experience in a maintenance supervisory position with responsibility for direct reports

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering OR Technical Certifications
• Experience in the Pulp and Paper industry
• Experience supervising in a union environment
• Industrial electrical experience
• Experience with repairing/troubleshooting mechanical equipment in a Pulp/Paper Mill

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Who We Are

As a Koch company and leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 300,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered