Title:  Maintenance Supervisor

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At Graphic Packaging International, we produce the paper cup that held your coffee this morning, the basket that transported those bottles of craft beer you enjoyed last weekend, and the microwave tray that heated your gourmet meal last night. We’re one of the largest manufacturers of paperboard and paper-based packaging for some of the world’s most recognized brands of food, beverage, foodservice, household, personal care and pet products. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, we are collaborative, diverse, innovative individuals who create inspired packaging while giving back to our communities. 

With over 25,000 employees working in more than 130 locations worldwide, we strive to be environmentally responsible in our industry and in the communities where we operate. We are committed to workplace diversity and offer compensation and benefits programs that are among the industry’s best to reward the talented people who make our company successful.

If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of, we’d love to hear from you.

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POSITION SCOPE:

This is a supervisor level position requiring strong supervisory, communication, and mechanical skills with the ability to lead a team of mechanical technicians. This position is responsible for overseeing and leading maintenance team of approximately 15 hourly personnel within the facility in a safe and efficient manner while ensuring minimal downtime. This position will work closely with Operations to provide maximum facility support.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• This position requires intimate knowledge of mechanical maintenance practices to produce, modify, or repair parts to maintain industrial machines. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, managing preventive maintenance, repair maintenance activities, equipment inspections, lubrication of equipment, and precision maintenance.
• A flexible attitude and ability to work closely with others.
• Familiar with preventive and predictive maintenance concepts/technologies
• Familiar with work management and maintenance management processes and the ability to work within that framework.
• Able to read/interpret blueprints and be knowledgeable in the principles and application of precision tools, measurement tools, rigging, and welding.
• Capability of working in a physically intense environment. Ability to lift up to 50 pounds. This position requires frequent standing, walking, bending, stooping, crouching, reaching, grasping, and climbing.

POSITION SPECIFICATIONS:

• Relentless commitment to safety and quality
• Directs work assignments for approximately fifteen (15) hourly General Maintenance personnel.
• Coordinates with Maintenance Planners and Operations to ensure that all preventive maintenance activities are scheduled and completed.
• Good communication skills, the ability to prioritize and assign resources in a fast-moving environment.
• Initiates work orders and ensure work is performed in a safe manner.
• Attends daily maintenance planning and coordination meetings to help prioritize scheduled work and efficiently handle “break-in” work as necessary.
• Provides technical assistance and creative thinking during planning and coordination meetings to deliver the most cost-effective solutions to mechanical and instrumentation issues.
• Prioritizes work to be performed by the General Mechanics; consulting with Reliability/Planning Engineers on work to be contracted to outside services and manages such work.
• Works with reliability group to ensure that downtime preventive maintenance programs or permanent mechanical equipment modifications are put in place to address the “root cause(s)” of downtime and quality issues.
• Schedules work assignments, vacations, and address other personnel issues for maintenance personnel.  
• Assists in development and execution of the outage planning strategies.
• Collaborates with operators to understand operational issues as well as process and equipment opportunities.
• Mentor and coach and help develop technical mastery of operations/maintenance personnel on fundamentals, skill development, scheduling, an all aspects of maintenance.
• Foster employee engagement initiatives.
• Encourage a behavior-based crew lead safety process.
• Liaison with other departments to optimize mill production and alignment of maintenance management system with all improvement initiatives.
• Ensure the training program for operators is current and appropriate training goals are on target.
• Promote ISO standards throughout department.
• Administer and implement Labor relations (CBA) through consultation with the Human Resource.
• Provide leadership with the implementation of problem-solving strategies and execution of key performance objectives in the department.
• Sponsor employee ownership with operators to assure continuity in reaching common production goals.
• Create, implement, and monitor local KPI’s for department. 
• Maintenance on call rotation

Desired Background:

• Skilled in the utilization of Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), preferably SAP.
• Strong multi-tasking skills, the ability to work independently to drive results, and the ability to meet deadlines on a continuous basis.
• Skilled in Microsoft Project, Excel and Word.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to estimate man-hours and costs for maintenance work. Good project management abilities.
• Strong team player and communicator.
• A desire to continuously learn and update skills.
• 10-15 year’s mechanical maintenance experience in pulp/paper mill preferred.
• Demonstrated experience with Reliability Centered Maintenance (Preventive and Predictive Maintenance) Programs.

Education:

• High school diploma or GED required at a minimum, journeyperson certification or degree preferred.

Graphic Packaging is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All candidates will be evaluated on the basis of their qualifications for the job in question. We do not base our employment decision on an employee's or applicant's race, color, religion, age, gender or sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic identity, genetic information, disability, veteran/military status or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law.

We offer compensation and benefit programs that are among the best in the industry. With competitive base salaries, 401(k) plans and benefits offerings, we strive to reward talented people who make our company successful

Pay Range:   $86,250.00 - $115,000.00

Graphic Packaging is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All candidates will be evaluated on the basis of their qualifications for the job in question. We do not base our employment decision on an employee's or applicant's race, color, religion, age, gender or sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic identity, genetic information, disability, veteran/military status or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. Click here to view the Poster, EEO is the Law.

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