Sawmill Maintenance Manager

Summary: The Maintenance Supervisor directs maintenance personnel and coordinates preventive, corrective, and emergency maintenance activities to support safe, reliable, and efficient plant operations. This role oversees shop operations, equipment repairs, maintenance planning, regulatory compliance, staff training, documentation, and coordination with plant management and outside service providers.

Safety-Sensitive Position: The Company considers this job position to be safety-sensitive in nature based on the position’s job duties and responsibilities and/or the work environment and conditions that the job is performed in or under. This position requires performance of job duties and responsibilities that could result in a risk or direct threat of immediate injury or harm to the employee and his/her co-workers, or others.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Safety and Compliance: Maintains safe maintenance shop operations in compliance with company policies and applicable OSHA and EPA rules and regulations.

• Uses shop tools and equipment correctly and safely and instructs staff on the safe use of tools and equipment.
• Ensures proper storage and disposal of petroleum products and other regulated materials used in maintenance operations.
• Maintenance Planning and Execution: Confers with the Sawmill Manager to schedule equipment release for inspection, service, or repair.
• Enforces established inspection, maintenance, and repair procedures for sawmill-related equipment; schedules repairs; assigns and directs service and repair personnel; and follows up on repair completion.
• Plans and organizes maintenance work areas to improve efficiency, productivity, housekeeping, and tool and equipment organization.
• Performs routine, preventive, and corrective maintenance and repairs on plant equipment as needed.
• Responds to plant maintenance emergencies as needed.
• Coordination and Resources: Coordinates the purchase of supplies, tools, machinery, and repair materials with management.
• Consults with operating and service personnel regarding equipment replacement needs.
• Coordinates outside repair services when work cannot be performed in-house.
• Documentation and Reporting: Investigates and evaluates the cause and extent of damage to equipment involved in incidents or accidents.
• Completes maintenance reports, work orders, repair orders, manuals, and related paperwork accurately and on time; provides daily activity updates to the Plant Manager.
• Supervision and Training: Trains and advises staff on maintenance diagnostic procedures, equipment use, safe work practices, and repair methods.
• Assists with maintenance and repair of plant facilities and associated equipment, including coordination of contracted maintenance when required.

Supervisory Responsibilities:                                             

• Directly supervises Maintenance Mechanic employees in the Maintenance Department. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Competency:

• To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Safety Leadership: Observes and enforces safety and security procedures, reports unsafe conditions, and ensures proper use of tools, equipment, and materials.

• Problem Solving and Judgment: Identifies issues, gathers and analyzes information, develops practical solutions, makes timely decisions, and responds effectively under pressure.
• Supervision and Communication: Delegates tasks, sets clear expectations, provides feedback, trains employees, clarifies information, communicates progress, and shares technical expertise.
• Quality and Productivity: Plans and prioritizes work, uses time and resources efficiently, promotes accuracy and thoroughness, and looks for ways to improve maintenance processes and equipment reliability.
• Integrity and Accountability: Works ethically, maintains confidentiality, follows policies and procedures, completes administrative tasks accurately and on time, and upholds organizational values.
• Adaptability: Manages competing demands, responds to changing priorities, and remains resourceful when dealing with delays, emergencies, or unexpected events.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:                                            

Associate degree or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school, plus five years of industrial, plant, sawmill, or equipment maintenance experience and three years of maintenance supervisory experience; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Language Skills:                                           

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.  Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.  Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Mathematical Skills:                                                

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, proportions, percentages, area, weight, and volume.  Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Reasoning Ability:                                                   

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. The ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Computer Skills:                                                      

Must be able to become proficient in the use of maintenance computer software and internal reporting systems.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

Preferred experience or training in welding, electrical systems, plumbing, industrial maintenance, or related maintenance trades.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit. The employee must occasionally lift and /or move up to 50 pounds. Team lifting is required above 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral.

Benefits: 

We are proud to offer a competitive benefit package which includes the following:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Supplemental policies
• Short Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• 401k with company match
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Holidays
• and more! 

Apply today to learn more about our state-of-the-art sawmill and join our incredible team!