We're looking for an Area Maintenance Systems Leader to join our paper machine team at the Cloquet Mill. This position plays a key role in ensuring safety, reliability, and performance across Paper Manufacturing. As a core member of the team, you'll lead maintenance strategies, support production goals, and drive continuous improvement in a high-impact environment.
Key Responsibilities:- Champion a Safety First culture by leading through example and engaging the team in safety initiatives.
- Serve as the primary liaison between paper machine operations, Maintenance, and Contractors, owning the asset care strategy and maintenance coordination for the equipment and infrastructure of the utilities department.
- Prioritize daily work, taking into consideration risk, budget and operational needs. Collaborate with maintenance stakeholders to ensure the mill work management system processes are followed.
- Lead the coordination of minor maintenance outages. Support major outage activities.
- Oversee the department's maintenance budget, including forecasting, tracking, and cost control.
- Lead reliability improvement initiatives aimed at increasing uptime, reducing variability, and lowering costs.
- Troubleshoot and resolve equipment, process, and quality issues.
- Implement and optimize preventive and reliability-based maintenance practices.
- Support capital projects, process improvements, and team development activities.
- Provide leadership and coaching to maintenance and operational teams to build technical and leadership capability.
Qualifications:- Strong experience with and knowledge of paper machine operations and maintenance.
- Experience managing contractors, from scope development through execution and final invoicing.
- Familiarity with maintenance systems-planning, scheduling, lockout/tagout, and backlog management.
- Supervisory or team leadership experience preferred.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (especially Excel), PI systems, and CMMS platforms (SAP preferred).
- Background in preventive and predictive maintenance strategies to enhance equipment reliability.
- Budgeting, cost forecasting, and project management experience.
- Excellent communication, organizational, and team-building skills.
Salary is determined by a number of factors including the value of the job to the organization, market forces, internal equity and skills brought to the job.
HR Contact for Questions:Name: Danna Dahn
Email:
[email protected] Telephone number: 218-879-2393
