We are seeking a motivated and people-focused Electrical Supervisor to lead a team of approximately 20 union electricians at our Longview Lumber facility, one of the largest and most productive lumber manufacturing operations in the company. This leader will play a critical role in ensuring employee safety, improving equipment reliability, developing electrical talent, and maintaining consistency in maintenance and troubleshooting practices.

Located in Southwest Washington, the Longview area offers an exceptional quality of life with access to world-class outdoor recreation, including fishing, hunting, hiking, camping, boating, skiing, and mountain biking. Residents enjoy a lower cost of living than many major metropolitan areas while remaining just 45 minutes from Portland, Oregon, providing convenient access to professional sports, major airports, arts, dining, and entertainment.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide direct leadership, coaching, and development for a team of union electricians and apprentices.
• Championing a strong safety culture by ensuring safe work practices, hazard identification, risk assessment, and compliance with site standards.
• Support mill reliability by driving effective maintenance execution, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and defect elimination.
• Partner with Operations, Reliability, Planning, and Engineering teams to improve equipment performance and availability.
• Establish and reinforce standards for troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, work quality, and communication between crews and shifts.
• Lead training and workforce development efforts to build technical capability and succession strength within the electrical organization.
• Support planning and scheduling processes to ensure maintenance resources are aligned with business priorities.
• Utilize SAP CMMS, maintenance metrics, and reliability tools to prioritize work and improve overall effectiveness.
• Promote teamwork, accountability, and continuous improvement while fostering positive labor-management relationships.

This position is primarily a day-shift leadership role and will typically include one weekend day as part of the regular work schedule (e.g., Wednesday - Saturday). As a leader in a manufacturing environment, the Electrical Supervisor is expected to maintain regular visibility across all shifts to support safety, employee development, troubleshooting, communication, and consistent execution of maintenance standards. Schedule flexibility is occasionally required to support planned outages, critical equipment issues, and business needs.

Qualifications

• Journeyman Electrician, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Technology degree, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Previous leadership, supervisory, or lead-person experience in an industrial manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of industrial electrical systems, PLCs, drives, motor controls, instrumentation, power distribution, and automation systems.
• Demonstrated troubleshooting, problem-solving, and root cause analysis skills.
• Experience with maintenance planning, scheduling, and CMMS systems (SAP preferred).
• Excellent communication, coaching, and team-building abilities.
• Ability to lead with professionalism, consistency, and respect in a union manufacturing environment.
• Commitment to employee development, safety excellence, and continuous improvement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading an hourly workforce in a union environment.
• Five or more years of leadership experience.
• Experience with UKG.

This position is designated by WY as a safety-sensitive position. Please be advised that due to the designation of this position as safety-sensitive, you will be subject to pre-employment testing for cannabis and its metabolites.

What We Offer...

Compensation: This role is eligible for our annual merit-increase program, and we are targeting a salary range of $82,000 - $123,000 based on your level of skills, qualifications and experience. You will also be eligible for our Annual Incentive Program, which offers a cash bonus targeting 7% of base pay. Potential plan funding may range from zero to two times that target.

Benefits: When you join our team, you and your dependents will be offered coverage under our comprehensive employee benefits plan, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, and life insurance. We offer a pre-tax Health Savings Account option which includes a company contribution. Other benefit options are also available such as voluntary Long-Term Care and Employee Assistance Programs. We also support personal volunteerism, sponsor a host of diversity networks, promote mentoring, and provide training and development opportunities to help you chart your path to a fulfilling career.

Retirement: Employees are able to enroll in our company's 401k plan, which includes a paid company match in addition to our annual contribution equal to 5% of your base salary.

Paid Time Off or Vacation: We provide eligible employees who are scheduled to work 25 hours or more per week with 3-weeks of paid vacation to use during your first year of employment. We also recognize eleven paid holidays per year, providing a total of 88 holiday hours