General InformationJob ID ATR66030
Posting Job Title Maintenance Superintendent
Locations AL Mahrt
Employment Type Full Time
Date Posted 14-Aug-2026
Relocation Support Yes
Position: Maintenance Superintendent
Job Code: MOMNM4 + Mgr II, Maintenance
Location: Cottonton, AL
The Opportunity:The Maintenance Superintendent is responsible for the overall safety, environmental quality, productivity and cost management of the maintenance effort in their assigned area. Key areas of responsibility include KPI monitoring & management, management and adherence to the Work Management Process, management of shutdowns, maintenance cost analysis & improvement plans, 5-year major maintenance & capital planning, and overall maintenance and reliability improvement plans. This position reports to the maintenance manager.
How you will impact Smurfit Westrock:Major Job Responsibilities: Business Excellence
- Support and drive accident prevention and environmental excellence.
- Ensure all maintenance activities are conducted in a safe and environmentally sound manner while adhering to all company policies and procedures.
- Participate in and promote continuous improvement.
- Responsible for keeping maintenance personnel abreast of advancing technology in diagnostic techniques, repair procedures and preventative measures to assure optimum performance at minimum cost.
- Provide leadership and coaching where necessary regarding all planning, scheduling and execution of routine and shutdown maintenance work within the assigned work area.
- Provide leadership and support to drive development of detailed asset strategies for improved asset reliability.
- Ensure Root Cause Failure Analysis and/or troubleshooting procedures to solve repetitive equipment problems is being utilized.
- Drive improved productivity, quality of work, and cost control in area of responsibility.
- Monthly material and labor cost forecasting.
- Annual budgeting process, forecasting, and cost reporting functions.
- Participate and utilize various improvement or benchmarking projects as required.
- Ensure adherence to the established work management process.
- Support Maintenance Management with cost analysis & improvement plans
- Develop and maintain five (5) year maintenance and capital improvement plans.
- Assist with onboarding, training, and mentoring of new maintenance personnel on various maintenance systems.
- Communicate and review Maintenance performance metrics and KPI's with Maintenance and Operational personnel on a regular basis to improve understanding and to drive improved productivity and efficiencies.
- Responsible for the appraisals of performance of all Maintenance personnel.
- Ensure adherence to maintenance standards and procedures.
- Hold maintenance and contractor team accountable for precision installations and precision alignments
People and Culture
- Ensure a safe work environment and adherence to all corporate, state and federal safety, health and environmental policies, procedures and regulations by all maintenance staff
- Foster a culture of care that promotes active participation and buy-in for safety and maintenance reliability from craftsmen
- Ensure maintenance staff is adequately trained and motivated to achieve departmental objectives in a safe, timely, and cost-effective manner
Critical Skills / Capabilities: - Leadership: Leads and motivates a team of people to achieve performance excellence; ability to read people and situations and adjust approach accordingly; proactively leads and enforces initiatives that drive organizational effectiveness; teaches others how to build trust-based relationships
- Decision-Making: Uses strong problem-solving skills and supporting information to arrive at optimal decisions in an appropriate timeframe; knows when to decide and/or when to seek additional input, and drive for consensus
- Problem-Solving: Applies knowledge to frame, simplify and solve complex issues; focuses on identifying root causes to create solutions in a timely and decisive manner; reconciles conflicting and/or incomplete information to develop solutions
- Strategic Thinking: Develops short and long-term courses of action that support the organization's overall vision and mission; balances business, technical, and operational issues when determining a strategy; identifies problems with current strategies and suggests ways to resolve them; incorporates knowledge of Smurfit Westrock's goals/strategy as well as competitive, customer, supplier, industry, or marketplace trends into strategic plans; capitalizes on opportunities and manages risks
- Communication: Creates and delivers engaging presentations to internal and external audiences; develops new communication strategies and approaches to communicate data, insights, and critical messages resulting in clear understanding
- Negotiation: Takes a lead role in negotiating issues with others in routine or non-complex situations; identifies and removes barriers to agreements; tries multiple strategies/actions to persuade others; discusses/considers alternatives, persuades others toward a specific course of action, and bargains for win-win solutions; provides input into future negotiation processes or strategies
- Conflict Resolution: Anticipates and takes steps to prevent counter-productive confrontations; manages and resolves conflicts and disagreements in a constructive manner
Technical Skills:- Microsoft Office - Excel, Outlook, Productivity Suite
- JDE, PLC / DCS or similar CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System)
Other Qualifications:To perform the duties of the job, this role requires:
- Occasionally ascending/descending stairs
- Occasionally reaching by extending fingers on one hand
- Occasionally reaching by extending one arm
- Occasionally using fingers to grasp with one hand
- Occasionally using fingers to type with one hand
- The spoken exchange of ideas to be performed loudly 25-50% of the time
- The spoken exchange of ideas to be performed quickly 25-50% of the time
- The safe and accurate preparation and analyzing of data and figures, monitoring of a computer terminal, or inspection of small defects or parts
Work Environment:- Frequently works indoors, in an environment that is climate controlled
- Frequently works outdoors in natural environmental conditions (both hot and cold)
- Frequently works indoors in an environment that is not climate controlled and has high temperatures
- Occasionally works indoors in an environment that is not climate controlled and has low temperatures
- The role is occasionally sedentary, which entails sitting or being stationary
- Frequently stands or walks for 1-2 hours at a time
- Occasionally stands or walks for 3-6 hours at a time
- Occasionally stands or walks for more than 6 hours at a time
- Noisy industrial work environment; maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations
What you need to succeed: - Preferred: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering with 5 years' experience or 10 years Operations and/or Maintenance experience in manufacturing.
- Required: 5 years of experience in industrial maintenance
- Preferred: 5 + years of experience in maintenance management
What we offer: - Corporate culture based on integrity, respect, accountability, and excellence.
- Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities.
- An attractive salary reflecting skills, competencies, and potential.
- Benefits package to include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401k with match, tuition reimbursement, employee discounts, employee referral bonus, and much more!
- A career with a global packaging company where Sustainability, Safety and Inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of the daily work.
