Maintenance Superintendent (Maintenance Team Lead)

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Georgia-Pacific's Consumer Products Division is hiring two Maintenance Superintendents (Maintenance Team Leads) for the Muskogee Paper Mill in Oklahoma-one for Converting and one for Facilities & Infrastructure. These team leaders will report directly to the Mill Maintenance Leader and be responsible for both salaried maintenance leadership and non-union hourly maintenance teams.

• Converting Maintenance Team Lead manages maintenance and reliability for equipment like calenders, winders, and reelers, oversees supervisors, and coordinates preventive and corrective activities to maximize uptime and safety. They analyze downtime, optimize schedules, work with operations and engineering on improvements, and train and mentor team members to build skills and promote safety.
• The Facilities & Infrastructure Maintenance Team Lead maintains the mill's buildings, utilities, HVAC systems, roads, and supporting structures. They plan and prioritize maintenance, ensure safety and regulatory compliance, and manage capital projects, while also training and developing their team for technical growth and safety culture.

Our Team

For over 50 years, the Muskogee Paper Mill has been a major part of the economic lifeblood of the region. With more than 700 employees, across more than 600 acres, Muskogee strives to lead the tissue, towel, and napkin business. Our team recently invested more than $50 million to grow our brands and continue to serve our loyal consumers with the great quality they have come to expect.

Learn more by visiting our consumer products homepage.

What You Will Do

• Direct, mentor, and develop the maintenance team, setting clear goals and expectations to align with plant objectives.
• Oversee the implementation and optimization of preventive and predictive maintenance programs to minimize equipment downtime.
• Manage resources, including manpower, budget, tools, and spare parts inventory, ensuring efficient utilization to support maintenance operations.
• Ensure compliance with safety regulations, environmental standards, and company policies while driving a culture of safety and accountability.
• Monitor and analyze equipment performance metrics, identifying opportunities for reliability improvements and cost savings.
• Lead maintenance-related capital projects, including equipment upgrades, installations, and modifications.
• Drive Lean Manufacturing initiatives and maintenance best practices, incorporating tools such as 5S, Kaizen, and TPM to improve efficiency and reduce waste.
• Actively address equipment issues using structured methodologies (e.g., root cause analysis, 5-Why, FMEA) to identify and resolve recurring problems.
• Ensure the team is prepared to respond effectively to emergencies, unplanned outages, or critical breakdowns to minimize production disruptions.
• Manage relationships with external service providers and suppliers to ensure timely delivery of services and parts.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Maintenance supervisory experience in a manufacturing or industrial setting, including responsibility for managing direct reports.
• Experience implementing precision maintenance strategies across multiple departments.
• Experience with CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management Systems).
• Background in one or more of the following areas:
  
  

• Facilities/Infrastructure: Experience managing the maintenance and reliability of site facilities, building systems (HVAC, electrical, plumbing), utilities distribution, structural integrity, grounds, and capital improvement projects, etc.

• Converting: Background in maintaining and optimizing finishing operations including calenders, reelers, winders, sheeters, wrapping, handling systems, etc. within high-speed manufacturing environments. Industries outside of paper are acceptable.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Certificate or Degree in a maintenance skilled trade, engineering or related field.
• Experience with OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) and Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP).
• Pulp & Paper Experience

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Hiring Philosophy

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Who We Are

As a Koch company and leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 300,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day - to make everyday products even better.

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Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

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