Maintenance Manager

Description & Requirements

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE : SW) is a global leader in sustainable paper and packaging solutions. We are materials scientists, packaging designers, mechanical engineers and manufacturing experts with a shared purpose : Innovate Boldly.

Package Sustainably. Guided by our values of integrity, respect, accountability and excellence, we use leading science and technology to move fiber-based packaging forward.

Maintenance Manager - Glendale, AZ

The Opportunity :

The Maintenance Manager is responsible for providing expertise and leadership to the service and maintenance staff while ensuring the safe maintenance, repair or replacement of WestRock’s plant assets.

The Maintenance Manager is also responsible for driving continuous improvement of plant operations to enable efficient, high-quality production of customer products.

How you will impact Smurfit WestRock :

Business Excellence

• Provide strategic leadership on maintenance operations to ensure maximum production
• Develop and implement the short- and long-term maintenance strategy to enable operating efficiency in alignment with WestRock’s values
• Create Maintenance Department safety goals and plan to ensure a safe work environment
• Create an effective Plant Maintenance Program using industry best practices to maximize equipment reliability and uptime
• Supervise and inspect maintenance work to ensure the most effective, efficient and up-to-date technology and preferred maintenance practices are implemented by craftsmen
• Manage and analyze maintenance department KPIs to assess operating efficiency and identify opportunities to drive performance excellence
• Monitor and communicate departmental performance in Safety, Environmental, Reliability, and Cost effectiveness
• Provide guidance in the development of the maintenance business plan and forecasts
• Lead maintenance staff to exceed industry standards and set new industry uptime and reliability standards
• Serve as a member of the Plant Leadership Team to align on Plant goals and standards and collaborate on organizational effectiveness
• Negotiate using win-win strategies on behalf of WestRock with the Labor Union representatives on contract issues

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 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 :

• Required : 10 - 15 years of experience in industrial maintenance
• Preferred : 5 + years of experience in maintenance management

Education :

• Required : 2-year technical degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Industrial Engineering
• Preferred : Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and / or Mechanical Engineering

Smurfit Westrock is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to create and maintain a diverse workforce where everyone feels valued, respected, and included.

Smurfit Westrock does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.