Maintenance Superintendent in The Pas

As the Maintenance Superintendent, you will play a crucial role in promoting and managing safe work practices, implementing reliability-centered maintenance programs, and providing leadership to maintenance, planners, and supervisory teams. Your focus will be on minimizing downtime, enhancing production capability, and ensuring maintenance excellence.

The Pas

Closes: 2026-12-31

Responsibilities

• Deliver effective maintenance support to the operation.
• Implement Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), Defection Elimination, Planning, Scheduling, Project Management, and Risk-Based Management.
• Manage predictive/preventative maintenance programs.
• Select potential candidates for vacant positions in the maintenance department.
• Prepare cost estimates, feasibility studies, and reports.
• Manage monthly maintenance outages.

Operational Responsibilities

• Ensure predictive/preventative maintenance procedures meet quality standards.
• Minimize equipment downtime through effective work planning and scheduling.
• Exercise budgetary responsibility within the area of expertise.
• Provide leadership in the development of professional and technical staff.
• Develop programs to ensure a high level of equipment reliability and availability.
• Maintain accurate and complete maintenance records.
• Oversee health, safety, and environmental protection practices.
• Participate in or facilitate Defect Elimination through Root Cause Failure Analysis and Reliability Centered Maintenance.

Supervisory Responsibility

• Directly supervise Maintenance Supervisors/Planners.
• Implement performance management systems.
• Administer the progressive discipline system.
• Supervise maintenance trades, planners, and supervisors.
• Oversee contractor activities.

Leadership

• Provide support, guidance, mentoring, and training to staff.
• Achieve desired results while balancing the needs of the company, group, and individuals.

Financial

• Participate in preparing annual operating budgets.
• Provide input in Major Maintenance and Capital Expenditure planning for operations.

Communication

• Establish and maintain efficient two-way communication with company employees and outside resources.

Qualifications

• University Degree in Engineering or Engineering Technologist Diploma or Trade Qualification with equivalent experience - Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Maintenance Management, or a related field.
• Pulp & Paper experience is as an asset
• Proven experience in maintenance management and implementation of RCM strategies.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to deliver results on time and within budget.
• Experience in managing predictive/preventative maintenance programs.
• Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to develop and mentor staff.
• Familiarity with health, safety, and environmental protection practices.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Budgetary management experience.
• Knowledge of Major Maintenance and Capital Expenditure planning

Employment Level

Full-time