Job Description
About Solaris Paper
Solaris Paper is one of the fastest-growing tissue manufacturers in the United States, with production facilities strategically located in California, Oklahoma, and Virginia. As part of Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP), one of the world’s largest integrated paper companies, Solaris benefits from the resources, scale, and global reach of a company whose products serve customers in more than 150 countries. APP’s tissue finished goods division, Tissues International, is recognized as a global leader, offering a diverse portfolio across 18 brands and five categories, produced in 18 converting factories worldwide.
Our Products
Solaris Paper’s product portfolio includes premium bath tissue, paper towels, and facial tissue. Our family of brands includes:
- LoCor® Towel and Tissue with Advanced Dispensing Systems
- Livi® VPG Select and Livi® VPG Towel and Tissue
- FIORA® Consumer Products , one of the fastest-growing towel and tissue brands in North America
Sustainability and supply chain integrity are central to APP’s operations. Learn more about our Sustainability Roadmap Vision 2030 and Forest Conservation Policy at:
About the Role
The Maintenance & Engineering And Manager is responsiblefor maintenance, repair or replacement of plant equipment and systems to ensure maximum production of quantity and quality, while supporting the policies, goals and objectives of the company
Key Responsibilities
- Participate in objective setting, plan development and performance review of plant performance.
- Establish a high performance multifunction maintenance team to support 24/7 converting operations.
- Provide direction and coordination for maintenance crew to minimize equipment downtime.
- Incorporate 5S thinking at the actual work sites (area orderly while working, no “extra” parts left lying around afterwards).
- Support facility ISO initiatives as needed including documentation of key maintenance SOP’s, management of calibration of critical control devises, and preventative maintenance.
- Establish TPM practices to move maintenance from reactive to predictive and train staff on TPM practices.
- Organize, plan and supervise day to day maintenance and facility activities as well as assigned projects.
- Initiates, implements, and manages the plant maintenance program based on best practices, with an emphasis on planning/scheduling and preventive/predictive maintenance.
- Monitors the use and inventories of spare parts, maintenance supplies, and equipment and initiates reordering when necessary.
- Establishes and maintains a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) for tracking work orders, spare parts, and maintenance history of plant equipment.
- Prepares reports, analyzes data, and makes recommendations for improving plant operations and solving maintenance-related problems.
- Supervises plant maintenance personnel.
- Ensures that maintenance technicians are adequately trained, equipped, and motivated so that the maintenance program can be accomplished in a safe, timely, and cost-effective manner.
- Communicates regularly with all maintenance technicians, both individually and as a group, to ensure good two-way communication concerning maintenance issues.
- Assists with hiring of maintenance personnel.
- Conducts employee performance reviews based on job descriptions to determine competency, knowledge, and contribution of the maintenance technicians.
- Maintains and updates operating and training manuals for the maintenance department.
- Ensures that all maintenance technicians are trained on the most updated version of the operating procedures.
- Monitors operation of plant equipment and systems.
- Reviews the operation of plant equipment and systems constantly, to minimize unplanned downtime, anticipate solve problems in a timely manner, and to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Initiates and carries out projects that improve efficiency and/or reduce operating costs.
- Tracks, analyzes and improves key maintenance parameters such as asset utilization, maintenance cost, PM compliance, schedule compliance, etc.
- Maintains safety, health, and environmental policies and procedures.
- Ensures city, county, state, and federal regulations relating to the maintenance department are met at all times.
- Directs, maintains, and enforces the safety program for the maintenance department; reviews safety records to uphold standards of maximum safety for all maintenance technicians.
- Coordinates activities with Plant Operations Departments.
- Communicates directly with the operations department to coordinate maintenance and repair work in process areas.
- Drive expansion effort at the facility; therefore, participate in staffing effort, lead spare part procurement effort, lead maintenance training effort, identify/secure critical supply and service agreements, lead the maintenance group during checkout and commissioning of the facility, etc.
Key Requirements
- Minimum 8 years related experience in engineering or maintenance in a manufacturing environment and 3 years of managing experience required.
- Engineering degree from an accredited college in a related technical field or certificate/diploma from trade school in related field in maintenance and/or operation of a process manufacturing facility with equivalent combination of education and experience
- Prior experience working in paper industry highly preferred.
- Excellent staff management skills
- Knowledge of manufacturing control systems such as PLC’s
- Knowledge of Siemens
- Excellent Communication skills
- Knowledge of safety standards and OSHA regulations
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