Maintenance Supervisor

**THE OPPORTUNITY**

Western Forest Products is hiring for a **Maintenance Supervisor** to join our **Saltair Sawmill** team based in **Ladysmith, BC.**

**What You’ll Do**:The Maintenance Supervisor is responsible for providing day-to-day direction of the weekend maintenance team consisting of millwrights, electricians, sawfilers, welders, and laborers. Utilizing your expertise to maintain and improve the reliability of equipment, reduce downtime and maximize efficiencies. Working closely with all departments, you will be responsible for the organization and execution of corrective and preventative maintenance activities with the overall objective to drive improved equipment reliability and reduced overall maintenance costs.

**What We Offer**:

- Salary range of **$95,000 - $110,000** based on skill level, qualifications, and experience
- Annual incentive plan
- Pension plan contributions - _WFP contributes 7% towards a pension plan, no matching required_
- Extended health and dental benefits - _WFP pays for 100% of the employee monthly premiums_
- 3 weeks’ vacation to start
- Employee family assistance program
- Financial support for learning and development opportunities

**Work Environment**: This role is to be performed in person at our Saltair Sawmill in Ladysmith, BC.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Directs unionized maintenance personnel and contractors to ensure that all equipment operates at its highest capability to meet required production schedules, quality and cost priorities;
- Hire, train, coach, mentor and manage performance of hourly maintenance employees, including providing leadership in safety and environmental stewardship by demonstrating and ensuring the adherence of company safety and sustainability processes and procedures;
- Support the analysis of downtime reports and other relevant metrics, identifies opportunities;
- Helps develop preventative maintenance schedules and processes that are cost effective and increase the availability as well as maximize the operational life of equipment, with the key objective to lower the overall cost of ownership;
- Supervise all maintenance activities and supports capital project delivery, with overall focus to improve safety and productivity and minimize downtime;
- Promotes pro-active maintenance practices by performing regular reviews of equipment in the field to determine overall operating performance and scheduling appropriate preventative maintenance to minimize downtime;
- Day to day balancing of planned maintenance as well as critical repairs to enable equipment productivity and minimize downtime;
- Assist purchasing department in optimizing part availability in the warehouse to minimize equipment downtime while balancing economic maintenance inventory management; and,
- Makes certain equipment repairs meet manufacturer’s specifications, WorkSafeBC regulations and/or Company standards.

**QUALIFICATIONS**

**Education and Experience**
- Minimum 5 years’ supervisory experience in a similar role;
- 5+ years sawmill, maintenance, and manufacturing experience is preferred; and
- Red Seal Millwright, Machinist, Electrical ticket or Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering strongly preferred.

**Skills, Knowledge and Required Competencies**
- Strong knowledge and understanding of maintenance strategies and methodologies;
- Self-starter who leads with integrity while maintaining a respectful and safe working environment;
- Experience dealing with a unionized workforce and collective agreements;
- Experience working with a computerized maintenance management systems;
- Strong interpersonal relationship and communication skills;
- Highly organized and able to prioritize work; and,
- Strong safety background.

**YOUR CAREER**

At Western Forest Products, we believe our most significant asset is our people. Investing in our people brings value and success to our business, ensuring a safe, engaged, productive and continuously improving workplace. We offer challenging opportunities working alongside the best in the industry to meet your career and professional development goals while providing competitive total rewards and recognition.

We provide a variety of **on-the-job training** and **continuing education** in many areas at Western to ensure you have the skills you need to succeed. Our **promote-from-within culture** recognizes high performance and we offer diverse career paths across the organization for those with the talent and will to advance.

**WESTERN OVERVIEW**

Western Forest Products is a leading forest products company that sustainably manages forests and manufactures high-quality wood products. Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia with operations in the coastal region of BC and Washington State, Western meets the needs of customers worldwide with a specialty wood products focus and diverse product offering.

Our commitment to health and safety, environmental stewardship and community engagement is core to how we do bus