Maintenance Superintendent

**THE OPPORTUNITY**

We have an exciting opportunity for a **Maintenance Superintendent** to join our **Chemainus Sawmill Division** based on **Vancouver Island, BC**.

**What You’ll Do**: As the Maintenance Superintendent you will lead our high performing maintenance team at this division to ensure the organization and execution of corrective and preventative maintenance activities. You will be responsible for the execution of safety initiatives, analysis of financial performance, improvements to operational efficiencies, as well as providing leadership and direction to both staff and unionized employees in the maintenance team, contractors and other service providers, all with the overarching objectives of ensuring a safe work environment, driving improved equipment reliability and reducing overall maintenance costs.

**Work Environment**: This position is to be performed in person at the Chemainus Sawmill Operation.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**

**Safety and Environmental Performance**
- Provide leadership in safety and environmental stewardship by demonstrating and ensuring the adherence to company safety and sustainability processes and procedures;
- Work closely with your safety advisor on key safety initiatives and maintain crew training as per requirements; and,
- Accurately and timely incident investigations performed on time with overarching end goal of discovering route cause and corrective actions.

**Financial Performance**
- Support the interpretation of financial data and analytics to identify cost saving opportunities;
- Support the analysis of downtime reports and other relevant metrics; and,
- Work with the Maintenance Planners to develop action plans to increase efficiencies and equipment reliability.

**Leadership**
- Hire, train, coach, mentor and manage performance of both staff and hourly maintenance employees including
- Direct and manage unionized maintenance personnel and contractors to ensure that all equipment operates at its highest capability to meet required production schedules, quality and cost priorities; and,
- Responsible for completing and regularly reviewing Personal Goals and Measures (PGM) documents with staff to ensure goals and targets are achieved.

**Operations**
- Executes maintenance schedules and processes that are cost effective, increases the availability, and maximizes the operational life of equipment;
- Supervise all maintenance activities and support capital project cost management and delivery schedules;
- Day to day balancing of planned maintenance as well as critical repairs to enable equipment productivity and minimize downtime;
- Optimizes parts availability in the warehouse to minimize equipment downtime while balancing cost effective maintenance inventory management;
- Ensure equipment repairs meet manufacturer's specifications, WorkSafeBC regulations and/or Company standards;
- Stay abreast of industry innovations and trends in safety and environmental performance and new technology or equipment to improve company margins; and,
- Daily entry to Computerized Maintenance Systems (CMMS) including creating “break down” Maintenance work orders, data entry and closing work orders.

**QUALIFICATIONS**

**Education and Experience**
- 10+ years working in an industrial maintenance department, preferably in the forestry industry or similar heavy industry;
- Minimum 5 years’ experience supervising and managing a team, preferably in a unionized environment; experience as a Superintendent is strongly preferred;
- Millwright TQ with interprovincial endorsement preferred;
- Post-secondary education in Engineering or Business a definite asset.

**Skills, Knowledge and Required Competencies**
- Commitment to Western’s core values of personal safety, sustainable management, and environmental stewardship;
- Comprehensive knowledge of sawmills or other heavy industrial manufacturing environments;
- Strong project management skills;
- Understanding of financial reports and forecasting;
- High level of integrity and professionalism;
- Ability to motivate and engage hourly employees to perform at a higher standard;
- Demonstrated strong analytical, problem solving and logical thinking skills;
- Excellent leadership, interpersonal and communication skills;
- Demonstrated continuous improvement mindset;
- Competent in the use of Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel; and,
- Proficiency in the use of Project Management as well as CMMS is desired.

**LIVE WORK PLAY**

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