Maintenance Supervisor-Second Shift position - Ladysmith, BC, Canada - Western Forest Products Inc.

Description

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

What You'll Do:

The Maintenance Supervisor is responsible for providing day-to-day direction and assistance to the Maintenance team, utilizing your expertise to maintain and improve the reliability of equipment, reduce downtime and maximize efficiencies.

Working closely with the Production team, 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.

Who You Are:

Our ideal candidate has 5 years of supervisory experience working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment preferably within a sawmill, and ideally holds a Red Seal Millwright ticket or is a Mechanical Engineer/Engineer in Training.

You are a strong leader with experience supervising a team in a unionized environment, and you take pride in leading the maintenance function of an effective, productive, and safe sawmill.

Growth opportunities are available to support your long-term career, and you will be exposed to reliability relevant project initiatives.
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

Shifts:

Day shift from Monday to Friday with the potential of Monday - Thursday or Friday - Monday in the future.

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;
Develops 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; Sawmill, maintenance, and manufacturing experience is preferred; Red Seal Millwright ticket or Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering strongly preferred.

Strong knowledge and understanding of maintenance strategies and methodologies;
Experience working with a computerized maintenance management system is preferred;
At Western Forest Products, we believe our most significant asset is our people.

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 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 business at Western Forest Products.

We adhere to and employ the most stringent environmental practices in the world.

The steps we take to ensure the forests in which we operate are renewed and remain healthy and viable for future generations are mirrored in the care we take to make certain our communities continue to grow and prosper.

This includes investing in communities where we operate and continuing to forge mutually beneficial relationships with First Nations in respect of their local and cultural interests.