Engineering and Maintenance Manager

Engineering and Maintenance Manager – Hawesville, Kentucky

Domtar, a leading producer of pulp, paper, packaging, tissue, and wood products, is seeking an Engineering and Maintenance Manager for its Hawesville mill. This full‑time, permanent position is responsible for strategic leadership of the Maintenance, Reliability, IT and Engineering teams.

• Provide strategic leadership to the Maintenance, Reliability, IT and Engineering teams.
• Develop strategies to improve plant asset reliability.
• Ensure safe, efficient, and cost‑effective management of overall maintenance, engineering, and reliability processes.
• Ensure all planned projects are implemented on time, on budget, and meet stated objectives.
• Lead preventive, predictive and reliable manufacturing processes that follow the One Domtar Standards.
• Participate in the One Domtar Reliability Functional Team to support continuous improvement.
• Lead and develop the Maintenance, Reliability & Engineering teams.
• Manage/control maintenance cost and capital project portfolio to achieve target results while ensuring budgets are prepared and variances explained with appropriate action taken.
• Manage the Mill’s CMMS, optimizing spare parts/materials inventory and maintenance work to minimize unplanned downtime and operating cost, and ensuring the MRO inventory meets working capital standards as defined by Domtar.
• Lead the continuous improvement of key performance indicators to increase asset life and department budget cost effectiveness.
• Lead and perform necessary root‑cause analysis on asset failures and implement identified actions to improve manufacturing reliability.
• Demonstrate success in leading change and driving improvement and be accountable for all mill asset outcomes.

• 10+ years’ experience leading and improving maintenance and reliability in an industrial environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• Experience successfully leading and developing a team of engineers.
• Demonstrated success implementing and optimizing reliability maintenance systems and processes.
• Knowledge of electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and facility systems.
• Excellent leadership skills with ability to coach and develop team members, promote collaboration, teamwork, and conflict resolution.
• Experience developing and managing budgets to maximize asset reliability.
• Planning, organizing and problem‑solving skills with ability to manage multiple priorities and projects concurrently.
• Computer skills using Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook.
• Experience with Root Cause Analysis tools.
• Exemplary communication skills, both written and oral, with highly developed interpersonal skills.

• Experience in the pulp and paper industry.
• Knowledge of Project Management Best Practices and Methodology.
• Experience using SAP’s Plant and Materials Management.
• Experience working in a Union environment.

Applicants will be required to undergo interviews, a background check, a pre‑employment drug and alcohol screen, reference verifications, aptitude tests (where applicable), and a fitness‑for‑duty test (where applicable).

Domtar is an equal‑opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, color, sex (including gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), marital status, religion, national origin, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. We are committed to reasonable accommodations for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.