Maintenance Manager

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Founded over 35 years ago, First Quality is a family‑owned company that has grown from a small business in McElhattan, Pennsylvania into a group of companies, employing over 5,000 team members, while maintaining our family values and entrepreneurial spirit. With corporate offices in New York and Pennsylvania and 8 manufacturing campuses across the U.S. and Canada, the companies within the First Quality group produce high‑quality personal care and household products for large retailers and healthcare organizations.

Our personal care and household product portfolio includes baby diapers, wipes, feminine pads, paper towels, bath tissue, adult incontinence products, laundry detergents, fabric finishers, and dishwash solutions. In addition, we manufacture certain raw materials and components used in the manufacturing of these products, including flexible print and packaging solutions.

Guided by our values of humility, unity, and integrity, we leverage advanced technology and innovation to drive growth and create new opportunities. At First Quality, you’ll find a collaborative environment focused on continuous learning, professional development, and our mission to Make Things Better®.

We are seeking a Maintenance Manager for our First Quality Tissue facility located in Lock Haven, PA
. This position will be responsible for the overall maintenance of the Paper Machines and ensuring all team members’ goals are aligned with department objectives.

• Leads and develops a safe work culture through adherence to and maintenance of all company safety rules, policies, and standards.
• Exhibits strong core leadership skills – accountability, credibility, trust.
• Ensures coaching, discipline, recognition, and handling of situations is consistent with HR policy.
• Develops salaried and hourly maintenance personnel to ensure bench strength.
• Conducts performance appraisals, performance improvement, and coaching of both salaried and hourly personnel.
• Utilizes and promotes the usage of the CMMS system to provide direction and assistance to maintenance personnel within the Paper Maintenance team.
• Promotes growth of the maintenance team by providing leadership in the development and implementation of:
• Preventive maintenance programs
• Reliability improvements
• Analyzes operational data and equipment performance history to deliver improvements in critical maintenance‑related metrics including unplanned downtime, PM compliance, schedule compliance, Mean‑Time‑Between‑Failures, and maintenance‑related costs.
• Champions the availability and reliability of our assets using the following:
• Effective maintenance planning and scheduling
• Champions vendor services to maximize quality, performance, and reliability of equipment repairs. Utilizes vendors and OEMs for improving the skills of maintenance personnel and for improving inspection routines.
• Manages Controls and Mechanical Engineers to improve equipment availability.
• Supports all mill Reliability efforts.
• Develops and creates a vision for the maintenance team and implements it.
• Interfaces with Production, Engineering, Human Resources, Purchasing, Stores, and Utilities departments.
• Develops and maintains staffing plans to meet business requirements.
• Develops and delivers maintenance budgets.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or a related field. In lieu of a degree, additional years of experience may be considered.
• 10 years’ experience in the maintenance field; experience in Paper Machine preferred.
• Three to five years’ experience in a Maintenance Supervisory position.
• Deep understanding of the planning and scheduling of maintenance work functions as they apply to predictive, preventive, precision, proactive, and planned maintenance.
• Strong human relations and interpersonal skills.
• Strong problem‑solving skills in aiding the reliability of the operation.

• Competitive base salary and bonus opportunities
• Paid time off (three‑week minimum)
• Medical, dental and vision starting day one
• 401(k) with employer match
• Paid parental leave
• Child and family care assistance (dependent care FSA with employer match up to $2,500)
• Bundle of joy benefit (years’ worth of free diapers to all team members with a new baby)
• Tuition assistance
• Wellness program with savings of up to $4,000 per year on insurance premiums

...and more!

• Mid‑Senior level

• Full‑time

• Manufacturing and Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing

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