Maintenance Manager

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Georgia-Pacific OSB is currently seeking a Maintenance Manager to join us at our Clarendon OSB manufacturing facility in Alcolu, South Carolina.

The Maintenance Manager will be responsible for leading advanced reliability initiatives - including precision maintenance, lubrication protocols, and preventive maintenance optimization and asset strategies - to improve maintenance effectiveness and asset performance.

This role will lead continuous improvement initiatives, coach and develop technicians and planners, and partner with operations to strengthen backlog health, improve execution, and maximize asset availability and lifecycle performance.

• The successful candidate will provide leadership and direction to the maintenance department to ensure that the mill's maintenance team is meeting objectives in safety, quality, cost and customer service. The candidate will lead and support preventative maintenance programs, and provide technical support for troubleshooting, to minimize downtime and maximize process efficiencies.
• Safety Leadership
  - Accountable for the safety performance of the maintenance area while promoting personal accountability for working safely and addressing safety concerns in all areas of the mill.
• Asset Maintenance
  - Develop and implement maintenance and improvement strategies while managing within the allotted goals and budgets.
• Help employees understand who their customers are and how their work directly impacts spending and mill profits/loses.

• Business Leadership
  - Ensure the application of the GP Operating and Maintenance Standards.
• Demonstrate results by working effectively with other mill leaders and resources to improve year over year results.

• Meets regularly with direct reports, and other maintenance team members to increase knowledge and improve skills.
• Business Culture
  - Embrace the direction of the company's way of doing business (Principled Based Management) and help continue to change the culture through tools, and processes available.

• Supervisory/management experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment
• Knowledge and understanding of CMMS systems for maintenance management
• Experience using MS Office (MS Word: creating, editing, formatting documents, preparing reports and tables MS Excel: creating, modifying spreadsheets, using functions, filters, graphs to analyze data)

• Knowledgeable in the areas of PLC's, conveyor systems, breakers, wood fired furnaces, hydraulic and pneumatic systems
• Experience in leading improvement efforts in Maintenance Reliability, and Predictive and Preventive Maintenance
• Experience in welding, machining, industrial design, and equipment rigging
• Experience utilizing Root Cause Analysis (RCA) or other similar problem‑solving tools
• Able to read mechanical, structural, and electrical drawings; with a broad knowledge of mechanical and electrical machinery
• OSB or wood products manufacturing knowledge
• Bachelor's Degree or higher in an accredited academic program

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance.

Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please  for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information , aqui, or tu).