Maintenance Supervisor
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Smurfit Westrock is hiring a Maintenance Supervisor. The Maintenance Supervisor at Smurfit Westrock in Hopewell, VA oversees maintenance mechanics, ensuring safety, proper training, and work assignment across areas such as the paper mill or power department. They manage maintenance spending, conduct safety audits, troubleshoot equipment, and lead daily planning and toolbox meetings while supervising night and weekend duties.
Key focus areas include Supervise maintenance mechanics and assign work, Ensure compliance with safety and environmental rules, and Manage maintenance spending and parts usage.
Important skills include Troubleshooting Equipment, Supervising Mechanics, Conduct Safety Audits, Leadership, Training Personnel, and Night And Weekend Duty Management.
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Maintenance Supervisor
Hopewell, VA
Career Opportunity:
Primarily responsible for supervising the maintenance mechanics in his specific area of responsibility (i.e. paper mill, pulp mill, power department, etc.). The supervisor is responsible for the safety, training and assignment of work to the maintenance personnel in his area. He/she is also responsible for maintenance spending in his area along with the other members of the maintenance team (maintenance planner, operating department maintenance coordinator and operating department superintendent). The supervisor has the responsibility for seeing that his/her mechanics conduct themselves in accordance with all corporate, division and mill safety and environmental rules and procedures. In addition, he/she is responsible for making sure that the mechanics in his/her area are using the proper parts and equipment to complete all maintenance work appropriately for their safety and those of the other people in the area and that the equipment in his area is maintained in such a way that the equipment runs reliably and is cost effectively maintained. The supervisor is often expected to be the chief troubleshooter on the equipment in his/her area.
How you will impact Smurfit Westrock:
Visit work sights to review mechanics work and provide leadership
Trouble shooting equipment and providing direction to mechanics
Visit storeroom to look at parts
Working night & weekend duty assignments supervising mechanics
Attend training & other meetings
Hold toolbox safety & morning assignment meeting
Attend daily planning with area maintenance team
Filling out daily time sheets for mechanics
Conduct safety audits of mechanics & work area
Attend field day meetings
What you need to succeed:
Associate degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school or three to five years related experience and/or training. An equivalent combination of education and on the job experience instead of an Associate\u2019s degree is acceptable.
This document outlines the minimum requirements of the positions and is not intended to be all-inclusive of the position duties.
8/11/26
Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is the go-to leader and partner of choice in sustainable packaging. We are dedicated to creating efficient and scalable paper and packaging solutions to help solve complex packaging challenges. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity and respect, we are committed to delivering meaningful value for shareholders, customers, employees and the communities where we operate.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.
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