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Maintenance Superintendent
Position: Maintenance Superintendent
Employer: Canadian Kraft Paper
City: The Pas
State/Province: MB
Valid Until: Dec 27, 2025
Canadian Kraft Paper
Overview - Onsite in the Pas, Manitoba

 

Why Join Us – Maintenance Superintendent

As the Maintenance Superintendent, you will play a crucial role in promoting and managing safe work practices, implementing reliability-centered maintenance programs, and providing leadership to maintenance, planners, and supervisory teams. Your focus will be on minimizing downtime, enhancing production capability, and ensuring maintenance excellence.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead a high-performing team, make a tangible impact on operations, and grow your career in a fully onsite role in The Pas, Manitoba, with relocation support provided.


Responsibilities:

  • Deliver effective maintenance support to the operation.
  • Implement Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), Defection Elimination, Planning, Scheduling, Project Management, and Risk-Based Management.
  • Manage predictive/preventative maintenance programs.
  • Select potential candidates for vacant positions in the maintenance department.
  • Prepare cost estimates, feasibility studies, and reports.
  • Manage monthly maintenance outages.

Operational Responsibilities:

  • Ensure predictive/preventative maintenance procedures meet quality standards.
  • Minimize equipment downtime through effective work planning and scheduling.
  • Exercise budgetary responsibility within the area of expertise.
  • Provide leadership in the development of professional and technical staff.
  • Develop programs to ensure a high level of equipment reliability and availability.
  • Maintain accurate and complete maintenance records.
  • Oversee health, safety, and environmental protection practices.
  • Participate in or facilitate Defect Elimination through Root Cause Failure Analysis and Reliability Centered Maintenance.

Supervisory Responsibility:

  • Directly supervise Maintenance Supervisors/Planners.
  • Implement performance management systems.
  • Administer the progressive discipline system.
  • Supervise maintenance trades, planners, and supervisors.
  • Oversee contractor activities.

Leadership:

  • Provide support, guidance, mentoring, and training to staff.
  • Achieve desired results while balancing the needs of the company, group, and individuals.

Financial:

  • Participate in preparing annual operating budgets.
  • Provide input in Major Maintenance and Capital Expenditure planning for operations.

Communication:

  • Establish and maintain efficient two-way communication with company employees and outside resources.

 

Qualifications
  • University Degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Maintenance Management, or other related field
  • OR trade qualification with equivalent experience 
  • Pulp & paper experience is as an asset
  • Experience in maintenance management and implementation of RCM strategies.
  • Strong project management skills with the ability to deliver results on time and within budget.
  • Experience managing predictive/preventative maintenance programs.
  • Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to develop and mentor staff.
  • Familiarity with health, safety, and environmental protection practices.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Budgetary management experience.
  • Knowledge of Major Maintenance and Capital Expenditure planning

 

If you are interested in exploring this opportunity, please apply with your resume highlighting your relevant experience and qualifications today!