We are currently seeking an experienced Maintenance Superintendent to join a leading Western Australian timber manufacturer at their Southwest mill.
Reporting to the Senior Reliability Engineering Manager, the Maintenance Superintendent is responsible for the safe, effective and efficient execution of all planned, corrective and breakdown maintenance. You will lead a team of Maintenance Supervisors and a multidisciplinary trades workforce, working closely with Production, Planning & Scheduling and Engineering & Reliability to achieve required safety, availability, reliability, quality and cost outcomes. You will take ownership of maintenance delivery across an established site that blends 1990s plant with new equipment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide visible leadership for safe maintenance execution and ensure all WHS systems, procedures and critical controls are consistently complied with, including regular safety interactions.
- Lead, coach and develop the Maintenance Supervisors and the Maintenance Projects & Site Services Coordinator, setting clear expectations and accountability for team performance.
- Build workforce capability through coaching, training, development and succession planning, ensuring appropriate trade coverage to support operational requirements.
- Lead the safe and effective execution of planned, corrective and breakdown maintenance, including major shutdowns and plant outages.
- Ensure Supervisors deliver agreed schedules, manage emergent work and minimise unnecessary break-in work.
- Ensure maintenance work is appropriately resourced and coordinated with Production and Planning & Scheduling, and that completed work meets quality standards and is documented in the CMMS.
- Work with Engineering & Reliability on failure investigation, defect elimination and the improvement of maintenance strategies to support plant availability, reliability and throughput targets.
- Monitor equipment performance and ensure emerging risks and recurring failures are appropriately addressed.
- Manage maintenance expenditure within approved budgets and delegated authority, monitoring KPIs, labour, overtime and contractor performance and addressing significant variances.
- Ensure significant maintenance-related risks, incidents and defects are controlled and investigated, with corrective actions implemented.
- Foster an engaged, collaborative and accountable maintenance culture, and strengthen the working relationship between Maintenance and Production.
Key Requirements:
- Relevant trade qualification, tertiary engineering qualification, or equivalent substantial industrial maintenance experience.
- Significant maintenance leadership experience within a manufacturing, processing or similar industrial environment.
- Demonstrated experience leading and developing multidisciplinary maintenance teams, including Supervisors and trades personnel.
- Strong mechanical and electrical maintenance knowledge, with a broad working understanding of industrial and automated production systems.
- Proven experience in maintenance work management, including planned maintenance, breakdown response, backlog management and schedule execution.
- Experience leading shutdowns, including the management of contractors.
- Maintenance budgeting, cost control and KPI management experience.
- A people-focused leadership style, with the ability to coach and develop teams without micro-managing.
- Must be able to meet the physical requirements of regularly accessing operational and maintenance areas across a large industrial site, and be flexible to support significant breakdowns, shutdowns and commissioning.
This is an exceptional career opportunity for an experienced maintenance leader to make their mark in a critical role, with a lucrative salary, housing support (if required to relocate) and a performance-based incentive on offer. Please apply using the link provided.