Where you will work
The Lewiston mill is the largest of Clearwater Paper’s facilities, producing both paperboard and tissue product, and boasting over 1200 talented employees. Approximately two hours away from Clearwater Paper’s headquarters in Spokane, Washington, the Lewiston paper mill is a key component in Clearwater Paper’s business strategy. This location offers employees an opportunity to learn both sides of the business while influencing key business decisions and outcomes.

Located on the border of Idaho and Washington, Lewiston provides a host of opportunities for those who love the outdoors including fishing, boating, camping, and skiing. There are several social and civic opportunities to participate in including Boys & Girls Club, Twin County United Way, Lewis Clark Partners Habitat for Humanity, and more. Clearwater Paper values involvement with the community and the partnerships created as a result. Lewiston is in close proximity to the University of Idaho, Washington State University, and Lewis-Clark State College, as well as several strong K-12 school districts.

What you will do
This role is responsible for coordinating the maintenance requirements of the Pulp Mill Department equipment to minimize downtime and maximize production while meeting all safety, environmental, and quality limitations and specifications.

Operational Effectiveness

• Review operator and shift maintenance logs, talk to operators, supervisors, craft people, and managers to coordinate scheduled work between operations and maintenance, to include urgent, routine, minor and major maintenance work.
• Plan for and schedule all work to minimize lost time and cost of work being completed.
• Main responsible person for maintenance contractor work planning and oversigh
• Act as liaison between department personnel and maintenance, communicating pertinent information to both parties.
• Work with safety coordinators, operators, and supervisors to ensure equipment is locked out safely and in a timely manner, including all required safety permits.
• Responsible for contractor management safety and completing the contractor management checklists.
• Responsible for maintaining maintenance repair budget.
• Monitor equipment efficiency and preventive/predictive maintenance procedures to identify problems and set up corrective repairs.
• Maintain department repair records in a manner to best identify future preventive maintenance needs.
• Prioritize and oversee the maintenance and minor capital projects, keeping them moving through the process.
• Responsible for outage scheduling and project timelines.
• Lead meetings for weekly outage work.

Key Competencies and Attributes

• Actively seeks and allocates appropriate decision-making authority or task responsibility to appropriate individuals based on their abilities, availability, motivation, and development needs; considers potential positive and negative impact, business unit priorities, organizational values, and the opportunity to enhance others’ knowledge and skills.
• Identifies barriers that impact customer service and retention; communicates concerns and recommendations to others.
• Uses understanding of customer needs and the organization’s customer service practices to set priorities, make decisions, and take actions that create customer satisfaction and prevent service issues from occurring.
• Creates relevant options for addressing problems and opportunities that will achieve desired outcomes.
• Systematically evaluates business opportunities, targeting those with the greatest potential for producing positive business results.

What you will need

• High School Diploma or G.E.D required.
• Bachelors Degree in Engineering preferred.
• Minimum 3 years experience in a Maintenance / Planning position.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must have good planning and organizational skills to coordinate activities between Maintenance and Operations.
• Self motivated and energetic.
• Strong analytical / troubleshooting skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel required.
• Experience with JDE or other CMMS program required.
• High speed manufacturing environment, sustained exposure to high frequency noises, multiple hours standing, walking on concrete surfaces
• Personal Protective Equipment required in mill environment.
• Dirt, noise, odor, & temperature extremes.
• Climbing stairs, ladders and scaffolding
• Exposure to hazardous chemicals used in manufacturing process

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Clearwater Paper does not offer sponsorship for employment-based visa status (including, but not limited to, H-1B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require Clearwater Paper's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)