Mechanical Reliability Leader

What if you were given the opportunity and responsibility to make a difference? At International Paper, you control your destiny. We offer challenging assignments and total rewards in countries around the world. When we say infinite possibilities, we mean it. Apply now and join a community that improves people’s lives, the planet and our company’s performance by transforming renewable resources into products people depend on every day.

Position Title: 

Mechanical Reliability Leader

Pay Rate:

$129,900-$157,800

Multiple factors, including Individual experience, skills and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range.

Category/Shift:

Salaried Full-Time

Physical Location:

601 County Rd 78

Selma, Al

Position Scope:

The Mechanical Reliability Leader is the lead mechanical reliability position in the facility and manages the mechanical reliability organization and its efforts across the entire mill. Riverdale Mill, located in Selma AL, is a complex, fully integrated pulp and paper manufacturing facility with two machines, one producing Brite Top liner and one producing uncoated free sheet. In addition to the machines, the mill includes multiple process lines, including wood handling, pulping, power and recovery, sheeting operations and effluent treatment. The MRL is responsible for developing a team of highly skilled reliability engineers and hourly reliability technicians tasked with successfully executing all reliability elements, including the RCFA process, preventive and predictive maintenance (PM/PdM), mechanical (MPM), lubrication excellence, and world class MWS processes, among others. The MRL is also responsible for tracking and reporting on key metrics, communicating those metrics to the mill team, and using a data based approach to develop reliability strategies to ensure the mill performs at world class reliability levels. Finally, this position ensures alignment with company reliability programs, and also the implementation of new or improved reliability systems to ensure all progress is sustained. This position reports to the Maintenance Improve Manager and has approximately 10 salaried and 15 hourly reliability technicians within the organization.

The Job You Will Perform:

• Reduce unscheduled downtime to world class levels, both reducing cost and improving mill stability/efficiency
• Champion reliability efforts across the mill, including communication of the compelling case for mechanical reliability to all hourly and salaried team members
• Lead role in ensuring the health of reliability systems such as Lubrication, PM/PdM, MPM, and RCFA
• Organize mechanical reliability team to ensure reliability excellence, in terms of staff size, reliability element ownership/assignments, and functional/technical skill development of both the engineering and technician staff
• Equipment inspection programs and efforts including routine PM, tear down inspections, and rebuilds, as well as NDT of tanks and pressure vessels, structural inspections and piping inspections
• Preventable chronic failure (PCF) program champion
• Tactical support for operations and maintenance for failure analysis, repair and performance improvements
• Develop and maintain equipment criticalities used in the operating areas
• Equipment care development leader, with heavy influence on inspectors’ activities, routes, and ability to identify early failure indicators using proven techniques.
• Seek out and implement reliability best practices from across the corporation and industry, including new reliability technologies and predictive techniques
• Maintain Reliability Action Plan and mill reliability scorecard, communicate results across the mill, and using a data based approach, adjust reliability strategies as necessary to deliver target result

The Skills You Will Bring:

• Instill safety as a core value within the team and effectively communicate a shared vision for safety
• Strong leadership skills and a proven track record of improving employee engagement by approaching positional responsibilities in an inclusive manner
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively communicate to groups and individuals at all levels
• High level of understanding of reliability principles, knowledgeable in functional/technical skills of a maintenance professional, CMMS systems, and competent in using Lean tools such as RCFA.
• Ability to quickly develop thorough knowledge of mill equipment and systems and work across departmental lines to drive results
• Maintain strong relationships with the Maintenance and Operations business unit managers, area managers, and first line leaders, and challenge the organization to continuously improve
• Utilize the International Paper Change Process to implement change
• Ability to effectively organize and handle multiple tasks
• Systematic thinker with the ability to implement robust systems with associated feedback loops to ensure sustainability within the reliability program

Required Experience:

• B.S. degree in mechanical, electrical, or chemical engineering preferred
• 10+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably in the Pulp and Paper industry
• 5+ years in Maintenance or Maintenance Engineering
• 3+ years of experience managing teams

The Benefits You Will Enjoy:

International Paper offers a benefits package that includes health, welfare and retirement plans including Medical, Dental, Life insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Short-term and Long-term Disability, 401(k), Company-funded retirement contributions, Paid Time Off, Education & Development (including Tuition Reimbursement), Student Loan Repayment Assistance, and Voluntary Benefits including insurance for home, auto, vision and pets. 

The Career You Will Build:

What if you were given the opportunity and responsibility to make a difference? At International Paper, you control your destiny. We offer challenging assignments and total rewards in countries around the world. When we say infinite possibilities, we mean it. Apply now and join a community that improves people’s lives, the planet and our company’s performance by transforming renewable resources into products people depend on every day.

The Impact You Will Make:

We continue to build a better future for people, the planet, and our company! IP has been a good steward of sustainable practices across communities around the world for more than 120 years. Join our team and you’ll see why our team members say they’re Proud to be IP.

The Culture You Will Experience:

International Paper promotes employee well-being by providing safe, caring and inclusive workplaces. We have team members all around the world with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. These are our strengths. We are committed to creating a culture where all individuals are respected, valued, engaged and have an opportunity to do their best work every day. We invite you to bring your uniqueness, creativity, talents, experiences, and safety mindset to be a part of our increasingly inclusive and diverse culture.

The Company You Will Join:

International Paper (NYSE: IP) is a leading global supplier of renewable fiber-based products. We produce corrugated packaging products that protect and promote goods, and enable worldwide commerce, and pulp for diapers, tissue and other personal care products that promote health and wellness. Headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., we employ approximately 38,000 colleagues globally. We serve customers worldwide, with manufacturing operations in North America, Latin America, North Africa and Europe. Net sales for 2022 were $21.2 billion. Additional information can be found by visiting International Paper.

International Paper is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.  International Paper complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact reasonable.accommodations@ipaper.com or (877) 973-3919.
Selma  AL  36701-8311