Pixelle Specialty Solutions™ is the largest specialty paper company in North America, with fully integrated pulp and paper operations in Chillicothe, Ohio, Jay, Maine, Spring Grove, Pennsylvania, Stevens Point, Wisconsin and a coating operation in Fremont, Ohio. Supported by an experienced product development team, Pixelle excels in designing customized solutions that help customers bring new products to market. With a long history of leadership in the paper industry, Pixelle delivers the most comprehensive portfolio of specialty papers to help you meet today’s challenging demands.

• Champion improvements to our Reliability Initiatives throughout the Spring Grove facility

• Use proven problem-solving techniques to help troubleshoot operational or quality issues in the paper and coated division of the mill;

• Remain knowledgeable of the latest reliability technologies/techniques and implement as appropriate.

• Determine best maintenance practices for specific pieces of equipment and/or equipment types.  These practices include, but not limited to:

  • Operate to Failure (OTF)

  • Preventive / Fixed Time Maintenance (FTM)

  • Predictive / Condition based maintenance (CBM)

• Work within maintenance and closely with the production groups to determine projects that increase valve to the mill.

• Represent the maintenance department in daily interactions

• Utilize the root cause failure analysis system (RCFA) to prevent reoccurring failures.

• Develop or modify preventative maintenance (PM) work requests within the CMMS system

• Learn and foster Precision Maintenance best practices and act as a resource for crafts.

• Plan, schedule and execute major equipment rebuilds;

• Performs the first line supervisory functions of promoting safety

• Actively participates in daily standard work including commitment-based safety, daily review of production/equipment performance, maintenance daily briefing, etc.

• Identifies capital project opportunities to engineering/operations supervisors

• Responds to Operational issues when on call-in schedule

• Willingness to travel for identified training opportunities

• Four (4) year degree in mechanical, industrial, or chemical engineering, or related field

• Must have experience in manufacturing environments (professional or internship)

• Must have strong analytical, technical, interpersonal, and communication skills.

• Ability to handle deadlines, variable workloads, and being on call, as required

• Ability to work both independently and as a team member;

• SAP experience (particularly SAP Maintenance) is beneficial

Preferred Skills