Position Details: Mechanical Maintenance Manager
Description:
About Barnwell Tissue Solutions (BTS)
Barnwell Tissue Solutions (BTS), part of ST Tissue and ST Paper, is a fast-growing, sustainability-driven tissue manufacturing operation producing high-quality paper products from 100% recycled materials.
Our Barnwell facility includes both a Tissue Mill and Fiber Recycling Plant (FRP) and operates in a 24/7 continuous manufacturing environment focused on safety, reliability, and operational excellence.
Why This Role Stands Out
- High-impact leadership role in a critical production facility
- Direct influence on uptime, reliability, and plant performance
- Opportunity to build and strengthen a maintenance culture
- Relocation support available for the right candidate
The Opportunity: We are seeking a Mechanical Maintenance Manager to lead reliability and maintenance strategy across our operation. This role is ideal for a leader who thrives in fast-paced, high-accountability manufacturing environments and is passionate about building high-performing teams and improving equipment reliability.
What You’ll Do as a Mechanical Maintenance Manager:
- Lead and develop mechanical maintenance team (techs + contractors).
- Oversee maintenance team.
- Drive preventive & predictive maintenance programs.
- Troubleshoot complex equipment.
- Partner with Operations & E&I to reduce downtime.
- Lead outages, shutdowns, and major repairs.
- Manage maintenance budgets and capital projects.
- Champion safety and continuous improvement leader.
- May do some welding and fabrication.
- Parts order and maintain an inventory.
- Willing to work on-call, holidays, weekends, and overtime as needed.
- Operates powered industrial trucks (PIT’s) as required.
- May be assigned special projects as needed.
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree OR Associate degree with 10+ years of industrial maintenance experience.
- 5+ years of leadership experience in manufacturing maintenance.
- Experience with rotating equipment & heavy industrial systems.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Interpret blueprints, P&ID diagrams, and schematics.
- Computer literate, functional on word processing software, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Outlook.
- CMMS experience
- Valid and unrestricted driver's license.
Preferred:
- Tissue, paper, pulp & paper, or similar industry.
- Experience in 24/7 manufacturing environments.
Physical Demands:
- Frequently: sit, stand, walk, speak, and hear clearly; work with others, use a keyboard/calculator, and lift up to 10 pounds.
- Occasionally: Ascend/descend stairs, ladders, or ramps; bend forward at the waist, crouch, push, pull, twist, drive, and use hand tools; reach above and below shoulder level, squat, and lift up to 50 pounds.
- Vision Requirements: Close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment/Physical Demands
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those encountered while performing the essential functions of this job.
While performing duties, the employee is exposed to:
- Hazardous machinery and electrical hazards
- Hot, humid, and cold warehouse temperatures
- Dust, fumes, gases, and mists
- Wet quarters and height hazards
- Magnetic fields, which pose dangers to individuals with pacemakers
Benefits
- 401(k) with match
- Medical, dental, vision
- HSA + Life insurance
- PTO + EAP
Equal Opportunity Employer
Barnwell Tissue Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to protected status.
