Job Title: Maintenance Superintendent – Pulp Mill
Location: Cloquet, MN
Job Grade: HRL 19
Industry: Pulp & Paper Manufacturing

Be a Key Player in a High-Performance Team
Are you an experienced maintenance leader ready to take on a pivotal role in one of North America’s leading pulp mills? We are looking for a dynamic Maintenance Superintendent to lead our dedicated maintenance team, ensure asset reliability, and drive excellence in plant performance. This is an opportunity to shape the future of industrial maintenance in a high-impact, fast-paced manufacturing environment.

What You’ll Do

As the Maintenance Superintendent, you will oversee the mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation maintenance functions across our pulp mill operations. Your leadership will directly impact equipment reliability, production uptime, and the safety and performance of a large and skilled workforce. Reporting to the Mill Maintenance Manager, your key responsibilities will include:

• Leadership & People Development
  ▪ Lead, mentor and develop a large team of supervisors, planners, and skilled tradespeople.
  ▪ Foster a culture of accountability, safety, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
  ▪ Support career progression and skills development within the team.
• Maintenance Execution
  ▪ Ensure safe, efficient, and cost-effective maintenance execution across all disciplines (mechanical, electrical, instrumentation).
  ▪ Provide technical oversight and coaching to supervisors and craftsmen.
  ▪ Drive root cause analysis and corrective action for repeat issues.
• Planning & Reliability Oversight
  ▪ Oversee the maintenance planning function to ensure accurate scoping, scheduling, and resource allocation.
  ▪ Collaborate with reliability engineering to improve equipment performance and reduce unplanned downtime.
  ▪ Champion preventive and predictive maintenance strategies.
• Operational Collaboration
  ▪ Partner with operations, engineering, and production teams to align maintenance with mill priorities.
  ▪ Participate in daily and weekly coordination meetings to optimize resource use and reduce equipment constraints.
• Budget & Performance Management
  ▪ Support development and tracking of maintenance budgets and key performance indicators (KPIs).
  ▪ Identify cost savings and productivity improvements while maintaining asset integrity.

What You Bring

• A bachelor’s degree or diploma in Mechanical, Electrical or Industrial Engineering (or equivalent trade qualifications with significant leadership experience).
• 10+ years of progressive maintenance experience in heavy industrial or process environments, ideally in pulp & paper.
• Proven leadership of multi-discipline teams, including supervisors and frontline craftsmen.
• Deep knowledge of maintenance planning, scheduling, and reliability practices, to include experience working within a work management system.
• Demonstrated leadership in a proactive and caring safety environment where employee safety and accountability is prioritized. 
• Strong commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication, coaching, and organizational skills.

Why Join Us?

• Impact – Play a key leadership role in sustaining one of North America’s top-performing pulp mills.
• Growth – Advance your career in a company that values development and internal promotion.
• Team – Be part of a high-performing, collaborative, and values-driven team.
• Innovation – Contribute to maintenance excellence using modern reliability tools and practices.

If you’re ready to lead with purpose and drive performance in a world-class operation, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and be part of our success story.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, gender, age, disability or veteran status.