Utilities Superintendent

Utilities Superintendent

Salary up to $150,000 + Bonuses + Benefits + Paid Relocation to Southern USA

Take ownership of a high-impact infrastructure network. As our Utilities Superintendent, you will command the vital systems that keep our entire site running—from heavy-duty industrial boilers and compressors to the water treatment plant and the mill's critical fire suppression systems. This is a premier career step for a strategic engineer ready to manage major capital assets, steer an operations team, and deliver large-scale operational enhancements.

Your Key Objectives as the Utilities Superintendent:

Command the Operation: Steer a specialized 8-person boiler room team, managing performance, shaping talent, and directing recruitment efforts.

Optimize Capital & Processes: Shape long-term improvement strategies and capital upgrade projects to maximize system reliability and cost-efficiency.

Oversee Critical Safety Systems: Manage the mill’s extensive fire, alarm, and emergency lighting infrastructure, directing strict testing schedules and loss-prevention programs.

Own Key Partnerships: Position yourself as the primary enterprise liaison with local utilities for gas, potable water, fire water, and sewer networks.

Partner for Reliability: Collaborate directly with manufacturing and maintenance teams to refine world-class preventative maintenance (PM) programs.

Minimum Qualifications for the Utilities Superintendent:

Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical) or a related discipline.

At least 5 years of leadership in a manufacturing environment, paper manufacturing preferred.

Deep technical mastery of boiler operation codes, compliance standards, and industrial utility infrastructure.

Confident, collaborative communicator with experience managing teams in a unionized environment.

Proficient with CMMS, SAP, and advanced data-driven operations.