Maintenance Mechanical Engineer/Planner
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 29, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 30, 2026.
Sappi-Cloquet is a team-based environment with over 100 years of continuous pulp and paper making history. The culture of the workforce has evolved to promote an atmosphere where hourly and salaried staff work together to get the job done. This position offers the opportunity to work and grow in a vibrant, forward thinking mill with a team of highly-skilled, dedicated employees. The person in this role is integral to the overall success of the mill and, as such, is a key member of the management team.
Responsibilities
- Responsibilities include safety performance, regulatory compliance, reliability, and cost control.
- Reporting to the Maintenance Superintendent, this position works closely with the organization’s Safety, Environmental, Operations and Reliability leaders to achieve and maintain maintenance and operational excellence.
- Keep equipment bills of material current.
- Review parts for inventory reduction &/or needed inventory level.
- Develop tasks lists as needed for all new and existing equipment including standard work procedures.
- Focused on maximizing wrench time.
- Assigns all work including redirects to the maintenance work force.
Expectations
- As a key member of the maintenance team, you will lead the safety initiatives that ensure an accident-free, safe, and productive workforce.
- Manage and provide technical assistance to a diverse, highly skilled workforce in a team-oriented, self-directed environment to meet the business needs of the organization
- Manage the daily and long range planning and work execution goals for the team, in conjunction with operating personnel, to ensure the targeted business results are achieved.
- Lead the team’s efforts to deliver precision maintenance best practices and continuously improve equipment reliability, integrity, and performance.
- Maintain productivity by detailed planning and organization of work packages and documentation using a computerized maintenance management system.
- Strong leadership, motivational, and analytical thinking skills.
- Facilitates the resourcing of planned and scheduled maintenance work assigned at the weekly scheduling meeting.
- Building strong, cross functional empowered teams.
- Identifying and implementing training needs.
Entry Requirements
- BS in Mechanical Engineering or related; or AS in a technical field
- Five or more years of maintenance experience may be substituted for post-secondary education but must include experience in a maintenance craft, or as a maintenance coordinator, maintenance supervisor/planner, or engineer in an industrial setting.
Safety-Sensitive Position
This is a safety-sensitive position within a heavy industrial manufacturing environment. Candidates must be able to safely perform the essential functions of the job while working in operational areas that contain magnetic and electromagnetic field exposure, moving equipment, vehicular traffic, elevated work areas, and other industrial hazards.
As a safety-sensitive employer, Sappi maintains a drug-free workplace. Successful candidates for safety-sensitive positions must pass all required pre-employment screenings and drug testing, which includes testing for marijuana/cannabis.
Sappi-Cloquet is a team-based environment with over 100 years of continuous pulp and paper making history. The culture of the workforce has evolved to promote an atmosphere where hourly and salaried staff work together to get the job done. This position offers the opportunity to work and grow in a vibrant, forward thinking mill with a team of highly-skilled, dedicated employees. The person in this role is integral to the overall success of the mill and, as such, is a key member of the management team.
Responsibilities
- Responsibilities include safety performance, regulatory compliance, reliability, and cost control.
- Reporting to the Maintenance Superintendent, this position works closely with the organization’s Safety, Environmental, Operations and Reliability leaders to achieve and maintain maintenance and operational excellence.
- Keep equipment bills of material current.
- Review parts for inventory reduction &/or needed inventory level.
- Develop tasks lists as needed for all new and existing equipment including standard work procedures.
- Focused on maximizing wrench time.
- Assigns all work including redirects to the maintenance work force.
Expectations
- As a key member of the maintenance team, you will lead the safety initiatives that ensure an accident-free, safe, and productive workforce.
- Manage and provide technical assistance to a diverse, highly skilled workforce in a team-oriented, self-directed environment to meet the business needs of the organization
- Manage the daily and long range planning and work execution goals for the team, in conjunction with operating personnel, to ensure the targeted business results are achieved.
- Lead the team’s efforts to deliver precision maintenance best practices and continuously improve equipment reliability, integrity, and performance.
- Maintain productivity by detailed planning and organization of work packages and documentation using a computerized maintenance management system.
- Strong leadership, motivational, and analytical thinking skills.
- Facilitates the resourcing of planned and scheduled maintenance work assigned at the weekly scheduling meeting.
- Building strong, cross functional empowered teams.
- Identifying and implementing training needs.
Entry Requirements
- BS in Mechanical Engineering or related; or AS in a technical field
- Five or more years of maintenance experience may be substituted for post-secondary education but must include experience in a maintenance craft, or as a maintenance coordinator, maintenance supervisor/planner, or engineer in an industrial setting.
Safety-Sensitive Position
This is a safety-sensitive position within a heavy industrial manufacturing environment. Candidates must be able to safely perform the essential functions of the job while working in operational areas that contain magnetic and electromagnetic field exposure, moving equipment, vehicular traffic, elevated work areas, and other industrial hazards.
As a safety-sensitive employer, Sappi maintains a drug-free workplace. Successful candidates for safety-sensitive positions must pass all required pre-employment screenings and drug testing, which includes testing for marijuana/cannabis.