Posted 3 months ago
Maintenance Superintendent
@ Mercer Celgar
Castlegar, British Columbia
Overview
Mercer Celgar is hiring a Maintenance Superintendent to lead the mill's maintenance department, reporting to the Maintenance Manager. The role covers safety and environmental leadership, supervising planners and trades, asset reliability, and budgeting. The salary range is $120,000 to $180,000 depending on experience, with a pension plan and group benefits from day one.
Responsibilities:
- Lead safety and environmental compliance across maintenance operations
- Supervise and develop supervisors, planners and trades
- Drive asset reliability and preventive maintenance programs
- Prepare and monitor operating, capital and maintenance budgets
- Develop departmental goals and mill-wide problem-solving plans
Requirements summary:
- Interprovincial Trades Certification or Bachelor's in Engineering, or equivalent
- Five years in pulp and paper or heavy industry, three in maintenance leadership
- Proficiency with SAP and predictive maintenance technologies
- Knowledge of asset management and reliability centred maintenance
- Experience managing unionized labour environments
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Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-08-21
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-08
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-16
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Maintenance & repair |
| Experience | 5+ years |
| Management experience | 3+ years |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Plant or factory, Office |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer moderate |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | Interprovincial Trades Certification |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (preferred) |
| Fields of study | Engineering |
| Perks mentioned | Retirement plan, Wellness |
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Mercer Celgar
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Full company description
Pulp. Mass timber. Lumber. Pallets. Bioenergy. Biochemicals. All from one input — responsibly sourced wood fibre, converted at scale into the materials a low-carbon economy needs. Mercer International Inc. (NASDAQ: MERC) is a global forest products company with operations across Germany, Canada, and the United States, and approximately 3,580 team members. We operate four of the most modern pulp mills in Europe and North America, three mass timber facilities, two major sawmill and pallet operations in Germany, and a lignin pilot plant at Rosenthal turning a byproduct of pulp-making into a renewable alternative to fossil chemicals. The numbers: 2.1 million ADMTs of kraft pulp a year, 86% of it NBSK. 960 MMfbm of lumber. 17 million Euro-pallets. 210,000 m³ of cross-laminated timber — roughly 20% of North American CLT capacity from our Spokane plant alone. 45,000 m³ of glulam. 230,000 tonnes of wood pellets and briquettes. 398 MW of cogenerated electricity feeding our mills and the regional grids around them. Fibre certified under FSC, PEFC, and SFI chain-of-custody standards. Stendal. Rosenthal. Celgar. Peace River. Friesau. Torgau. Spokane. Conway. Okanagan Falls. Nine operating sites, each a long-term employer and industrial partner in the community around it. In Canada, that includes enduring relationships with First Nations, Métis Settlements, and Indigenous communities whose lands, governance, and partnerships are central to how we operate. Our vision is to transform biomass into bioproducts for a more sustainable world. Our values — Be Safe & Healthy, Be Sustainable, Be Respectful, Be Bold — shape how we work every day. Our Vision 2030 strategy commits us to doing more with every tree: more bioproducts, more circularity, more value to the places where we operate. Follow Mercer for what wood fibre can become next. mercerint.com
- LinkedIn followers
- 23,334
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 430
- Reported office locations
- Suite 1120, 700 W. Pender Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 1G8, CA
- #1 Pulp Mill Site Road, Pulp Mill Site, Peace River, Alberta T8S 1V7, CA
- Charlottenstraße 59, Berlin, 10117, DE
- 14900 Interurban Ave S, Seattle, Washington 98168, US
- 1921 Arrow Lakes Dr, Castlegar, British Columbia V1N 3H9, CA
- Goldbecker Straße 1, Arneburg, Saxony-Anhalt 39596 , DE
- Am Bahnhof 123, Saalburg-Ebersdorf, Thuringia 07929, DE
- Forstweg 1 04860, Torgau, DE
- 19202 Garland Avenue, Spokane Valley, WA 99027, US
- 2002C Dyffryn Road, Lumby, BC V0E 2G0, CA
- Business categories
- Wine And Spirits
- Solar
- Renewable Energy
- Food and Beverage
- Manufacturing
- Other recorded names
- Mercer Celgar
- Mercer International Inc.
- Specialties
- NBSK Pulp
- Renewable Energy
- Bio-Chemicals
- Lumber
- Lumber Derivatives
- NBHK Pulp
- Cross-laminated timber
- Lignin
- sustainable forest products
- Market Pulp (NBSK & NBHK)
- High-quality Lumber
- Mass Timber Construction
- Circular Economy Solutions
- EPAL-certified Pallets
- Fiber Resource Optimization
- Environmental Certification Compliance
- Workplace Health & Safety
- Circular Economy Solutions
- Bioproducts
- and Harvesting and Transportation
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 201,790,000
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
Pulp. Mass timber. Lumber. Pallets. Bioenergy. Biochemicals. All from one input — responsibly sourced wood fibre, converted at scale into the materials a low-carbon economy needs. Mercer International Inc. (NASDAQ: MERC) is a global forest products company with operations across Germany, Canada, and the United States, and approximately 3,580 team members. We operate four of the most modern pulp mills in Europe and…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Paper & Forest Products |
| Company size | 1,001-5,000 employees |
| Headquarters | Vancouver, BC |
| Organization type | Public Company |
| Year founded | 1968 |
| Specialties | NBSK PulpRenewable EnergyBio-ChemicalsLumberLumber DerivativesNBHK PulpCross-laminated timberLigninsustainable forest productsMarket Pulp (NBSK & NBHK) |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 8 |
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About the job
Company Overview
Who we are. At Mercer International Inc., our vision of transforming biomass into bioproducts for a more sustainable world is being realized every day. We are a diversified global producer of forest products, bioproducts and green electricity with operations in Canada, Germany, and the United States. We have a consolidated annual production capacity of approximately 2.3 million tonnes of kraft pulp and 960 million board feet of softwood lumber.
What we believe. A culture of diversity and inclusion is critical in making the best decisions for our people and achieving sustainable business success. Together, we encourage, support and celebrate the diverse voices of our employees. We strive to provide an inclusive culture by fostering an environment of mutual respect and fairness all while by providing opportunities to contribute and grow.
Position Description
An immediate opportunity exists for a safety-committed Maintenance Superintendent, reporting directly to the Maintenance Manager.
The primary purpose of this role is to provide strategic leadership, technical expertise and operational supervision to ensure the safe, continuous and proactive operation of the mill's maintenance department. The Maintenance Superintendent plays a pivotal role in driving world class safety, environmental compliance, quality and asset reliability. By promoting best practices, advanced asset management strategies and continuous reliability improvements, this position fosters an engaged culture centered on partnership, ownership, financial stewardship and 100% equipment and process reliability.
Responsibilities
- Safety & Environmental Leadership: Promote, model and maintain core safety values across all daily departmental operations. Ensure full compliance with mill environmental standards, lead incident investigations and drive consistent adherence to mill safety policies and housekeeping standards.
- People & Operational Management: Direct, mentor and develop department personnel (supervisors, planners and trades). Oversee employee productivity, performance planning/reviews, succession planning and crew tool-box talks.
- Asset Management & Reliability: Provide leadership and technical strategy to achieve 100% equipment and process reliability. Coordinate the reliability improvement process, enhance preventive maintenance programs using reliability centred maintenance concepts and collaborate with operations and engineering partners to drive operating driven reliability.
- Financial Stewardship: Participate in the preparation of annual operating, capital and major maintenance budgets. Monitor and control departmental costs, conducting monthly budget reviews with the Mill Controller to ensure financial alignment.
- Troubleshooting & Strategic Alignment: Facilitate short- and long-term problem-solving discussions for mill-wide issues. Develop departmental goals and strategic plans aligned with the company’s 5-year plan and ensure detailed start-up plans are executed for new capital equipment.
- Cross-Departmental Collaboration: Consult regularly with Human Resources on labor relations, policy administration and employee development. Represent the maintenance department in daily mill-wide morning meetings and various mill committees.
Qualifications and Experience
- Interprovincial Trades Certification, Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or an equivalent combination of technical training and extensive practical experience.
Minimum of five (5) years of experience in the pulp and paper industry (or heavy industrial processing), with at least three (3) years in a maintenance leadership role. - Proficient with Computerized Maintenance Management Systems such as SAP and predictive maintenance technologies.
- Strong knowledge of Asset Management and Reliability Centered Maintenance concepts. Outstanding communication, conflict resolution, time management and financial planning skills.
- Proven track record of fostering a proactive safety culture and managing unionized labor environments.
Benefits
- Pension and Benefits. We provide a competitive pension plan, with base contributions made by Mercer which can be supplemented with personal contributions matched by the company up to a certain %.
- Our group benefits package, which has no waiting period, includes extended health and dental benefits and an on-site gym.
- The Salary Range for this position is $120,000 - $180,000 depending on experience and qualifications.
Application Process
Mercer Celgar is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds.
Submit your resume to the documents folder on the application. Resumes and all supporting documents must be submitted no later than September 7, 2026.
We thank all applicants for considering a career with us, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. For more information, please visit our website: www.mercerint.com.
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