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Position Title: Mechanical Reliability Leader Salary Range: $120,000-$150,000 Multiple factors, including Individual experience,
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Position Title:
Mechanical Reliability Leader
Salary Range:
$120,000-$150,000
Multiple factors, including Individual experience, skills and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range.
About The Role:
The Mechanical Reliability Leader at GCF’s New Bern Mill will have overall responsibilities for driving mill-wide reliability improvement plans to improve constrained area downtime. This individual will:
Drive improvement in work practices and procedures across the mill organization
Facilitate implementation of work systems and drive improvement efforts for all key elements of reliability
Responsible for ensuring that the following specific reliability systems are developed and maintained in a consistent and sustainable manner mill-wide:
Manufacturing Work systems (MWS), Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), Significant Reliability Recordable (SRR) management, RI database management, Mechanical Precision Maintenance (MPM), Predictive Maintenance (PdM), Preventative Maintenance, Operator Basic Care, Annual Outage management, Lubrication, Facility Preservation, and Reliability Certification
GMS Reliability program
Management of Change (MOC)
Constrained area downtime recording
Chronic Issues reduction
Provide guidance and direction for direct reports including:
Utilities Reliability engineer
Fiberline Reliability engineer
Finished Products Reliability Engineer
PPM Crew FLL
Responsible for supporting and auditing the GMTI and MPM Training efforts
Champion reliability related capital projects
Perform failure analysis as needed with the assistance of the Technology and Best Practices Database.
Responsible for the development and growth of engineers
About You: Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
B.S. in an engineering discipline
10+ years of manufacturing experience (pulp & paper mill setting preferred)
7+ years of reliability/ maintenance experience
Formal reliability training or experience implementing reliability systems
ME certification is a plus
About Global Cellulose Fibers (GCF):
Our GCF business helps customers transform renewable cellulose fibers into essential everyday products. Our safe, high-quality pulp forms the basis for a wide range of applications like towel and tissue products, diapers, feminine care, incontinence and other personal care products that promote health and wellness. In addition, our specialty pulp serves as a sustainable raw material used in construction materials, paints, coatings and more. GCF generated $2.8B in revenue in 2024 and has 3,300 employees globally, with nine manufacturing facilities and eight regional offices. Additional information can be found by visiting globalcellulosefibers.com.
Why GCF:
Global Cellulose Fibers promotes employee well-being by providing safe, caring and inclusive workplaces. We have team members all around the world with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. These are our strengths. We are committed to creating a culture where all individuals are respected, valued, engaged and have an opportunity to do their best work every day. We invite you to bring your uniqueness, creativity, talents, experiences, and safety mindset to be a part of our increasingly inclusive and diverse culture.
We’ve Got You Covered:
At Global Cellulose Fibers, our employees are our most important asset and that’s reflected in our benefits package that includes health, welfare and retirement plans. We are proud to offer a variety of benefits to support our employees and their families, including:
Medical, Dental, Life insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts
Short-term and Long-term Disability
401(k) and Company-funded retirement contributions
Paid Time Off
Physical Location of Position:
New Bern Mill
1785 Weyerhaeuser Road
Vanceboro, NC 28586
Global Cellulose Fibers is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Global Cellulose Fibers complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact accommodations@gcfibers.com or (833) 753-3242.
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Listing Details
- Posted
- September 14, 2026
- First seen
- September 25, 2026
- Last seen
- September 25, 2026
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