What are the responsibilities and job description for the Operations Maintenance Coordinator position at CEO Inc.?
Operations Maintenance Coordinator
(Catawba, SC)
U.S. Citizenship or fully executed Green Card required
If you’re someone who thrives in the heartbeat of a large-scale industrial operation—where reliability, precision, and coordination directly impact production, this role offers a chance to step into a highly visible position supporting a complex pulp & paper utilities environment.
We’re looking for a technically strong, operations-minded maintenance professional who understands how to keep power and recovery systems running safely, efficiently, and without disruption.
What You’ll Be Doing
In this role, you will serve as the central coordination point between Operations and Maintenance within a large integrated Pulp & Utilities system. You won’t be turning wrenches, but your decisions will directly impact uptime, safety, and production continuity.
You’ll be responsible for:
- Reviewing and prioritizing maintenance work orders, including emergency and break-in work, based on operational demand and plant conditions
- Approving or rejecting maintenance work requests based on operational impact and safety considerations
- Determining whether work should be executed by Operations or Maintenance teams
- Coordinating daily execution of maintenance work between Operations, Maintenance Planning, and Craft teams
- Evaluating whether equipment requires shutdowns and aligning work accordingly
- Re-prioritizing scheduled work to accommodate urgent operational needs
- Coordinating lockout/tagout (LOTO), confined space entry, hot work permits, and other critical safety processes
- Ensuring proper housekeeping and readiness for maintenance execution
- Partnering closely with Maintenance Supervision and Team Leads to ensure backlog work is fully planned and ready for scheduling
- Driving clear communication across shifts and departments to ensure work readiness and execution alignment
What You Bring
This role is ideal for someone with a strong blend of technical understanding and operational leadership in heavy industrial environments.
We’re looking for:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent hands-on operational experience in a manufacturing environment
- Strong understanding of integrated pulp & paper mill operations
- Solid knowledge of power generation and recovery processes (critical requirement)
- Proven ability to coordinate complex maintenance and operational activities in real time
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving mindset in high-impact environments
- Experience working cross-functionally with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and Safety teams
- Demonstrated ability to balance competing priorities in a high-urgency production setting
- Strong communication skills with the ability to influence across all levels of the organization
- Ability to build trust quickly and maintain alignment across teams under pressure
Why This Role Matters
This is not a back-office coordination role. You are directly influencing plant reliability, production continuity, and safe execution of maintenance activities in one of the most critical utility environments in the facility.
Your decisions will help determine:
- When equipment comes offline
- How quickly issues are resolved
- How safely maintenance work is executed
- How efficiently operations recover from disruptions
Work Environment Snapshot
- Heavy industrial environment with exposure to mechanical systems, noise, and process utilities
- Regular interaction with active production and maintenance areas
- Occasional exposure to confined spaces, elevated work areas, and utility systems
- Requires strong situational awareness and adherence to safety protocols (LOTO, permits, etc.)