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Maintenance Planning Coordinator

Georgia-Pacific and Careers
Pennington, AL Full Time
POSTED ON 12/31/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/28/2026
Your Job

Our Georgia Pacific mill in Pennington, AL, is seeking a Maintenance Planning Coordinator to join our Naheola team. The Gatekeeper will m anage the maintenance equipment expense, spending, and reliability systems for the Woodyard and Pulp Mill Operational areas. This role reports directly to the Woodyard/Pulp Mill Business Unit Leader.

Our Team

The Naheola Mill is the largest employer in the community and actively supports community outreach, workforce development, and education. The area offers excellent outdoor activities, including world-class hunting and access to the Tombigbee River for fishing, boating, and water skiing. Residents enjoy a mild climate, low cost of living, and proximity to the Gulf Coast's beaches and resorts.

As part of Koch, Georgia-Pacific is a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, and building products. We also operate a major recycling business. With over 30,000 employees in more than 150 locations, we're committed to meeting customer needs with quality products and continuous innovation

What You Will Do

  • Primary interface between Operations and Maintenance.
  • Connect Operations and Maintenance to a common Vision
  • Manage work order backlog and prioritize work by area and mill-wide to support business needs. Own the WY/Pulp Department's Maintenance Backlog
  • Prioritize Maintenance / Contractor Work Based on Operational Needs and Resources Availability / Capabilities
  • Manage the maintenance expense (ME) budget at or below budget
  • Develop annual as well as multi-year forecast that levels maintenance expenses
  • Maintain standards for work request (WR) quality
  • Ensure EHS, compliance, and preventive maintenance work orders are a priority
  • Manage maintenance expenditures to minimize unplanned events
  • Coordinate Maintenance support of scheduled shutdown planning and execution
  • Prioritize the funding of safety initiatives based on risk mitigation
  • Support the execution of the GP Reliability Mental Models
  • Maintain assets in like-for-like condition to maximize results
  • Coach initiators on the quality of WR, rejection reasons, and the value of work submitted

Knowledge - Skills - Abilities:
  • Leadership skills, communication skills, and facilitator skills
  • Strong knowledge of Woodyard and Pulp equipment
  • Ability to develop and optimize production and maintenance plans
  • Business acumen (good command of applicable business economics)
  • Ability to work well with all levels within the organization, from senior leadership to maintenance and production hourly technicians

W ho You Are (Basic Qualifications)
  • High School Diploma
  • Five (5) or more years of industrial manufacturing experience
  • Experience with SAP and Excel

What Will Put You Ahead
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Front Line Maintenance Leadership or Maintenance Planning Experience

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Who We Are

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day -to make everyday products even better.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf

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