Operations Maintenance Coordinator- Powerhouse

SUMMARY: The Operations/Maintenance Coordinator role will provide leadership and support to the Operations Managers and shift supervisors to ensure continuity of the Fiberline and Chemical operations. The Operations/Maintenance Coordinator is responsible for the maintenance activities required for maintaining and ensuring the reliability of the mill in an efficient manner.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Reviews work order priorities, including emergency and break-in work orders, based on knowledge of product demand, management direction and operational expectations
• Approves or rejects all maintenance work requests
• Determine jobs that can and should be handled by operations
• Coordinates maintenance work execution between operations and maintenance
• Determine whether jobs require an equipment shutdown
• Adjusts priorities of scheduled work-in-progress to execute emergency or break-in work
• Coordinates required housekeeping for maintenance work
• Coordinates lockouts and tag-outs of equipment for maintenance work
• Coordinates required permits for confined space entry and hot work
• Communicates directly with maintenance in the planning of work in the backlog that is not ready to be scheduled
• Communicates directly with maintenance supervision, team leaders and crafts in the scheduling of work that has been planned is ready to be scheduled

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• None.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Four-year engineering degree or equivalent operational experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Solid understanding of the operation of an integrated pulp & paper mill.
• Strong kraft pulping process knowledge.
• Strong problem solving skills
• Ability to work collaboratively across multiple functions.
• Demonstrated leadership and supervisory experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills,
• Ability to build and sustain trust.
• Ability to balance priorities to meet short and long-term goals.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit and use hands to handle or feel.
• The employee frequently is required to talk or hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• The noise level in the work environment can be loud at times.
• Regular exposure to moving mechanical parts.
• May be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions.
• Occasionally exposed to high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles; vibrations.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• No license requirement.

OTHER DUTIES

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.