Gatekeeper - Pulp (Maintenance Operations Coordinator)

Georgia Pacific Corp.; Muskogee (OK); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement plan

Paid vacation/time off

Educational assistance

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific's Consumer Products business is seeking a Maintenance Operations Coordinator Gatekeeper to support our Muskogee Mill in Muskogee, Oklahoma. You will serve as a key link between Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, and Engineering to ensure resources target high-value opportunities and drive disciplined execution of maintenance work and asset strategies.

Responsibilities include guiding teams through Principle Based Management, managing risk, coaching staff, and developing

Qualifications

• Experience mentoring in manufacturing, industrial, or military settings.
• Experience applying precision maintenance to improve reliability.
• Proficiency with CMMS/SAP and maintenance planning processes.

Responsibilities

• Guide teams to apply Principle Based Management aligned with guiding principles.
• Identify and address high-risk hazards through proactive risk management.
• Lead, mentor, and coach team members with accountability for outcomes.
• Develop and implement mechanical/electrical/instrumentation work strategies and reliability improvements.
• Oversee annual performance development for department staff and ensure alignment with mill objectives.
• Provide continuous coaching to employees.
• Manage EH&S risks associated with site maintenance activities.
• Build maintenance team capabilities aligned with corporate culture.

Skills

Mentoring

Precision maintenance

CMMS usage

Maintenance planning

Risk management

Team coaching

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

SAP

Job description

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific's Consumer Products business is seeking a Maintenance Operations Coordinator Gatekeeper) to support our Muskogee Mill in Muskogee, Oklahoma. This role will serve as a key connection point between Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, and Engineering teams to ensure maintenance resources are focused on the highest-value opportunities. The Gatekeeper will own maintenance backlog management, support maintenance planning processes, drive reliability improvements, manage finances, and help create long‑term value through disciplined execution of maintenance work processes and asset strategies.

Our Team

For over 50 years, the Muskogee Paper Mill has been a major part of the economic lifeblood of the region. With more than 750 employees, across more than 600 acres, Muskogee strives to lead the tissue, towel, and napkin business. Our team recently invested more than $50 million to grow our brands and continue to serve our loyal consumers with the great quality they have come to expect.

Learn more by visiting our consumer products homepage.

What You Will Do

• Guide and support employees in applying Principle Based Management in alignment with our Guiding Principles.
• Steer the organization towards excellence in safety, environmental stewardship, health, and compliance by proactively identifying and addressing high‑risk hazards through effective risk management.
• Lead, mentor, and coach team members, ensuring accountability for the maintenance department's outcomes influenced by personnel performance and capability.
• Develop and implement strategies for mechanical and/or electrical/instrumentation work processes, reliability enhancements, daily and outage work execution, precision maintenance, and planning.
• Oversee the annual performance development process for departmental employees, ensuring individual roles, responsibilities, and expectations (RRE's) are aligned with overall mill and department objectives.
• Provide continuous, meaningful coaching to employees.
• Manage the environmental, health, and safety risks associated with site maintenance activities.
• Develop the maintenance team's capabilities in alignment with the corporate culture of Principle Based Management and serve as a knowledgeable resource for mechanical systems within the mill.
• Organize and develop weekly maintenance craft schedules based on planned work assignments.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience mentoring others within a manufacturing, industrial or military environment
• Experience implementing precision maintenance techniques to improve equipment reliability
• Experience with some or all of the following equipment - steam generation, electrical power systems, water treatment facilities, compressed air systems, winders, slitters, cross‑cutter, coater, laminators, calendar, embosser, presses, perforator, die cutters, dryers.
• Experience prioritizing work and spend plans.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's Degree
• Experience using a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) (i.e. - SAP preferred)
• Experience in Pulp & Paper, Chemical Manufacturing, Oil and Gas, Steel and Metal Manufacturing, or Refinery Industry
• Experience with facilities maintenance and repairing/troubleshooting pumps, gearboxes, mechanical drive systems, and hydraulics systems

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 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 300,000 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.

• medical
• dental
• vision
• flexible spending and health savings accounts
• life insurance
• ADD
• disability
• retirement
• paid vacation/time off
• educational assistance
• 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.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E‑Verify. (For Illinois E‑Verify information aqui, or tu).