Mill Maintenance & Planning Leader

International Paper; Valliant (OK); On-site; USD 93,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

International Paper in Valliant, OK seeks an Operations Maintenance Coordinator (PM2) to lead safety-minded maintenance activities, coordinate planning and scheduling, and improve reliability using MWS principles. The role requires strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration.

The PM2 site involves a large containerboard operation with significant maintenance needs; you will manage backlog, outages, and budget considerations while driving results and 5S standards across the area.

Qualifications

• Education – Prefer an engineer with 5+ years’ experience in the paper industry. Non-degreed candidates may be acceptable with experience and demonstrated abilities that fits the role.
• Experience – Managerial experience and at least 5 years of maintenance/engineering or production experience in a manufacturing environment. Must have excellent computer skills and be able to master Microsoft Project, SAP-PM and Excel.
• Demonstrated leadership skills combined with technical knowledge and operations experience in pulp and paper manufacturing processes.
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills (written and oral) with proven ability to coach, educate and motivate.
• Understanding and commitment to the concepts of high-performance work systems and change management.
• Strong work ethic
• Active participation in safety, problem solving and other team activities.

Responsibilities

• Assure a safe and highly motivated workforce by demonstrating leadership in safety and engagement.
• Champion Area Manufacturing Work System (MWS) execution, deliberate improvement efforts, and standardization.
• Coordinate tasks between maintenance and operations to ensure proper planning, scheduling, and execution.
• Facilitate MWS meetings and ensure the daily MWS agenda is strictly followed.
• Leads weekly MWS scheduling meeting to review and prioritize work requests for routine and shutdown work.
• Improve maintenance efficiency by communicating and posting schedules before 3:30pm daily, buffering break-in work, and prioritizing planning and scheduling priorities.
• Coordinate process preparation for maintenance to ensure efficient use of resources (shutdown, isolation, prep, LOTOs, work permitting).
• Improve mill reliability through disciplined MWS application with focus on planning/scheduling quality and recording of work history.
• Assist in managing the business unit area maintenance budget by managing overtime and maintenance spending.
• Ensure maintenance resources are efficiently utilized; work with Contract Maintenance Supervisors and Area Maintenance Managers to request resources for outages/field days.
• Properly maintain and prioritize business unit area backlogs.
• Perform the role of Area Outage Coordinator.
• Maintain the outage MS Project schedule(s) and ensure outage execution meets the plan.
• Ensure outage planning tasks follow corporate standards including post-outage activities.
• Assist in area physical assessment improvements.
• Ensure maintenance and operating areas are maintained to 5S standards

Skills

Leadership

Safety awareness

Communication

Problem solving

Computer literacy

Education

Engineer with 5+ years’ experience in paper industry

Non-degreed acceptable with experience

Tools

Microsoft Project

SAP-PM

Excel

Job description

International Paper in Valliant, OK seeks an Operations Maintenance Coordinator (PM2) to lead safety-minded maintenance activities, coordinate planning and scheduling, and improve reliability using MWS principles. The role requires strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration.

The PM2 site involves a large containerboard operation with significant maintenance needs; you will manage backlog, outages, and budget considerations while driving results and 5S standards across the area.