OMC Power & Recovery

Smurfit Westrock; Hopewell (VA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 161,000; Full time

Job summary

Smurfit Westrock in Hopewell, VA is seeking an Operations Maintenance Coordinator (OMC) to lead maintenance activities, align with production, and drive asset reliability across the plant.

The role focuses on 3-day to 1-year planning horizons, prioritizing backlogs, scheduling shutdowns, and delivering safe, efficient operations while coordinating with maintenance and production teams. You will mentor staff, promote safety culture, and seek opportunities for capital projects.

Qualifications

• Good oral and written communications skills.
• Fundamental understanding of mill processes affecting power and recovery operations with experience.
• Extensive experience with JDE, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and MS Project.
• Familiar with statistical process control.
• Knowledge of maintenance management principles including precision maintenance, Preventative maintenance, root cause failure analysis, shutdown and contingency planning, and computer-based maintenance work systems.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accident-free safe work environment by managing safety backlog and coordinating shutdowns.
• Coordinate and lead production and maintenance activities to improve reliability and reduce downtime.
• Prioritize and manage the backlog of work orders; schedule daily and weekly tasks.
• Screen and approve all work orders for asset areas; ensure quality and accurate descriptions.
• Serve as project originator for maintenance capital and document with FEP 1.
• Act as a technical resource to solve chronic failures with reliability engineers.
• Plan installation/startup of new equipment to minimize production disruption.
• Develop and maintain on-the-job training materials for department tasks.
• Support quality initiatives to achieve customer satisfaction.

Skills

Strong communication

Power & recovery processes

Team collaboration

Maintenance planning

Problem solving

Education

Engineering degree or Bachelor degree with equivalent experience

Tools

JDE

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

MS Project

Job description

Description & Requirements

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is the go-to leader and partner of choice in sustainable packaging. We are dedicated to creating efficient and scalable paper and packaging solutions to help solve complex packaging challenges. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity and respect, we are committed to delivering meaningful value for shareholders, customers, employees and the communities where we operate.

Career Opportunity

The OMC role is to provide leadership and support to the Superintendent and production supervisors. Ensure continuity of the asset machine operation, achieve department objective, and facilitate sound business decisions. The OMC is responsible for the maintenance activities required for Maintaining and ensuring the reliability for the operations department. The primary focus of the OMC is in the 3‑day to one‑year time frame. The OMC is the link between the Production and Maintenance departments. The OMC is responsible for prioritizing work, managing backlogs, and planning/scheduling shutdowns. The OMC reports directly to the Production Department Superintendent; the position’s customers include production and maintenance. Accept special assignments on major shutdowns, problem solving projects, and capital projects. Ability to promote to the next level in a short period of time.

How You Will Impact Smurfit Westrock

• Accountable for an accident free and safe work environment by managing the department safety work order backlog and maintaining a zero quarterly backlog (within control). Coordinate scheduled shutdown and unscheduled outage lockout and tag out.
• Deliver operational excellence by coordinating activities between Production and Maintenance by leading the WestRock process which includes: Prioritizing daily work, planning, scheduled shutdowns, and managing maintenance backlogs, reduce break in work, and take the lead in LOA, safety, and audit items which need both Production and Maintenance follow-up.
• Keeping “planned work order” backlog according to guidelines; utilize backlog to schedule daily and weekly work list.
• Prioritizing and approving break‑in or emergency work.
• Prioritizing work order backlog.
• Scheduling on‑run backlog.
• Screening and approving all work orders for asset area; assuring quality of all work orders (coding accuracy, symptoms, accurately described).
• Serving as project originator for maintenance capital in asset area; write FEP 1 documentation.
• Being a technical resource for solving chronic and repeat failures, with reliability engineer.
• Planning the installation and startup of new equipment to minimize the upset of normal operations.
• Developing and maintaining detailed, structured on‑job training manuals for all department tasks and jobs.
• Guarantee customer quality expectations and support the quality initiatives established by the mill in pursuing 100% customer satisfaction.
• Provide leadership, development, and training.
• Ensure company, site and department financial wellbeing.
• Seek personal development and growth.
• Assist other department Superintendents in troubleshooting.

What You Will Need To Succeed

• Good oral and written communications skills, highly skilled in group communication as well as one to one communication. Ability to determine effective and appropriate means of communication.
• Fundamental understanding of mill processes affecting power and recovery operations, preferred 5‑years of operational experience, engineering degree or Bachelor degree with equivalent experience.
• Extensive experience with JDE, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and MS Project.
• Familiar with statistical process control.
• Knowledge of maintenance management principles including but not limited to precision maintenance, Preventative maintenance, root cause failure analysis, shutdown and contingency planning, and computer-based maintenance work systems; desire to work with maintenance disciples as a team.

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Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.

The salary range for this position is $96,375.00 - $160,625.00, depending on your role, level, and location. The range listed is also the expected pay for roles in Illinois and Colorado. The benefits for this role include short‑term bonus incentive, health, dental and vision insurance, flexible spending accounts or health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and paid sick leave as required by applicable state/local law, 15 days of paid vacation, and 11 days of paid holidays, subject to annual change. Your pay will be based on factors such as your skills, experience, and education.