Operations Maintenance Coordinator - AA

ineos; Texas City (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

INEOS is seeking an Acetic Acid Maintenance Coordinator to manage and coordinate maintenance activities within an assigned unit, ensuring safe, compliant, and reliable operations through effective planning, scheduling, and execution. The role interfaces with operations, engineering, and contractors to align priorities and maintain asset availability.

Emphasis on safety leadership, incident reporting, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the full maintenance workflow including identification, prioritization, planning, scheduling, and execution of preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities.
• Lead daily and weekly planning and scheduling meetings to align maintenance execution with operational priorities and resource availability.
• Ensure maintenance work scopes are clearly defined, technically sound, and aligned with best practices and manufacturer recommendations.
• Drive schedule compliance by coordinating resources, removing execution barriers, and monitoring progress against plan.
• Ensure all maintenance procedures are followed and work is executed safely, efficiently, and to quality standards.
• Coordinate execution of maintenance activities during routine operations as well as planned shutdowns and unplanned outages.
• Support development of job plans and work packages to enable efficient execution by maintenance teams.

Tools

SAP

Job description

Our people make all the difference in our success.

Compensation Grade ACE-USD-SAL (inactive)

The Acetic Acid Maintenance Coordinator is responsible for managing and coordinating maintenance activities and operational interfaces within an assigned unit or area. This includes day-to-day maintenance, emergent issues, and planned and unplanned outages. The role ensures that maintenance processes-identification, planning, scheduling, and execution-are effectively implemented and aligned with operational priorities.

The position plays a key role in delivering safe, compliant, and reliable operations by supporting high asset availability and continuous improvement in maintenance execution.

Accountability 1: Safety, Health & Environmental (SHE)

• Comply with and actively promote the INEOS Life Saving Rules, the INEOS 20 Principles of Process and Behavioral Safety, and all site SHE requirements.
• Ensure all maintenance activities are planned and executed in compliance with site environmental compliance requirements (reporting, LDAR repair timing, etc.).
• Manages asset compliance with process safety and personnel safety inspections and testing completed by asset maintenance resources (interlock instrument calibrations, turbine overspeeds, relief valve testing, etc.).
• Be a safety leader through visible leadership in the field, including safety observation conversations, audits, and near miss reporting.
• Adhere to the SHE incident management system established for the site including participation in reporting, incident investigations, sharing of lessons learned, corrective action tracking and personnel training.
• Knowledgeable of the specific process and maintenance execution hazards within the unit to be able to plan work and communicate those hazards to execution forces.
• Verifies clear understanding of work scope, carefully reviews the type of work and potential safety or process reliability hazards.
• Takes appropriate action to initiate proper safety reviews (e.g., temporary job plan, confined space, hot work, etc.) when reviewing the work scope.

Accountability 2: Maintenance Planning, Scheduling & Execution

• Coordinate the full maintenance workflow including identification, prioritization, planning, scheduling, and execution of preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities.
• Lead daily and weekly planning and scheduling meetings to align maintenance execution with operational priorities and resource availability.
• Ensure maintenance work scopes are clearly defined, technically sound, and aligned with best practices and manufacturer recommendations.
• Drive schedule compliance by coordinating resources, removing execution barriers, and monitoring progress against plan.
• Ensure all maintenance procedures are followed and work is executed safely, efficiently, and to quality standards.
• Coordinate execution of maintenance activities during routine operations as well as planned shutdowns and unplanned outages.
• Support development of job plans and work packages to enable efficient execution by maintenance teams.

Accountability 3: Operational Coordination & Interface Management

• Serve as the primary interface between operations, maintenance, engineering, and contractors to ensure clear alignment on maintenance priorities and execution plans.
• Maintain continuous communication with Operations to ensure equipment preparation, isolation, and handover processes are completed in accordance with schedule.
• Coordinate small-scale maintenance and project activities within the unit, ensuring alignment with production requirements.
• Interface with Asset Support, Engineering, and Planning functions to scope, schedule, and execute more complex maintenance activities.
• Communicate schedule changes, constraints, and priority shifts to all relevant stakeholders in a timely manner.
• Coordinate with SHE teams to ensure safety and environmental considerations are integrated into maintenance plans.
• Monitor unit conditions and daily logs to proactively identify emerging maintenance needs and adjust priorities accordingly.

Accountability 4: Work Management & Prioritization

• Manage work orders within SAP from initiation through execution and completion, ensuring data accuracy and proper documentation.
• Evaluate and prioritize competing maintenance requests based on safety, reliability, and production impact.
• Create and manage work notifications for maintenance activities not generated through routine processes.
• Allocate resources effectively across maintenance activities, balancing planned work, backlog reduction, and emergent issues.
• Monitor and manage maintenance backlog to ensure timely execution of critical work and alignment with site targets.
• Ensure execution teams