Operations Maintenance Coordinator - Finished Products

New-Indy Containerboard; Catawba (SC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

New-Indy Containerboard is seeking a Maintenance Planner/Scheduler for our Catawba, SC mill. The role focuses on prioritizing and coordinating maintenance work with operations to maximize uptime and safety.

Responsibilities include reviewing work orders, approving tasks, planning shutdowns, and ensuring proper permits and lockouts are in place. A four-year engineering degree or equivalent experience is required, with strong mill process knowledge and leadership capabilities.

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of operating an integrated pulp, water & paper mill.
• Strong kraft pulping process knowledge.
• Demonstrated leadership and supervisory experience.
• Ability to work across multiple functions and build trust.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to balance short and long-term priorities.

Responsibilities

• Review work order priorities, including emergency and break-in orders.
• Approve or reject maintenance work requests.
• Coordinate maintenance work execution between operations and maintenance.
• Determine if an equipment shutdown is required and plan accordingly.
• Adjust priorities to accommodate emergencies or changes in schedule.
• Coordinate housekeeping and lockouts/tag-outs for maintenance work.
• Arrange permits for confined space entry and hot work.
• Communicate with maintenance planning and supervision about backlog and scheduling.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership experience

Written and verbal communication

Prioritization

Problem solving

Education

Four-year engineering degree or equivalent operational experience

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: Catawba Mill - Catawba, SC 29704

Position Type: Full Time

Education Level: High School Diploma or Equivalent

Travel Percentage: None

Job Category: Manufacturing

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.

QualificationsSKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Four-year engineering degree or equivalent operational experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Solid understanding of the operation of an integrated pulp & water& 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.