Prod. & Maintenance Coordinator

SunCoke Energy Inc.; East Chicago (IN); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

SunCoke Energy Inc. is seeking a site supervisor in East Chicago, IN to coordinate non-emergency work requests and ensure alignment with process requirements and completion dates.

You will oversee contractor activities, monitor headcount, and elevate staffing as outages or surge maintenance occur. The role emphasizes safety, MOC adherence, and reliability improvements while directing planning with plant departments.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree or equivalent with 2–5 years related experience.
• Previous supervisory experience / contractor management preferred.
• CMRP certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the site’s contractor activities while ensuring safety and schedule alignment.
• Monitor and report maintenance headcount to stay within budget.
• Advocate for budgeted headcount for surge maintenance and outages.
• Lead weekly scheduling and ensure plan fits available resources.
• Redirect minor maintenance activities to production technicians as needed.
• Coach originators when work orders are unclear or incomplete.
• Ensure Management of Change is followed when required.
• Review backlog and prioritize high-value, timely jobs.
• Support overtime decisions to meet process needs.
• Liaise between operations and maintenance to resolve schedule issues.
• Provide schedule information to Production Operators for equipment needs.
• Contribute to reliability-driven improvements and workflow understanding.
• Follow all SSEP requirements and manage winterization program.

Skills

Supervision

Contractor management

Scheduling

Stakeholder liaison

Maintenance coordination

Process adherence

Education

Two-year college degree or technical school

Job description

Reviews all non-emergency work requests to ensure work order content meets process requirements and requested completion dates facilities planning lead times.

• Coordinates the site’s contractor activities while adhering to bargaining unit requirements, including meeting regularly with the union.
• Monitoring and reporting of the site maintenance headcount (SunCoke, resident contractors and third-party services) to ensure staffing levels are within budgetary constraints.
• Elevates the need to increase budgeted headcount for surge maintenance and outage events.
• Facilitates the weekly scheduling meeting and ensures that planned work is matched with available resources. The content of the weekly schedule is a collaborative effort between all plant departments with the PMC having final determination of the schedule.
• Redirecting minor maintenance activities to production technicians as time, tools, and material are available to ensure optimal use of maintenance resources
• Coaching and providing feedback to the originator when work orders are not properly entered or are entered with insufficient descriptions,
• Ensuring the Management of Change process is followed when necessary.
• Continually reviewing work order back log to ensure jobs with highest priority and added value are prioritized, planned, and executed in a timely fashion such that regulatory requirements are maintained and reliability is not jeopardized.
• The PMC elevates the need for maintenance overtime to ensure jobs will complete in time to meet the needs of the process unit
• Reviewing daily schedules to ensure they meet the plants needs
• Acts as liaison between operations and maintenance groups on any problems adhering to the schedule
• Providing schedule information to the Production Operators for equipment preparation needs.
• Participating in the identification and implementation of reliability driven improvements
• Ensure work group has a full understanding of the workflow process
• Follows all SSEP requirements
• Manages the plant winterization program.

Education Requirements / Work Experience:

Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-Year College or technical school; 2 to 5 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Previous supervisory experience / contractor management is preferred.

Certifications:

CMRP preferred.

This is in no way states or implies that these are the only responsibilities of, and the duties to be performed by, the employee occupying this position.

Travel Required

No . Infrequent travel

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