Technical Coordinator

Evonik; Tennessee; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Evonik Corporation in Etowah, TN is seeking a Technical Coordinator to manage downtime, maintenance planning, and coordination between maintenance, production and materials management. You will gatekeep orders, schedule daily work, and drive improvements to reliability and energy usage.

You will lead energy monitoring, support ISO-50001 implementation, ensure compliance with health, safety and environmental policies, and track KPIs including OEE across production lines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical discipline required.
• Seven years of progressive industrial maintenance, reliability, or engineering experience with leadership.
• Proven ability to lead technical teams in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Act as coordinator for site downtime to maximize production hours and minimize outages.
• Gatekeeping and backlog management to coordinate Maintenance and Production Planning schedules.
• Schedule daily work for the technical team and publish the schedule with Production.
• Maximize changeovers and plan maintenance activities to improve reliability.
• Coordinate outages and unplanned work to optimize resources and time.
• Monitor energy consumption and lead ISO-50001 implementation for the site.
• Ensure compliance with environmental, health, and safety policies and regulations.
• Track KPIs with production, maintenance, and materials management; report OEE and improve site performance.

Skills

Leadership

Organizational skills

Prioritization

Conflict management

Interpersonal collaboration

Safety & regulatory knowledge

Reliability improvement tools

Root Cause Analysis

Continuous Improvement

Lean Manufacturing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical discipline

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Project

Job description

Technical Coordinator**Cookies**In order to offer this website, we use cookies. These are, on the one hand, cookies that are absolutely necessary to provide the website technically, and on the other hand, optional cookies, which are used, for example, for analysis purposes. Details can be found in our Privacy Policy. You accept the optional cookies by clicking on \"Accept cookies\".# Join Us## Technical CoordinatorApply: Etowah, TN: Full time: Posted Yesterday: R52568**What we offer** At Evonik, you’re part of a global chemical company working in many sectors that go beyond chemistry. From lipids for tomorrow’s medicines, biosurfactants for green detergents, additives for plastics recycling or membranes to help drive forward the energy transition, you’ll play an essential part in helping the world’s most essential industries succeed. Our success hinges on a diversity of ideas powered by people, not egos. Whether you’re a scientist or engineer, new to the team or established, in business, production, or anything in between – we cheer each other on. Because we believe we can do anything. Explore everything. And Be Part of Something Special! **Find out more about the many benefits we offer:** https://www.evonik.com/en/careers/why.htmlAct as coordinator for activities for the site to maximize all downtime associated in the production areas. Ensure work notifications are entered, converted to orders, planned, scheduled, and executed in the most effective manner relative to schedule and costs. This includes PM’s, CAPEX, outages, daily work, and industrial cleaning activities. Position will support the creation of and maintain a prioritized work list from production, ensure communication between maintenance, materials management, and production for schedules, coordinate delivery of critical components, and assist with resource needs to all stakeholders. This includes gatekeeping for all new orders and backlog management for the site. Also, this role will track and report OEE for the production lines for the site. Finally, this person will lead the energy team, monitoring energy consumption and recommend efforts to reduce energy consumption including implementation of ISO-50001. **Meet the team and get to know the people behind Evonik:** https://www.evonik.com/en/news/meet-the-team.html**REQUIREMENTS** * Manage downtime on production equipment to minimize impact toavailable hours. This includesa. Gatekeeping and Backlog Management – Ensure thatMaintenance and Production Planning schedules arecoordinated to maximize downtime in the plant.b. Schedule daily work in the plant for the technical team andpublish the schedule in conjunction with the productionschedulec. Product Changeovers – Maximize effectiveness ofchangeovers, cleanouts, scheduled maintenance workd. Scheduled outages – schedule work to fill allotted downtimewith the maximum amount of resources and tasks toimprove reliability of equipment (including majorturnarounds)e. Unplanned equipment availability – ensure a list ofopportunity work that is planned and ready to implement ifavailability arisesf. Bad actors – Identify “bad actors” by tracking repeatedrepair costs or down time and assist in development of longterm solutionsg. Compliance – Place priority on scheduling compliance workdictated by Mechanical Integrity, ISO, GMP, etc * Monitor energy consumption, reduction, and reporting efforts forthe site. Act as liaison between the site utilities and Evonik teamsregarding energy. Lead implementation and monitoring of ISO-50001 Implementation for ETO* Ensure compliance with all environmental, health, and safety policiesand applicable governmental regulations.* Monitor KPI’s with production, maintenance, and materialsmanagement to track opportunities for improvement. Track OEE forthe site on production lines and provide recommendations forimprovements to site* Complete other activities as assigned. **REQUIREMENTS** Education:* Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical discipline required. Minimum of seven years of progressive industrial maintenance, reliability, or engineering experience with demonstrated leadership and technical achievement.Skills/Training:* Proven ability to lead, develop, and engage technical teams in a manufacturing environment.* Strong organizational, planning, and prioritization skills with the ability to manage competing business priorities.* Excellent organizational and prioritization skills.Highly developed conflict management skills* Ability to relate to and work with various personalities across multiple departments* Working knowledge of safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements applicable to industrial operations.* Experience utilizing reliability improvement tools, including Root Cause Analysis, Failure Elimination, and continuous improvement methodologies.* Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications including Project; SAP experience is essential.* Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles, including 5S, Kaizen, A3 Problem Solving, and Continuous Improvement methodologies preferred.* Familiar with ISO programs and compliance; trained as an auditor is a plus The Evonik Group adopts an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) approach. Candidates are assessed based on their educational qualifications, experience, job competencies and potential and shall not be discriminated against on the basis of race, ethnicity, age, gender, religion, nationality, disability or sexual orientation or other classifications protected by local, state, or provincial regulations. **Your Application**To ensure that your application is proceeded as quickly as possible and to protect the environment, please apply online via our careers portal. Further information about Evonik as Employer can be found at www.evonik.com/en/careers.html.Please address your application to the Talent Acquisition Manager, stating your earliest possible starting date and your salary expectations.**Your Talent Acquisition Manager:**Emma Martinez [C]Company isEvonik Corporation