Advanced Specialist, Maintenance

Celanese International Corporation•Bay City, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Celanese is seeking an Advanced Specialist, Maintenance to join its team in Bay City, Texas. This role leads warehouse operations and inventory management, maintains inventory controls and audit readiness, and supports site safety, reliability, and operational excellence. The position also owns the facility forklift training and certification program and leads, coaches, and develops warehouse personnel.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in warehouse, inventory management, logistics, maintenance support, or manufacturing.
Strong understanding of inventory controls, warehouse operations, and material management.
Knowledge of SOX compliance and audit processes.
Familiarity with Reliability and Maintenance programs.
Experience implementing and sustaining 5S programs and Operational Excellence initiatives.
Working knowledge of Root Cause Analysis methodologies.

Nice To Haves

Experience in chemical manufacturing, industrial manufacturing, petrochemical, or heavy industrial environments.
SAP inventory management experience.
Experience administering a forklift certification program.

Responsibilities

Lead warehouse receiving, storage, issuance, and shipping activities.
Maintain accurate inventory records and material transactions in SAP; ensure spare parts, consumables, chemicals, and operational supplies are properly stored, preserved, and identified.
Optimize inventory levels, manage cycle counts and physical inventories, reconcile records, and take corrective action on discrepancies.
Identify and eliminate obsolete, duplicate, and non-performing inventory.
Own and champion warehouse 5S initiatives; establish and sustain 5S standards and visual management systems, conduct audits, and address identified gaps.
Lead efforts to improve warehouse layout, storage density, material accessibility, efficiency, and safe material flow; support site-wide Operational Excellence and facility improvement initiatives.
Maintain compliance with SOX inventory control requirements, document material movements and adjustments, support audits, investigate discrepancies, and close audit findings and compliance action items.
Promote warehouse safety and compliance with OSHA requirements, company standards, and environmental regulations; conduct inspections, hazard assessments, and safety observations.
Ensure hazardous materials and chemicals are stored and segregated properly, and emergency equipment and routes remain accessible; partner with site EHS personnel on safety improvements.
Administer the facility forklift training and certification program, maintain operator qualifications and records, conduct observations and evaluations, arrange refresher training, and investigate material-handling incidents.
Lead and participate in Operational Learning events and Root Cause Analysis investigations; implement and track corrective and preventive actions and share lessons learned.
Ensure critical spare parts are available to support asset reliability and plant uptime.
Partner with Maintenance and Reliability teams on critical spare-parts strategies; support turnarounds, outages, and capital projects through material staging and inventory readiness.
Establish preservation practices for long-lead and high-value spares and improve maintenance efficiency through organized, accessible material management systems.
Lead, coach, and develop warehouse personnel; set expectations for safety, accountability, professionalism, and teamwork; conduct performance evaluations and development planning; develop cross-training and promote employee engagement and continuous improvement.