Maintenance Coordinator, SCO

Eastman•West Columbia, SC
•Onsite

About The Position

Eastman’s polymer manufacturing operations is searching for a capable, effective individual with a strong safety mindset to serve as Maintenance Coordinator for the Gaston, South Carolina site (SCO). This is a joint venture manufacturing site and the role requires coordination and collaboration with site owner and operator, ALPEK. This is a full time, hourly position, and may require overtime depending on production schedule, maintenance items, and other business needs. Typical work schedule will be days, Monday- Friday.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED is required.
  • Must be at least 18 years of age.
  • Must have a valid driver's license.
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
  • Minimum of five years' experience in Operations or Maintenance at Manufacturing Facility.
  • Have strong people and communication skills.
  • Have unquestionable dependability.
  • Must exhibit ownership and a bias for action to assigned area of responsibility.
  • Must desire to be hands-on in a manufacturing plant environment.
  • Prioritize safe work execution through operating expertise and strict adherence to all safe work processes.
  • Acknowledge and report all job hazards that can impact work execution.
  • Strong management of one’s own time and the time of others, including the ability to adjust actions in relation to the actions of others.
  • Champion of Essential Operating Disciplines and process safety principles.
  • Provide leadership and mentoring for area.
  • Support changes/challenges positively and enthusiastically.
  • Champion a continuous improvement mindset by providing feedback to both operations and maintenance.
  • Embrace challenges positively and enthusiastically.

Responsibilities

  • Make safety the top priority every day.
  • Serve as Safe Work Process Steward.
  • Maintain and update the Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO) Packages for the area.
  • Facilitate the development and routing of new and updated LOTO packages with ALPEK resources for standard maintenance and larger capital projects.
  • Troubleshoot LOTO setup with operations/ execution forces as need.
  • Be a steward for daily maintenance work for the area.
  • Key contributor in Weekly Maintenance planning and scheduling meetings.
  • Coordinate critical planned and unplanned maintenance needs and priorities with ALPEK maintenance planners. Interface with Eastman and ALPEK resources to understand timing constraints.
  • Partner with ALPEK and Operations to align on priority of maintenance jobs in backlog.
  • Complete weekly housekeeping audits.
  • Coordination of Bill of Materials for area equipment and assist with Spare Parts management.
  • Assist in development of Operations Procedures.
  • Interact with various groups (Construction Management, Maintenance, Utilities, etc). Be Eastman point contact for maintenance questions from these other groups and assist in driving jobs to completion.
  • Completion of Job Site reviews with execution forces, focused on safety.
  • Be a steward for Mechanical and Asset Integrity Programs.
  • Ensure asset integrity inspections are completed on time.
  • Key contributor in Turnaround scope development, planning, and LOTO package preparation.
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