H1 Maintenance Coordinator

Hood Container Corporation•Saint Francisville, LA

12d

About The Position

The Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Coordinator serves as the central link between production/operation, maintenance, engineering, and reliability teams. Their purpose is to ensure equipment is maintained safely, efficiently, and with minimal disruption to operations.

Requirements

High School Diploma or Equivalent required
Past experience in Mechanical Maintenance
Knowledge of PCs including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Project

Nice To Haves

Additional Vocational Training a plus
2+ years Paper Mill Supervisory experience preferred

Responsibilities

Ensures systems are being followed to secure and prepare equipment for work, including managing and maintaining lock-out/tag out systems and procedures.
Ensures all required operations materials, permits, and labor resources are ready before work begins, including for hot works, confined spaces, sniffers, line break permits, lockouts procedures, and lockout supplies.
Leads daily maintenance and production coordination meetings.
Works with day maintenance to develop and maintain daily, weekly, and shutdown maintenance schedules.
Prioritizes work orders based on safety, production impact, and asset criticality.
Reviews, screens, and approves incoming work requests for clarity and priority.
Coordinates operations to secure equipment downtime windows for maintenance, identifying items that can be secured 'on the run' versus those requiring a 'shut down'.
Serves as the primary communication link between production crews and maintenance teams.
Communicates equipment issues, downtime needs, and maintenance priorities to and from operations crews, informing shift supervisors about preparations needed for day maintenance.
Develops detailed outage plans for operations outlining lockout needs, operational outage task details, and personnel responsibilities.
Assists in developing job plans for recurring tasks and major repairs, such as helping develop clothing change SOPs.
Interprets operator’s troubleshooting information and ensures its accuracy when communicating to maintenance.
Participates in root cause analysis for equipment and process failures.
Identifies chronic equipment and operational issues and helps implement long-term solutions.
Documents changes, delays, and lessons learned for future planning and to prevent repeat failures.
Manages process chemical inventories such as acid, alum, and specialty chemicals.
Works with Admin Assistant and Operational Support Leads to order storeroom materials and track critical spares and operations materials.