Operations Maintenance Coordinator Woodyard

International PaperPrattville, AL
Onsite

About The Position

The Woodyard Operations Maintenance Coordinator (OMC) is responsible for the coordination and direction of operational activities for the two woodyards and supporting equipment. This position reports to the Fiberline Superintendent and is responsible for delivering target results in the areas of safety, environmental, reliability, cost, productivity and employee engagement.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent work experience in a manufacturing environment
  • Minimum of five (3) + years manufacturing experience
  • Minimum three (2) years leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
  • A demonstrated record of safety commitment and results
  • Instill safe ty as a core value within the team and effectively communicate a shared vision for safety
  • Quickly develop thorough knowledge of mill equipment and systems.
  • Utilize excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate with groups and individuals at all levels
  • Utilize the International Paper Change Process to drive change
  • Utilize strong organizational skills to handle multiple tasks effectively

Nice To Haves

  • experience in the pulp and paper industry preferred

Responsibilities

  • Provide leadership for safe work execution by coordinating equipment isolation, lockout/tagout activities, permitting requirements, and maintenance preparation.
  • Ensure all work is planned and executed in compliance with safety standards.
  • Coordinate shutdowns, isolations, and startups.
  • Manage ZES and Group LOTO requirements.
  • Oversee work permitting activities.
  • Ensure work area preparation and restoration.
  • Promote safe work execution practices.
  • Coordinate daily, field day, and annual outage maintenance activities for the Woodyards and supporting equipment.
  • Drive the MWS process, prioritize work, manage backlog and notifications, coordinate contractors, and support equipment reliability improvements.
  • Monitor key maintenance metrics and ensure effective execution of weekly maintenance plans
  • Lead MWS process and daily MWS meetings.
  • Review notifications, backlog, and work priorities.
  • Coordinate maintenance schedules and outage work.
  • Support contractor coordination and break-in work decisions.
  • Drive reliability and precision maintenance initiatives.
  • Support daily woodyard operations by coordinating maintenance and operational priorities, facilitating communication across teams, and ensuring operational readiness.
  • Provide Area Manager coverage as needed and maintain continuity of OMC responsibilities during absences.
  • Coordinate operational and maintenance activities.
  • Manage "When Down Do" opportunities.
  • Review Basic Care findings and follow-up actions.
  • Support governance and work system adherence.
  • Provide area leadership coverage as required.
  • Coordinate Field Day and Annual Outage activities to ensure safe execution, schedule compliance, and operational readiness.
  • Facilitate post-outage reviews and lessons learned.
  • Develop and track outage schedules.
  • Monitor work progress and readiness.
  • Coordinate outage communications.
  • Lead outage critique and follow-up activities.
  • Lead efforts to improve equipment reliability and maintenance effectiveness through predictive maintenance, root cause focus, and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Champion reliability improvement efforts.
  • Support predictive and precision maintenance programs.
  • Identify and drive corrective actions.
  • Improve maintenance processes and performance.
  • Support budget performance by managing checkbook spending, repair jobs, and outage costs while balancing reliability and operational priorities
  • Manage maintenance and outage spending.
  • Support budget planning and forecasting.
  • Monitor cost performance against targets.

Benefits

  • Variable pay may provide additional opportunities for financial awards.
  • This job is eligible to participate in IP’s short –term incentive plan.
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