Technical Coordinator

Novonesis•Blair, NE

3d•$68,000 - $78,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Technical Coordinator is a hands-on technical resource for production equipment, processes, and operating systems at Novonesis’s Blair production site. The role connects operations, engineering, maintenance, automation, sourcing, and technical projects to support safe, reliable, and efficient production. It involves troubleshooting operational issues, coordinating technical and maintenance activities, supporting projects and trials, and developing employees’ equipment knowledge and capabilities through training, coaching, and clear procedures. The position supports equipment performance, product flow, reliability, safety, quality, and production improvement. Work takes place onsite in a manufacturing and production environment and requires regular movement through processing areas, including climbing stairs and ladders, accessing production equipment, and working at heights when needed. Applicable personal protective equipment must be used. Some coordination with production, maintenance, or project activities may occur outside normal working hours.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent required.
Strong technical knowledge of production processes and equipment, including the ability to safely command and operate equipment within the assigned department.
Demonstrated equipment and process troubleshooting skills.
Strong computer proficiency, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Experience using SAP or a related maintenance, work-order, or enterprise system.
Ability to interpret operational information, equipment data, standard operating procedures, and technical documentation.
Clear communication skills and ability to work effectively with employees, contractors, vendors, and technical partners across functions and organizational levels.
Safety-minded, quality-focused approach and commitment to applicable environmental, food safety, feed safety, and quality requirements.
Ability to organize work, maintain focus on priorities, and follow technical issues through to resolution.
Collaborative and proactive approach, with an interest in sharing knowledge and building the capabilities of others.
Ability to climb stairs and ladders, access production equipment, and work at heights when required.
Ability to safely use applicable personal protective equipment.

Nice To Haves

Experience in fermentation, biological production, food, feed, chemical, pharmaceutical, or similarly regulated manufacturing.
Familiarity with FAMI-QS, FSSC 22000, ISO standards, or comparable quality-management systems.
Experience analyzing process data using PI or a similar plant-information system.
Knowledge of preventive maintenance, equipment reliability, calibration, spare-parts planning, P&IDs, or equipment tagging.
Experience supporting commissioning, management of change, user-requirement specifications, or capital projects.
Familiarity with structured problem-solving methods such as PDCA, A3, 3C, root-cause analysis, or Go Look See.
Experience providing technical training, mentoring operators, or supporting employee certification programs.
Experience coordinating contractors, vendors, plant consumables, shutdown activities, or small technical projects.

Responsibilities

Monitor equipment performance, operational routines, maintenance needs, work orders, and process data to support safe and reliable production.
Troubleshoot equipment and operational issues; coordinate follow-up with maintenance, engineering, automation specialists, and vendors; and support structured root-cause analysis.
Coordinate or support equipment tests, production trials, commissioning, management-of-change activities, and technical improvement projects.
Develop, review, and maintain standard operating procedures, equipment documentation, training materials, preventive-maintenance recommendations, and safe lockout/tagout procedures.
Provide technical training, certification support, coaching, and equipment guidance for operators and other production employees.
Help improve equipment reliability, hygiene and contamination controls, production capacity, maintenance efficiency, plant consumable use, and overall product flow.