Technical Coordinator

Evonik•Etowah, TN

About The Position

The Technical Coordinator manages site activities that use production downtime effectively and efficiently. The role ensures work notifications are entered, converted into orders, planned, scheduled, and executed with consideration for schedule and cost. Work includes preventive maintenance, capital expenditure projects, outages, daily work, and industrial cleaning. The position maintains a prioritized work list from Production; coordinates schedules and communication among Maintenance, Materials Management, and Production; coordinates delivery of critical components; and assists stakeholders with resource needs. The role also gatekeeps new orders and manages the site backlog, tracks and reports production-line OEE, and leads the site energy team. Energy responsibilities include monitoring consumption, recommending and implementing reduction efforts, coordinating with site utilities and Evonik teams, and implementing and monitoring ISO 50001 for ETO. The coordinator supports reliability and continuous improvement by identifying recurring equipment problems, recommending improvements, monitoring KPIs, and ensuring compliance with environmental, health, safety, and applicable governmental requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline.
At least seven years of progressive industrial maintenance, reliability, or engineering experience, with demonstrated leadership and technical achievement.
Proven ability to lead, develop, and engage technical teams in a manufacturing environment.
Strong organizational, planning, and prioritization skills, including the ability to manage competing business priorities.
Highly developed conflict-management skills.
Ability to work with varied personalities across multiple departments.
Working knowledge of safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements applicable to industrial operations.
Experience using reliability improvement tools, including Root Cause Analysis, Failure Elimination, and continuous improvement methodologies.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Project.
SAP experience is essential.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles, including 5S, Kaizen, A3 Problem Solving, and continuous improvement methodologies.
Familiarity with ISO programs and compliance.
Auditor training.

Responsibilities

Manage production-equipment downtime to minimize its impact on available production hours.
Gatekeep new orders and manage the site maintenance backlog, coordinating Maintenance and Production Planning schedules.
Schedule daily technical-team work and publish the schedule in conjunction with the production schedule.
Coordinate work around product changeovers, cleanouts, and scheduled maintenance to maximize effectiveness.
Schedule work during outages to make effective use of downtime and resources, including major turnarounds.
Maintain a list of planned, ready-to-implement opportunity work for periods when unplanned equipment availability arises.
Identify recurring equipment problems (“bad actors”) by tracking repair costs or downtime and assist in developing long-term solutions.
Prioritize and schedule compliance work required by Mechanical Integrity, ISO, GMP, and other applicable requirements.
Monitor site energy consumption, reduction, and reporting efforts; liaise between site utilities and Evonik teams regarding energy.
Lead implementation and monitoring of ISO 50001 for ETO.
Ensure compliance with environmental, health, and safety policies and applicable governmental regulations.
Monitor KPIs with Production, Maintenance, and Materials Management to identify improvement opportunities.
Track production-line OEE for the site and provide recommendations for improvement.
Complete other activities as assigned.