Operations Maintenance Coordinator

Where you will work

Augusta houses Clearwater Paper’s largest paperboard facility and is home to more than 600 team members. Together, our team makes paperboard used in products across the United States, including food packaging, plates, cups and more. With nearly 65 years of operation, the mill spans 3,000 acres and runs two paper machines that collectively produce up to 1,940 tons per day.

Augusta is known worldwide for hosting The Masters golf tournament, but the city offers so much more. Located on the Savannah River on Georgia's eastern border, Augusta blends outdoor recreation with a vibrant arts and cultural scene. Explore the river walk, hike at the nearby wetlands, or the numerous downtown museums and restaurants.

Families benefit from strong public schools and nearby universities, including Augusta University—home to Georgia’s only dental school and a nationally recognized medical college—plus technical colleges offering career-focused programs.

What you will do

The Operation Maintenance Coordinator is responsible for coordinating the maintenance requirements of the Power, Utility & Filter plant areas to minimize downtime and maximize production while meeting all safety, environmental, and quality limitations and specifications.

Planning and Execution

• Review operator and shift maintenance logs, talk to operators, supervisors, craft people, and managers to coordinate scheduled work between operations and maintenance, to include urgent, routine, minor and major maintenance work
• Plan for and schedule all work to minimize lost time and cost of work being completed
• Main responsible person for maintenance contractor work planning and oversight
• Act as liaison between department personnel and maintenance, communicating pertinent information to both parties
• Work with safety coordinators, operators, and supervisors to ensure equipment is locked out safely and in a timely manner, including all required safety permits
• Responsible for contractor management safety and completing the contractor management checklists
• Responsible for maintaining maintenance repair budget
• Monitor equipment efficiency and preventive/predictive maintenance procedures to identify problems and set up corrective repairs
• Maintain department repair records in a manner to best identify future preventive maintenance needs
• Prioritize and oversee the maintenance and minor capital projects, keeping them moving through the process
• Responsible for outage scheduling and project timelines
• Lead meetings for weekly outage work

Key Competencies & Attributes

• Actively seeks and allocates appropriate decision-making authority or task responsibility to appropriate individuals based on their abilities, availability, motivation, and development needs; considers potential positive and negative impact, business unit priorities, organizational values, and the opportunity to enhance others’ knowledge and skills
• Identifies barriers that impact customer service and retention; communicates concerns and recommendations to others
• Uses understanding of customer needs and the organization’s customer service practices to set priorities, make decisions, and take actions that create customer satisfaction and prevent service issues from occurring
• Creates relevant options for addressing problems and opportunities that will achieve desired outcomes
• Systematically evaluates business opportunities, targeting those with the greatest potential for producing positive business results

What you will need

• High School Diploma or G.E.D. required
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering preferred
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in Maintenance/Planning position
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Must have good planning and organizational skills to coordinate activities between Maintenance and Operations
• Self-motivated and energetic
• Strong analytical / troubleshooting skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel required
• Experience with JDE or another CMMS program required
• High speed manufacturing environment, sustained exposure to high frequency noises, multiple hours standing, walking on concrete surfaces
• Personal Protective Equipment required in mill environment
• Dirt, noise, odor, & temperature extremes
• Climbing stairs, ladders, and scaffolding
• Exposure to hazardous chemicals used in manufacturing process

Total Rewards Details

Clearwater Paper will not offer sponsorship for employment-based visa status (including, but not limited to, H-1B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require Clearwater Paper's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.

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This role will be open for a minimum of 2 weeks or at the point a successful candidate is selected.