Operations Maintenance Coordinator- Finished Products

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Position Title: 

Operations Maintenance Coordinator - Finished Products

Pay Rate:

$89,000 - $118,600

Multiple factors, including Individual experience, skills and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range.

Category/Shift:

Salaried Full-Time Exempt

Physical Location:

Pine Hill Mill (Pine Hill, AL)

The Job You Will Perform (including but not limited to):

• Assure safety awareness, safe work and compliance with safety rules and policies in the coordination of the operations and maintenance functions.
• Leadership, including workforce engagement, diversity, employee development and labor relations.
• The overall functionality of the manufacturing Work System (MWS) program and directly accountable for its success as the team leader;
• Conducting the daily MWS meetings and ensuring the agenda is strictly followed;
• Planning and scheduling the proper work to ensure process reliability;
• Overseeing process preparation for maintenance;
• System shutdown and isolation;
• System preparation and work area clean-up;
• System Zero Energy State (ZES) and Group Lockout/Tag outs (LOTO);
• Work permitting (hot work, confined space entry, line breaking, etc.).
• Leading and driving the effort for continuous improvement in reliability;
• Provides assistance and technical advice necessary to assist in the operations process.
• Daily reviews of new work notifications for the area ensuring that all notifications have been properly screened, identified and prioritized;
• This includes deleting duplicates, ensuring proper user status and revision codes, processing notifications, understanding the job scopes and communicating with the notification originators;
• Achieving MWS metrics such as % break in work, schedule adherence, precision maintenance completion, Reliability Recordables, etc.
• Reviewing the complete area backlog weekly with the Maintenance supervisors to update priorities, purge the backlog of unneeded or completed work and develop a work schedule for the following week;
• Reviewing Operator Round Sheets and Basic Care Route Reports for issues, communicating with Operators for details and ensuring that a notification has been written;
• Coordinating Field Day activities, including MS Project timelines, work tracking, job progress and operational readiness;
• Coordinating Annual Outage activities, including MS Project timelines, work tracking, job progress and operational readiness;
• Achieving monthly budgeted spending, including annual outages and repair jobs;
• Maintains budgeted production requirements at planned quality and lowest possible cost.
• Ensuring a temporary OMC is always designated to perform all MWS duties when absent from the mill;
• Keep current documentation on allowable environmental permit limits and assure compliance with all rules, regulations and laws. 

The Skills You Will Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering related discipline is required or equivalent work experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Minimum of four (4) + years of operations/maintenance experience in paper, finished products, or equivalent areas
• Knowledge of environmental impacts of paper equipment and processes.
• Experience in the pulp and paper Industry is preferred.
• Strong communication skills (oral and written).
• Strong technical foundation in mechanical, chemical or electrical engineering.
• Strong computer skills including proficiency in all Microsoft Office applications.
• Familiar with Auto CAD and SAP or similar systems.
• High level of initiative and motivation.
• Able to excel with minimum supervision and work independently.
• Desire and ability to work as a team player.

The Benefits You Will Enjoy:

International Paper offers a benefits package that includes health, welfare and retirement plans including Medical, Dental, Life insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Short-term and Long-term Disability, 401(k), Company-funded retirement contributions, Paid Time Off, Education & Development (including Tuition Reimbursement), Student Loan Repayment Assistance, and Voluntary Benefits including insurance for home, auto, vision and pets. 

The Career You Will Build:

Leadership experience, training & promotional opportunities within a global company.

The Impact You Will Make:

We continue to build a better future for people, the planet, and our company! IP has been a good steward of sustainable practices across communities around the world for more than 120 years. Join our team and you’ll see why our team members say they’re Proud to be IP.

The Culture You Will Experience:

International Paper promotes employee well-being by providing safe, caring and inclusive workplaces. We have team members all around the world with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. These are our strengths. We are committed to creating a culture where all individuals are respected, valued, engaged and have an opportunity to do their best work every day. We invite you to bring your uniqueness, creativity, talents, experiences, and safety mindset to be a part of our increasingly inclusive and diverse culture.

The Company You Will Join:

International Paper (NYSE: IP) is the global leader in sustainable packaging solutions. With company headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, and EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) headquarters in London, UK, we employ more than 65,000 team members and serve customers around the world with operations in more than 30 countries. Together with our customers, we make the world safer and more productive, one sustainable packaging solution at a time. Net sales for 2024 were $18.6 billion. In 2025, International Paper acquired DS Smith creating an industry leader focused on the attractive and growing North American and EMEA regions. Additional information can be found by visiting internationalpaper.com

International Paper is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.  International Paper complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact reasonable.accommodations@ipaper.com or (877) 973-3919.
Pine Hill  AL  36769