Operations/Maintenance Coordinator (Gatekeeper) - Utilities

Our Georgia Pacific mill in Big Island, VA is seeking an Operations/Maintenance Coordinator (Gatekeeper) to join our team. The OMC plays a critical role in our organization and asset maintenance work processes. This role requires managing maintenance and equipment expense spending and reliability systems for the Utilities operating area. People in this role work with and through other mill leaders to balance competing maintenance priorities and forecasting spend plans, all while focusing on the long-term success of operations within the department. This role reports directly to the Utilities Business Unit Leader.

Georgia-Pacific Big Island is conveniently located approximately 30 minutes North of Lynchburg, Virginia in the Blue Ridge Mountains. We are a fully integrated containerboard mill which employs over 300 employees. To learn more about Georgia-Pacific's packaging business, visit www.gppackaging.com and view the video How Paper is Made!

• Optimize value creation by managing maintenance and miscellaneous operations spend for Utilities area.
• Actively participate in Mill Spend Evaluation meetings, presenting the planned and unplanned spend on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Actively participate in Work Prioritization meetings to ensure proper work is scheduled for execution.
• Review submitted work requests for priority, accuracy, and correct accounting codes daily. Convert work requests to work orders and send to planning for development.
• Manage existing contracts, invoices, and accruals for correctness.
• Ensure area follows Management of Change Process when doing "non-like-for-like" work.
• Review and follow up on emergency work execution to ensure completeness and follow up on additional work if required.
• Manage forecast for Extraordinary Maintenance needs /spend plans as well as baseline spend and full year spend plans.
• Work with the team to review and analyze loss analysis and asset tracking data to identify equipment reliability and performance issues (gap analysis) and develop improvement plans.
• Work with the Asset Availability Leader to develop long-term reliability and asset strategies.
• Collaborate with mill engineers, Reliability and Maintenance Leaders, maintenance team members, maintenance planner, and other Utilities Department leaders on critical equipment strategies.
• Ensure reliability activities are scheduled, based on resource availability and priority.
• Provide technical support on both capital and non-capital projects
• Be the primary interface between Operations and Maintenance.
• Manage work order backlog and prioritize work for the department. Own the Utility Department's Maintenance Backlog
• Prioritize Maintenance / Contractor Work Based on Operational Needs and Resources Availability / Capabilities
• Manage the maintenance expense budget for Utilities and Mill General work
• Develop annual as well as multi-year forecasts
• Maintain standards for work request quality, and provide feedback to initiators on the quality of written work requests
• Coordinate Maintenance support of scheduled shutdown planning and execution
• Support the execution of the GP Reliability Mental Models

Knowledge - Skills - Abilities:

• Leadership skills, communication skills, and facilitator skills
• Strong knowledge of Utility, Powerhouse, and Cooking Liquor Cycle equipment
• Ability to develop and optimize production and maintenance plans
• Business acumen (good command of applicable business economics)
• Ability to work well with all levels within the organization from senior leadership to maintenance and production hourly technicians
• Experience working within a manufacturing, industrial or military environment.
• Able to respectively challenge perceived need.
• Able to work collaboratively in fast paced 24/7 manufacturing environment.

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day - to make everyday products even better.