ECR Operations Maintenance Coordinator

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Salary Range ($93,400-$124,500) - Multiple factors, including Individual experience, skills, and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range. Variable pay may provide additional opportunities for financial awards. This job is eligible to participate in IP’s short-term incentive plan.

The Valliant is a 5,000+ ton per day containerboard mill with 3 paper machines, 3 continuous digesters, 3 secondary Fiber plants and an Energy/Chemical Recovery complex composed of three primary boilers for steam generation (Recovery, Power, Bark), Turbine Generator, Evaporators, Recaust Plant, and wastewater treatment system. It currently operates with over 300 mill employees, 150 contract maintenance employees, and 150 other contractors in a results-oriented environment.

The ECR area includes three primary boilers for steam generation (Recovery, Power, Bark), Turbine Generator, Evaporators, Recaust Plant, and waste water treatment system supporting the production of 5,000+ ton per day of containerboard with 3 paper machines, 3 continuous digesters, and 3 secondary fiber plants. The Valliant Mill currently operates with 300 mill employees and 150 contract maintenance employees in a results oriented environment. The objective of this position is to reduce costs and increase productivity by continuously improving efficiency and effectiveness of maintenance work execution through work prioritization, planning, scheduling, and improvement of the MWS process in a sustainable manner.

• Assure a safe and highly motivated workforce by demonstrating leadership in safety and engagement; exhibiting safety leadership and encouraging safety engagement.
  
• Champion Area Manufacturing Work System (MWS) execution, deliberate improvement efforts, and standardization.
  
• Coordinate tasks between maintenance and operations to ensure proper planning, scheduling, and execution.
  
• Facilitate MWS meetings and ensure the daily MWS agenda is strictly followed.
  
• Leads weekly MWS scheduling meeting to review and prioritize work requests for routine and shutdown work.
  
• Improve maintenance efficiency by communicating and posting next week�s schedule before end of current week, buffering break-in work, and prioritizing planning and scheduling priorities.
  
• Coordinate process preparation for maintenance to ensure efficient use of resources. This includes system shutdown, isolation, preparation (area clean-up), system LOTOs, and work permitting.
  
• Insure all lockouts (before use) are verified within the last year by knowledgeable operators. Become the area CONFORMiT champion and work with operators to ensure lockout accuracy.
  
• Improve mill reliability through the disciplined application of the MWS principles with a major focus not only on overall planning and scheduling quality but also the recording of work history. This includes participation in failure analysis events, datamining for chronic failures, and a drive for results on preventable chronic failures.
  
• Assist in managing the business unit area maintenance budget by managing overtime and maintenance spending.
  
• Ensure maintenance resources are efficiently utilized
  
• Properly maintain and prioritize business unit area backlogs.
  
• Assist the Annual Outage Coordinator with planning efforts for major annual outages.
  
• Assist Annual Outage Coordinator with outage MS Project schedule(s) for the business unit area and ensure outage execution meets the planned schedule.
  
• Help Annual Outage Coordinator ensure all outage planning tasks follow the T-minus corporate outage planning standard including completion of post outage activities such as critiques.
  
• Assist in area physical assessment improvements.
  
• Ensure maintenance and operating areas are maintained to 5S standards.
  
• Updates the mill on all required monthly GMS report outs such as RCFA Status, PM Compliance
  
• As the area�s Boiler Technical Assistant you will assist the Boiler AAPM with daily as well as longer term process improvements as they relate to the boilers and their operation.
  

• The Skills You Will Bring:
  
• Education - Prefer an engineer with 3+ years� experience in the paper industry. Non-degreed candidates may be acceptable with experience and demonstrated abilities that fit the role.
  
• Experience - The ideal candidate would have at least 3 years of maintenance/engineering or production experience in a manufacturing environment. Must have excellent computer skills and be able to master Microsoft Project, SAP-PM and Excel.
  
• Demonstrated leadership skills combined with technical knowledge and operations experience in pulp and paper manufacturing processes.
  
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills (written and oral) with proven ability to coach, educate and motivate.
  
• Understanding and commitment to the concepts of high performance work systems and change management.
  
• Strong work ethic
  
• Active participation in safety, problem solving and other team activities.
  

Command Skills, Managerial courage, Leadership Skills, Written/Verbal Communication Skills, Organization Skills, Drive for Results, Managing and Measuring Work, Integrity and Trust, Technical/Functional Skills, Interpersonal Savvy, Motivating and Directing Others, Decision Quality

• Paid time off including vacation and holidays
  
• Retirement and 401k matching program
  
• Medical and Dental
  
• Education & Development (including Tuition Reimbursement)
  
• Life & Disability Insurance
  

• Leadership training
  
• Promotional opportunities
  

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International Paper promotes employee well-being by providing safe, caring, and inclusive workplaces. You will learn Safety Leadership Principles and have the opportunity to opt into Employee Networking Circles such as IPVets, IPride, Women in IP, and the African American ENC. We invite you to bring your uniqueness, creativity, talents, experiences, and safety mindset to be a part of our increasingly diverse culture.

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.

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