Facility Maintenance Coordinator
Start your career at Leaf River Cellulose, LLC, a world-class manufacturing facility where team members are using innovative technologies to produce specialty and market fluff pulp for a variety high-end uses across the globe.
For nearly 30 years, the Leaf River team has been on a journey to make the best products possible for customers while doing it in new and innovative ways.

Creating value for our customers and for society is the ultimate goal for our business, and one of our comparative advantages in our ability to do so is our employees. With a workforce of approximately 300, Leaf River is a non-union facility located in the heart of South Mississippi, just 20 miles from Hattiesburg.

As one of three mills in the GP Cellulose business, Leaf River is a showcase of safety, operational and environmental excellence. Maintaining the highest levels of workplace safety for employees is crucial and is reflected in our status as an OSHA VPP Star site and a multi-year winner of the Georgia-Pacific CEO Safety Excellence Award. GP Cellulose is also committed to environmental sustainability and stewardship through every stage of our business, using environmentally conscious production practices to maximize the use of renewable raw materials throughout our process.

Our culture is defined by the Market-Based Management philosophy which guides everyday decision making and provides employees with opportunities to contribute and personally benefit from the value they create.

Facility Maintenance Coordinator: Plans, coordinates and manages building, grounds and infrastructure maintenance projects primarily involving use of outside contractors and technical support services. Duties include routine bid work (piping, mechanical / HVAC, painting, insulation, electrical, scaffolding, civil-dirt, concrete, structural, tank rebuilds/repairs) as well as other contract work such as NDT (non-destructive testing), PRV (pressure relief valve testing), cooling towers, roofing, landfill, mobile equipment, cleanup labor, landscaping, maintenance-related rental equipment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provide facility maintenance planning and project engineering in a fully integrated cellulose pulp mill.
Develop scope and specifications for investment proposals involving facility improvement projects.
Develop complete work packages with scope of work, equipment requirements, material requirements and all necessary safety documents such as lockout - tag out, job hazard analysis and safe work permits so that contractors and maintenance technicians will have the necessary information to efficiently complete the work.
Work with purchasing to obtain bids, conduct value analysis and develop cost estimates.
Initiate purchase requisitions and contracts for equipment, labor and materials.
Coordinate and manage activities of contractors and support services involved in project execution.
Assist in checkout and startup activities. Conduct post-completion audits of facility repair projects.
Communicate with operations, maintenance and engineering staff to determine opportunities to add value to the facility.
Exercise 10,000% compliance relative to environmental, safety, and business practices.
Willingness to maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, perform JSA''s and safety awareness.
Willingness to work in a tobacco free environment.
Willingness to sign a confidentiality agreement as condition of employment.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:

Knowledge of contract requisitions, contract change requests, payment authorizations, work order planning and maintenance related metrics.
Ability to work with and manage maintenance contractors and technical services.
Ability to use economic thinking when evaluating alternatives/equipment/vendors/contractors.
Effective written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to handle multiple tasks and organize multiple priorities.
Possess a sense of urgency and ability to motivate people in a positive manner to expedite projects.

REQUIRED:

High School Diploma or equivalent with 8+ years project management and planning experience in a large-scale manufacturing or industrial environment.
Experience using Microsoft Office programs such as Word (to write business correspondence), Excel (for use of spreadsheets, reporting, simple formulas) and Outlook (for internal and external correspondence).
Experience using a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).

PREFERRED:

Bachelors Degree or higher in Engineering, Construction Management or related technical field with 3+ years project management and planning experience in a large-scale manufacturing or industrial environment.
Previous Pulp and Paper mill experience.
Experience using Passport.
Experience using Microsoft Project. 

 

We are an equal opportunity employer. M/F/D/V

Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test.