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Operations Maintenance Coordinator- Paper


Job Location:

Vicksburg, MI - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 93400 - 124500
Posted: 9 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 6 October 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Description

Position Title:

Operations Maintenance Coordinator- Paper

Pay Rate:

$93400-$124500

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 IPs short term incentive plan.

Category/Shift:

Salaried Full-Time

Physical Location:

3737 Hwy 3

Redwood MS 39156

The VicksburgMill is a fully integrated pulp and paper manufacturing facility. The Paper Operations Maintenance Coordinator (OMC) position provides leadership and support to the Finished Products Business Unit. Equipment in the area includes the paper machine winder fiber reclam and all associated equipment with stock prep and the warehouse. The OMC is the link between department production and maintenance units. They interact with mill operations maintenance and management on a day-to-day basis while performing their duties. The Paper OMC will work closely with a variety of different areas throughout the mill including operations maintenance technical and management.

The Job You Will Perform:

The Paper OMC owns the manufacturing workflow process in the area with three primary areas of responsibility:

Manufacturing Work Systems (MWS)

  • Facilitate all Manufacturing Work System (MWS) meetings daily planning meetings weekly scheduling outage planning

  • Own MWS metrics for the area deliver Pacesetter quality performance or better

  • Manage SAP-PM notification review approval prioritization and scheduling

  • Facilitate activities necessary to execute the maintenance daily schedule (e.g. lockouts hot work permits confined space permits etc.) while considering the areas maintenance budget

  • Review and manage work backlogs

  • Translate RCFA corrective actions into scheduled work

  • Act as gatekeeper for all break-in work

  • Set expectations for precision maintenance Mechanical (MPM) and Instrumentation Electrical (IEPM)

Outages

  • Coordinate areas field outages and annual outages

  • Develop field day and annual outage bar chart schedules

Basic Care

  • Champion and lead operator basic care for the area

  • Modify and update basic care rounds

  • Audit and track completion of basic care rounds

  • Own basic care pacesetter audits

In addition the Paper OMC will do the following:

  • Support Finished Products department safety goals

  • Maintain the Lock-Out and Confined Space Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) including annual and periodic reviews

  • Clearly communicate with maintenance and operations personnel

  • Support the Finished Products department as APM (Paper) relief and weekend duty coverage

  • Utilize the MOC process

  • Understand and promote Manufacturing Excellence (ME) tools and processes

  • Support 5S programs

The Skills You Will Bring:

  • The successful candidate will have at least five (5) years of experience in a fully integrated pulp and paper mill or a bachelors degree in engineering with at least 2 years of equivalent experience.

  • Paper Machine area experience including maintenance and First Line Leader (FLL) management experience are highly preferred.

  • Must be experienced using a computer and skilled in word processing spreadsheet programs (Microsoft Excel) Microsoft Project SAP business systems and other databases. Position level may vary based on experience.

Successful candidate should have the ability to:

  • Work safely and instill safety as a core value within the team

  • Develop thorough working knowledge of department and mill operations processes equipment and systems

  • Communicate effectively with individuals and groups at all levels

  • Foster a team approach to achieving results

  • Work effectively alone or within a team

  • Utilize strong organizational skills to handle multiple tasks effectively

  • Analyze problems and develop solutions independently or with teams

  • Make timely and effective decisions

  • Represent both company policy and direction as well as actively advocate for crew/team needs and concerns

  • Key Competencies: Action Oriented Timely Decision Making Decision Quality Organizing Perseverance Priority Setting Problem Solving Drive for Results Time Management Customer Focus Integrity & Trust Interpersonal Savvy Listening Peer Relationships Dealing with Ambiguity Functional/Technical Skills Learning on the Fly Self-Development Technical Learning.




Required Experience:

IC


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