Operations Work Coordinator

$90,000 - $145,000/Yr

Westlake - Longview, WA

Full-time

Longview, WA

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

The Operations Maintenance Coordinator (OMC) plays a crucial role in ensuring the seamless coordination of operations and maintenance activities within the organization. This position serves as the primary point of contact between the operations and maintenance teams, facilitating effective communication and collaboration to enhance productivity and safety. The OMC is tasked with screening work requests to assess their validity, urgency, and scope, making decisions to approve, revise, or reject requests as necessary. Additionally, the OMC is responsible for writing work requests when required, ensuring that all maintenance activities are documented and tracked appropriately. A significant aspect of the OMC's role involves identifying and escalating urgent work requests, particularly those that pose threats to safety, the environment, or production. The OMC must maintain an up-to-date understanding of all open maintenance work orders, which aids in developing planning priorities and weekly maintenance schedules. This includes tracking the progress of critical work orders, especially those related to preventive maintenance (PM) and any issues that could impact safety and production. The OMC must also determine the appropriate timing for safely shutting down and locking out equipment for maintenance work, communicating upcoming work scopes to shift supervisors to ensure proper preparation. Developing equipment preparation plans for large-scale maintenance tasks, such as tank and vessel inspections and repairs, is another critical responsibility. The OMC acts as a liaison, communicating the current status of work orders between operations and maintenance, and assessing the impact of upcoming work on affected processes. Collaboration with maintenance, engineering, and operations teams is essential for troubleshooting equipment issues and determining the priority and scope of work orders during both planned and unplanned outages. The OMC also plays a vital role in preparing for plant turnaround events, conducting weekly work management meetings, and maintaining knowledge of process equipment to aid in decision-making regarding work prioritization and planning. Furthermore, the OMC supports the cell renewal process and identifies potential cost-saving projects in collaboration with production engineers.

Responsibilities

• Screen work requests to determine validity, urgency, and general scope and approve/revise/reject as appropriate.
• Write work requests as needed.
• Identify, escalate, and continuously track any urgent work requests to ensure timely completion including threats to safety, environment, and production.
• Keep up to date on all open maintenance work orders to develop planning priorities, weekly maintenance schedule, and track the progress of critical work orders including critical PMs and threats to safety and production.
• Determine if and when equipment can be safely shut down and locked out to perform work, and communicate upcoming work scope to shift supervisors for proper preparation.
• Develop equipment preparation plans for large-scale maintenance work orders (tank/vessel inspections and repairs).
• Act as liaison to communicate current work order status between operations and maintenance, and communicate impact of upcoming work on any impacted process.
• Work with maintenance, engineering, and operations to troubleshoot equipment.
• Determine priority and scope of work orders to be completed during short planned and unplanned outages.
• Work with operations, engineering, and maintenance to prepare for plant turnaround events.
• Conduct weekly work management meeting with prepared reports from SAP reviewing preventative maintenance backlog, corrective maintenance backlog and metrics.
• Maintain knowledge of process equipment and operation to aid decision making in work prioritization and planning.
• Work with Cell room Engineer to support cell renewal process and cell replacements to ensure adequate parts and maintenance time is allocated.
• Work with production engineers to identify potential cost savings projects.
• MOC coordinator for small maintenance-related changes.
• MDG user for operations group.

Requirements

• B.S. in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering or 10 years of experience in production.
• Minimum 2 years of industry experience desired (with a Bachelor's degree), preferably in a PSM covered, continuous chemical manufacturing process facility.
• Ability to apply and interpret statistical tools and applications for the optimization of large systems and processes.
• Strong computer skills required.
• Process Safety Management experience desired.
• Strong communication skills; both verbal and written are required.
• SAP experience preferred.
• Chlor-alkali experience a plus.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $90,000 to $145,000 based on market data and individual qualifications.
• Potential sign-on payments and other forms of compensation as part of total compensation package.