Maintenance Project Coordinator - Gypsum

Your Job Georgia Pacific has an immediate opening for a Maintenance Project Coordinator at our Wheatfield, IN Gypsum facility. The Maintenance Project Coordinator creates value by working with project teams and overseeing contactors to complete maintenance projects at the site. The selected individual will provide technical support, planning and leadership to plant maintenance teams. This will be accomplished through creative insight, innovation, disciplined problem solving, personal accountability, economic decision making, and critical thinking.

Our Team Our Plant has operated continuously in WHEATFIELD for over 20 years and is a preferred supplier in our market with current and future capital investments that are planned to keep our operation viable and profitable for decades to come. Members of our Maintenance teamwork for an industry leader with a highly competitive compensation and benefits package and an operation with a record of longevity and success.

If you possess a strong mechanical and project planning orientation combined with leadership and an entrepreneurial spirit, we would like to learn more about you!

What You Will Do

• Participate in project teams to develop and implement projects using the latest management tools and techniques
• Provide integrity-based leadership for the execution of maintenance projects from conceptualization through operational performance
• Complete maintenance projects utilizing communication, time management and presentation skills to all levels of the organization to include peers, leadership, corporate resources, and floor-level team members
• Coordinate and oversee the use of contractors in compliance with all GP Contractor Guidelines
• Understand and apply Georgia-Pacific’s Principle Based Management to influence and lead maintenance and project teams to implement strategic initiatives.
• Support value drivers for the business by safely and responsibly delivering maintenance project goals including product quality, production, schedule, and cost
• Provide technical support to maintenance and operations
• Use critical, economic, and analytical thinking skills to foresee technical issues and report to plant leadership

Basic Qualifications What You Will Need:

• 2+ years experience tracking progress of projects
• Mechanical maintenance aptitude and troubleshooting / problem solving skills
• Experience in Microsoft Office products including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Project
• Experience preparing project documents
• Must be willing and able to work in an industrial manufacturing plant environment, including extended periods of time in noisy, non-air conditioned or unheated areas
• Must be willing to work nights and weekends as the business requires

Preferred Qualifications What Will Put You Ahead:

• 2+ years of directly supervising others in maintenance and/or mechanical repair
• Experience coordinating, planning and leading contractor services in a manufacturing facility
• Experience using basic accounting and financial knowledge
• Experience repairing manufacturing equipment in a Gypsum Wallboard Manufacturing Facility
• Experience using AutoCAD Suite
• Mechanical Engineering Degree or related certification/degree

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Who We Are 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.

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Our Benefits Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

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