Maintenance Coordinator
Date: Jan 21, 2025
Location: Baltimore, MD, US, 21226
Company: W. R. Grace & Co.
Grace, a Standard Industries company, is a leading global supplier of catalysts, engineered materials and fine chemicals. We provide innovative products, technologies and services which our customers use to manufacture everyday products like renewable fuels, pharmaceuticals, toothpaste, cosmetics, food packaging, beer, edible oils and more. Our thousands of employees help shape a better future at our global headquarters in Columbia, MD and locations worldwide.
Job Description
Maintenance Coordinator
Grace is seeking a Maintenance Coordinator to join our Curtis Bay team. This position reports to the Operations Manager at the Curtis Bay plant site in Baltimore, MD, and follows a M-F Day shift schedule. The Maintenance Coordinator works with a team of Engineers and Operators and provides oversight and coordinates the activities of the Operations/Maintenance interface and the utilization of cross-functional support teams, while optimizing cost, safety, and utilization of available resources.
The Maintenance Coordinator is a highly visible position and the main representative from the point-of-manufacturing in a production-centered organization for all maintenance issues. The Coordinator is vital for maintaining safety standards, optimizing resource utilization, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.
The Curtis Bay plant, located in Baltimore, MD, is Grace’s largest manufacturing site. Operational since the early 1900s, this facility spans approximately 260 acres and employs around 600 people. The plant produces a variety of chemical products, including fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalysts, hydroprocessing catalysts, polyolefin catalysts, and silicas. These products are essential in industries such as fuel, plastics, food, beverages, biofuels, coatings, and pharmaceuticals.
The Curtis Bay plant, located in Baltimore, Maryland, is Grace’s largest manufacturing site. Operational since the early 1900s, this facility spans approximately 260 acres and employs around 600 people. The plant produces a variety of chemical products, including fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalysts, hydroprocessing catalysts, polyolefin catalysts, and silicas. These products are essential in industries such as fuel, plastics, food, beverages, biofuels, coatings, and pharmaceuticals.
The Maintenance Coordinator reports to the Operations Manager at the Curtis Bay plant in Baltimore, MD, and follows a M-F Day shift.
Responsibilities
- Responds to, and ensures, timely completion of maintenance-related environmental, health, and safety issues.
- Plans, communicates and coordinates with Operations, Safety, and Environmental to prioritize maintenance activities.
- Supports equipment improvement by communicating deficiencies and coordinating with the Reliability team.
- Uses the area work order backlog to help define look-ahead schedules for optimal execution of work.
- Participates in daily meetings with Maintenance to review current schedule execution and generate the next day’s work schedule.
- Assists in evaluating and categorizing work for the development of a comprehensive turnaround work scope.
- Applies Grace’s “Best Practice” workflows to coordinate and manage Operations/Maintenance interactions.
- Reviews notifications for accurate prioritization and data entry
- Participates in the asset team to achieve safety, production, reliability, and financial goals.
Required Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- 3+ years of relevant scheduling experience (Budget, Cost, Risk, Schedule, Estimating) in a manufacturing environment OR other relevant experience, such as maintenance coordination, project management, or operations
- Demonstrated experience working in a manufacturing plant
Physical Requirements and Environment
- Must be willing to wear PPE (Personal Protective equipment) including but not limited to hard hat, protective eyewear, steel-toed boots, hearing protection, Level A suit, full face respirator
- Must be able to stand, walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and climb stairs and ladders over 100 ft.
- Ability to work in a high hazard environment, including adverse weather conditions, elevated spaces, confined spaces, extreme temperatures, and noisy surroundings.
Preferred Qualifications
- 5+ years in an industrial environment, preferably a chemical manufacturing environment.
- Experience as an operator or in maintenance.
- Experience in maintenance coordination, project management or operations
- Demonstrated experience clearly and concisely communicate critical path activities, risks
- Experience tracking metrics.
- Proficiency with SAP
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance and Disability
- Grace Wellness Program
- Flexible Workplace
- Retirement Plans
- 401(k) Company Match – Dollar to dollar up to the first 6%
- Paid Vacation and Holidays
- Parental Leave (salaried only)
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Company Donation Match Program
Grace is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Grace via email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Grace. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Grace as a result of the referral or through other means.
EOE Statement: W. R. Grace & Co. is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status or any other legally protected status.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation.
Nearest Major Market: Baltimore