Maintenance Coordinator

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Date: Mar 17, 2026

Location: Baltimore, MD, US, 21226

Company: W. R. Grace & Co.

Annual Wage Range: $94,760.00  - $130,295.00 
Other Compensation:  Eligibility for the Short-Term Incentive program and other applicable bonuses 
Benefits: U.S. Employee Benefits Summary (grace.com)

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

Grace is seeking a Operations Maintenance Coordinator to join our Curtis Bay team. 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 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.

Physical Requirements and Environment

  • Ability to follow safety protocols and standards working in a pilot plant facility with highly hazardous materials
  • Ability to work in a high hazard environment, including adverse weather conditions, elevated spaces, confined spaces, extreme temperatures, and noisy surroundings.
  • Must be able to stand, walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and climb stairs and ladders over 100 ft.
  • 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

Required Qualifications

  • High school diploma
  • 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

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 
  • Paid Vacation and Holidays
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Company Donation Match Program
  • U.S. Employee Benefits Summary (grace.com)

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.


Nearest Major Market: Baltimore