Operations Maintenance Coordinator
Date: Dec 8, 2025
Location: Baltimore, MD, US, 21226
Company: W. R. Grace & Co.
Annual Wage Range: $90,400.00 - $124,300.00
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
The Operations 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 Operations 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 Operations Maintenance Coordinator is onsite at the Curtis Bay plant in Baltimore, MD. They report to the Operations Manager and follow a M-F Day shift.
Responsibilities
- Respond to, and ensure, timely completion of maintenance-related environmental, health, and safety issues.
- Plan, communicate and coordinate with Operations, Maintenance, Safety, and Environmental to prioritize maintenance activities.
- Serve as a liaison between Operations, Maintenance, and Reliability teams to ensure alignment on priorities and resource allocation
- Evaluate, organize and implement maintenance turn arounds
- Use the area work order backlog to help define look-ahead schedules for optimal execution
- Lead weekly meetings with Maintenance to review current schedule and generate the schedules for the upcoming period
- Apply Grace’s “Best Practice” workflows to coordinate and manage Operations/Maintenance interactions.
- Support equipment improvement by communicating deficiencies and coordinating with the Reliability team.
- Review notifications for accurate prioritization and data entry
- Understand Key Performance Indicators (KPI) to improve efficiency and productivity
- Support Operations with Critical Life Safety (CLS) and maintain Zero Energy surveys
Required Qualifications
- High school diploma
- 5+ 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
- Experience leading meetings and influencing decisions across multiple departments.
- Experience using SAP
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
- 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 using KPIs and SAP reporting to drive scheduling and resource optimization.
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)
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Nearest Major Market: Baltimore