AddressFounded in 1920, Eastman is a global specialty materials company that produces a broad range of products found in items people use every day. With the purpose of enhancing the quality of life in a material way, Eastman works with customers to deliver innovative products and solutions while maintaining a commitment to safety and sustainability. The company’s innovation-driven growth model takes advantage of world-class technology platforms, deep customer engagement, and differentiated application development to grow its leading positions in attractive end markets such as transportation, building and construction, and consumables. As a globally inclusive and diverse company, Eastman employs approximately 14,000 people around the world and serves customers in more than 100 countries. The company had 2023 revenue of approximately $9.2 billion and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA. For more information, visit www.eastman.com.
Responsibilities
Eastman Polymers Manufacturing Department is canvassing for a safety-minded individual to serve as Maintenance Coordinator for the Gaston, South Carolina (SCO) site. This is a joint venture manufacturing site and the role requires coordination and collaboration with site owner and operator, ALPEK. This is a full-time, hourly position, and may require overtime depending on production schedule, maintenance items and other business needs. Typical work schedule will be Monday through Friday, day shift. Please review the below job expectations for more details.
Key Responsibilities
- Hold safety as the top priority
- Serve as Safe Work Process Steward
- Maintain and update the Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO) packages for the area
- Facilitate the development and routing of new and updated LOTO packages with ALPEK resources for standard maintenance and larger capital projects
- Troubleshoot LOTO setup with operations and execution forces, as needed
- Be a steward for daily maintenance work for the area
- Serve as key contributor in weekly Maintenance planning and scheduling meetings
- Coordinate critical planned and unplanned maintenance needs and priorities with ALPEK maintenance planners. Interface with Eastman and ALPEK resources to understand timing constraints.
- Partner with ALPEK and Operations to align on priority of maintenance jobs in backlog
- Complete weekly housekeeping audits
- Coordination of Bill of Materials for area equipment and assist with Spare Parts management
- Assist in development of Operations procedures
- Interact with various groups (Construction Management, Maintenance, Utilities, etc). Be Eastman point contact for maintenance questions from these other groups and assist in driving jobs to completion.
- Completion of Job Site reviews with execution forces, focused on safety
- Be a steward for Mechanical and Asset Integrity Programs
- Ensure asset integrity inspections are completed on time and submit extension requests, as needed
- Coordinate inspections with 3rd party inspectors, including coordinating site access
- Ensure transfer of inspection results, action items and completion data from 3rd party system into Eastman’s GE-APM system
- Key contributor in Turnaround scope development, planning and LOTO package preparation
Key Behaviors
- Prioritize safe work execution through operating expertise and strict adherence to all safe work processes
- Acknowledge and report all job hazards that can impact work execution
- Strong management of one’s own time and the time of others, including the ability to adjust actions in relation to the actions of others
- Champion Essential Operating Disciplines and process safety principles
- Provide leadership and mentoring for area
- Support changes/challenges positively and enthusiastically
- Champion a continuous improvement mindset by providing feedback to both operations and maintenance
Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED required
- 5+ years of manufacturing experience in an Operations or Maintenance capacity required
- Valid driver's license required
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Dependable
- Must exhibit ownership and a bias for action to assigned area of responsibility
- Must have desire to be hands-on in a manufacturing plant environment
Eastman Chemical Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected classes as designated by law.
Eastman is committed to creating a powerfully diverse workforce and a broadly inclusive workplace, where everyone can contribute to their fullest potential each day.
