Maintenance Coordinator/Scheduler at Westlake Chemical Corporation in Westlake, Louisiana

Job Description:

Westlake Chemical offers you the potential to enrich your work life and career experience in an entrepreneurial environment. We work together to enhance peoples' lives through our products and presence in the communities in which we operate. Westlake Chemical is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristics protected by applicable legislation.
If you are an active Westlake Chemical employee (or an employee of any Westlake Chemical affiliates), please do not apply here. Please go to your Workday homepage and click on the "Careers" worklet and view "Westlake Career Opportunities".
Position Summary:The Maintenance Coordinator/Scheduler role ensures effective coordination and scheduling of shared Maintenance Services and Contract Services across the units, plant and site based on priorities set by the Operations Maintenance Coordinators. This role is also responsible for identifying short and long term shared services and contractor resource needs and implementing strategies to effectively execute prioritized work per Operations Maintenance Coordinators direction. Duties and Responsibilities:Support and drive accident prevention and environmental excellence.
Ensure all activities are conducted in a safe and environmentally sound manner while adhering to all company policies and procedures.
Acquire a clear understanding of jobs and work scopes through effective communication with operations, maintenance and shared service representatives.
Follow and support Work Management Process
Act as Work Management Heat Map SME
Attend and actively participate in WMP meetings providing input and feedback to drive identifying shared resource needs and schedules
Utilize feedback to improve coordination and schedules across units, plant and site.
Assist with finalizing weekly schedule for site shared services and contractors and communicate weekly schedule by Noon Thursday to Operations and Maintenance personnel for posting in Control Rooms and Maintenance Shops.
Compare Plan to Actual results to make improvements in job planning
Follow and support Turnaround Work Process Planning and Execution
Work with Planners to Develop Task Lists for repetitive jobs
Work with OMC's to drive minimization and elimination of unneeded PM's while maximizing PdM technologies and technique's (Vibration, Infrared, Oil Sampling, Ultrasound, etc.)
Assist OMC with maintaining and cleaning up back log
Develop onboarding training and standardization of common SAP items
Work with OMC, Planner and Field Coordinator to develop and implement effective contracting strategies
Ensure work scope documents for jobs determined to be contracted or performed by site shared services are clear, understood and include all necessary information.
Ensure requisitioning of Contractors executing routine Maintenance overload and/or supplemental work meets the needs of the plant and includes all necessary details
Become familiar with Inspection Workflow and assist OMC with inspection group needs/schedule (Routine vs Outage required) to avoid overdue inspections
Work with OMC and Planner to develop plan/strategy for ready to use spares
Assist with tracking cost of rentals, too many rentals going overdue
Work with OMC to prioritize Infrastructure needs

Education and Experience:5-7 years Operational and/or Maintenance experience. Engineering qualification Diploma/Degree in the appropriate discipline preferred
Previous experience in industrial plant operations with knowledge of maintenance, planning and scheduling requirements
Experience with MS Office, Primavera (P6) and experience with SAP preferred or similar program
Ability to communicate effectively with Production, Maintenance/Scheduling and Engineering department, managers, supervisors and crafts persons
Proven self-starter with ability to lead change and drive continuous improvement.

Westlake Chemical is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristics protected by applicable legislation.
If you are an active Westlake Chemical employee (or an employee of any Westlake Chemical affiliates), please do not apply here. Please go to your Workday homepage and click on the "Careers" worklet and view "Westlake Career Opportunities".