Activity Coordinator / Gatekeeper

Kevlar® is seeking an experienced Activity Coordinator / Gatekeeper to lead building of good maintenance practices in a new process area. The new area will be shifting from project commissioning through to normal operations over the next year. During this transition the role will be responsible for working closely with maintenance to update and develop bill of materials and maintenance repair practices needed for future maintenance planning activities.

Activity Coordinator / Gate Keepers play a crucial role within the operations team of prioritizing, scheduling work with the maintenance team, and execution of work efficiently.

Kevlar® is a global business producing lightweight, high strength, fibers to serve life protection, automotive, protective apparel, and aviation markets.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent experience required
• Trade certification preferred
• 7-10 years of manufacturing or related experience required
• Experience in Maintenance and/or prior experience Maintenance Gatekeeping is preferred
• Process Safety Management experience preferred

Responsibilities:

• Works with all roles impacting operations (i.e. Run Plant Engineer, Production Coordinator, Technical Advisor, etc.) to determine jobs for upcoming week and works with the Maintenance Scheduler to decide which jobs are to be included in the schedule.
• Coordinates work to be performed by operations personnel. (i.e. Coordinates timing and scheduling of process equipment preparation and maintenance with the Maintenance Scheduler)
• Ensures appropriate operational resources are allocated to perform operational tasks and activities.
• Ensures communication to maintenance on job readiness prior to job assignment.
• Communicate schedule to Shift Operators and First Line Supervisors for equipment preparation.
• Actively participate in the maintenance schedule update meetings, i.e. Daily Schedule Confirmation meeting, Weekly Scheduling / Work Selection meeting, etc.
• Assess and ensure work orders are value adding, have detailed scopes, applicable troubleshooting information, etc. Coaches work originators on creation of value-added work notifications.
• Determine if the requested work can be performed within the plant / department. If it can, route to operations. If it can't, route work to proper service provider for execution, i.e. maintenance, improvements, etc.
• Prioritize the work notifications using knowledge of plant's / departments physical condition, the Preventative Maintenance program and budgetary constraints.
• Manage the incoming backlog and works with Maintenance Scheduling to manage the active backlog.
• Works with Maintenance team to manage emergency work.
• Owns Bill of Materials accuracy.
• Works with plant and maintenance resources to ensure MIQA and other plant specific compliance activities are scheduled and completed to maintain compliance.
• Works with Operations Turnaround Coordinator to ensure Start Up and Shutdown tasks align with plant operations activities.

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