Maintenance Coordinator, SCO

Founded 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 company, Eastman employs approximately 13,000 people around the world and serves customers in more than 100 countries. The company had 2025 revenue of approximately $8.8 billion and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA. For more information, visit www.eastman.com.

Job Description:

Eastman’s polymer manufacturing operations is searching for a capable, effective individual with a strong safety mindset to serve as Maintenance Coordinator for the Gaston, South Carolina site (SCO). 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 days, Monday- Friday.

Job Responsibilities:

• Make safety the top priority every day.

• 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/ execution forces as need.

• Be a steward for daily maintenance work for the area.

• 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.

• Key contributor in Turnaround scope development, planning, and LOTO package preparation.

Required 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 of 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.

• Embrace challenges positively and enthusiastically.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED is required.

• Must be at least 18 years of age.

• Must have a valid driver's license.

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

• Required Experience: Minimum of five years' experience in Operations or Maintenance at Manufacturing Facility. (Candidates should ensure their resume reflects the experience / skills required.)

Candidates Must:

• Have strong people and communication skills.

• Have unquestionable dependability.

• Must exhibit ownership and a bias for action to assigned area of responsibility.

• Must desire to be hands-on in a manufacturing plant environment.

Eastman is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a highly engaged workforce, where everyone can contribute to their fullest potential each day.