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Maintenance Planning Coordinator

Georgia Pacific
life insurance, parental leave
United States, Massachusetts, Leominster
Oct 23, 2025

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific's Leominster, MA facility uses state of the art technology to manufacture Dixie cutlery. Dixie is a brand of choice and is widely used in homes and businesses across the country. Backgrounds that may fit our roles include: Manufacturing, Industrial, Factory, Plant, Plastics, Injection Molding.

GP employees are committed to compliance, safety, and health excellence, while achieving an injury free workplace. This is an exciting role with room for growth and advancement. This position works 7am-3pm Monday-Friday with some holidays, weekends and overtime as needed.

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific's Dixie facility in Leominster, MA is seeking qualified candidates for the role of Maintenance Planning Coordinator to support our asset maintenance work process and manufacturing operation. This position requires that you have experience working in an industrial setting with knowledge of asset maintenance workflow process. The Maintenance Planning Coordinator creates value by partnering with production and maintenance to help increase Operating Equipment Efficiency (OEE). This position starts at $28 per hour and up, based on experience.

Our Maintenance Planners adhere to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures to include wearing the necessary Personal Protection Equipment (PPE). They perform tasks such as pulling, pushing, and lifting as much as 50 lbs., as well as walking, climbing, including stairs & ladders, stooping, standing, and reaching.

What You Will Do

  • Schedule and review planned work orders
  • Plan all maintenance work schedules
  • Coordinates with Operations to ensure prompt completion of work orders with minimal interruption to Production
  • Plan and assign resources based on maintenance work schedules and capabilities
  • Identifies parts, if needed, and coordinates with storeroom leader
  • Reviews, approves, prioritizes, schedules corrective and preventative maintenance work orders
  • Modifies existing or develops new preventative and predictive Maintenance tasks
  • Reviews weekly backlog data for assigned area(s) of responsibility and conduct meetings to discuss
  • Communicate forecasted scheduled work with operations and production leaders
  • Communicate outage maintenance projects
  • Meet with electrical, mechanical and production owners for jobs that must be planned
  • Utilize planning tools to determine parts, materials, rental equipment and/or contractor support necessary for jobs to be performed
  • Coordinate parts/rentals/contractor needs and submits requisitions
  • Update Bill of Materials (BOM) for equipment as needed
  • Develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) containing details to perform job and field validation
  • Contact and schedule contractor work
  • Ensure contractors are notified of safety training requirements prior to arrival on site
  • Follow up with contractors to ensure they receive a Purchase Order, prior to their expected arrival on site, when applicable
  • Review work orders for parts used, prior to work orders being closed
  • Lead and/or participate in improvement opportunities/projects
  • Utilize AMWP Workflow Process
  • Drive forklift and/or other mobile equipment

Who You Are

  • High School Diploma or GED
  • Minimum of 2 years' experience in a heavy industrial maintenance department
  • Knowledge of sprockets, sheaves, bushings, chains, belts, bearings, cylinders, pumps, motors and gearboxes
  • Experience planning and scheduling maintenance and contractor work in an industrial or manufacturing environment
  • Experience operating basic computer programs and inputting data

What Will Put You Ahead

  • Bachelor's Degree or higher
  • Experience within a mechanical or electrical maintenance technician role
  • Experience within an injection mold manufacturing facility
  • Experience within a Gatekeeper or Asset Leader role

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day -to make everyday products even better.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria are set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf

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