Outage Coordinator

At Sylvamo, we're a team on a mission. Joining us, you'll be helping to sustain forests and renew ecosystems, while delivering on the promise of paper to educate, communicate and entertain the world.

Come grow with us!

Outage Coordinator (Maintenance / Operations)

Eastover, SC 29044, USA

At Sylvamo, we are a team on a mission. Joining us, you will help sustain forests and renew ecosystems while delivering the promise of paper to educate, communicate, and entertain the world. Come grow with us!

Position Details

Department: Maintenance / Mill Planning

Pay Grade: PL14 - PL15 based on experience.

Employment Type: Full Time

Reports To: Maintenance Planning Manager

Position Summary

Sylvamo is seeking an Outage Coordinator for the Eastover, SC Mill to lead and coordinate outage planning, preparation, scheduling, readiness, and execution support with Manufacturing Work Systems (MWS) for safe, efficient, and well-controlled mill outages.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for all timing associated with outages from start of planning for Operations & Maintenance.
• Develop and maintain outage scope, schedules, milestones, and execution plans.
• Coordinate Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Procurement, Storeroom, Contractors, and mill leadership to ensure work readiness.
• Identify critical path work, resource constraints, schedule risks, materials, tools, and contractor needs.
• Support outage budget tracking, cost reporting, readiness reviews, and leadership updates.
• Facilitate outage planning meetings and drive accountability for milestone completion.
• Lead post-outage critiques and ensure lessons learned are applied to future outages.

Minimum Qualifications Required

• High School Diploma or GED
• Five or more years of experience in maintenance, operations, planning, scheduling, or outage coordination in an industrial environment, or BS in Engineering and 3 years of maintenance experience
• Proficient with SAP PM or a similar CMMS, and MS Project or equivalent scheduling tools, Word and Excel
• Strong communication, coordination, and prioritization skills across multiple functions
• Ability to support outages, off-hours coordination, and industrial safety requirements.

Preferred

• Engineering degree, associate degree, or related certification
• Experience coordinating major outages, shutdowns, or turnarounds in pulp and paper or heavy manufacturing.
• Knowledge of maintenance planning, contractor coordination, work package readiness, budget tracking, and continuous improvement

Work Environment Requirements

• Work in an industrial mill environment, including field walkdowns and outage execution support.
• Support overtime, weekends, nights, or adjusted schedules as needed for outages.
• Comply with all site safety, environmental, and PPE requirements.
• Participate in on call rotation.
• Follow all safety requirement including wearing proper PPE.
• Participate in site safety programs and compliance requirements.
• Undergo drug screening and comply with company policies.

Compensation and Benefits

Sylvamo offers competitive compensation and benefits package that may include medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, retirement savings options, paid time off, paid holidays, and other wellness programs, subject to applicable plan documents and company policies. Relocation provided.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Sylvamo is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, national origin, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by law.

Sylvamo partners with you and your family on your health and wellness journey. We offer a premium suite of health and wellness programs for you and your family, including medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, and a generous 401(k) plan with matching company contributions, and more. Sylvamo is here for all stages of life. We also offer paid time off and paid holidays per year.

The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Sylvamo is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.