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Maintenance Coordinator

Job ID:
R-51853
Category:
Supply Chain
Location:
Chicago, IL
Date posted:
03/10/2025
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At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our, collaborative, and flexible working environment. Our organizational ambition centres around creating workplaces that foster equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging across all aspects of our business. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

  • Communicate issues to other shift coordinators to ensure a consistent message and consistent application of all company policies, programs, rules, and regulations.
  • Support maintenance team in troubleshooting, finding/procuring parts, or escalating issues as required.
  • Build preventative maintenance schedules and prioritize based on equipment criticality.
  • Responsible for working with on shift Production Supervisor to achieve performance and overall equipment effectiveness targets.
  • Ensure maintenance, quality and safety audits are carried out by the team to ensure compliance with internal requirements.
  • Work with the maintenance lead and reliability supervisor to determine root cause of breakdowns and develop countermeasures for repeat issues.
  • Review short and medium-term plans for equipment maintenance with the maintenance lead and operations team. Develop long term plans with input from the managers, supervisors and operations team and ensure execution of the plans.
  • Working as a team with Supervisors, Maintenance team members, and Operations to plan, procure and document activities for the enhancement of machines in the assigned area.
  • Contacting vendors and manufacturers as needed for support in resolving issues or deploying projects.
  • Participate in safety or quality reviews and ensure corrective actions are carried out.

JOB PURPOSE

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world.  If you are someone who’s looking to become part of a leading organization, then this role is just for you!

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

This position coordinates the team of maintenance technicians on their designated shift. This position is responsible for ensuring completion of all maintenance tasks in their assigned area and making sure the lead and maintenance manager are aware if there are any gaps. The position ensures the correct resources are being applied to each problem and escalates to the lead and manager when additional resources are needed.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

  • At least (2) years of experience as a maintenance supervisor/coordinator in fast paced manufacturing environment.
  • Strong troubleshooting skills.
  • Excellent communication skills.

Skills

  • Mechanical troubleshooting skills.
  • Electrical troubleshooting skills.

Leadership

  • You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.
  • As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.

  • Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
    • PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.
    • PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.
    • CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
    • PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
    • AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.

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Unilever is an organization committed to diversity and inclusion to drive our business results and create a better future every day for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal law and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. 

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Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, credit check and DMV check.

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