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Sr Manufacturing Support Specialist
- Solstice Advanced Materials (Colonial Heights, VA)
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As a **Sr Manufacturing Support Specialist** here at Solstice Advanced Materials you will lead a team to ensure successful manufacturing support, collaborate on project plans, and drive process improvements. Your role will impact our operations and team development. You will report directly to our **Director ISC Site Leader,** and you’ll work out of our Colonial Heights, VA location on an Onsite work schedule. Monday- Friday 8am-5pm, some night and weekend support may be needed.
In this role, you will contribute to site success by coordinating maintenance activities in Operations to maximize their effectiveness and act as liaison between site functions to ensure minimal impact to production related to maintenance activities.
+ Develop Maintenance Request list that priorities Preventative and Predictive Work first over Routine Work
+ Develop systems and processes to execute work during the backshift
+ Ensure all work request submitted follow the ME Standard with proper category, fields, and other requirements completed prior to approving to work to be planned by maintenance
+ Develop and/or coordinate Energy Control Procedures and LOTOs such that maintenance work can start on time
+ Provide support for executing Life Critical Permits and develop others to be competent in permit issuing
+ As a member of the Operations Team, coordinate with Engineering to evaluate maintenance requirement notifications entered into SAP
+ Work with Maintenance to advance approved maintenance requirement notifications through to completion
+ Work with Safety to ensure that written safety procedures applicable to any work planned are provided and followed and to update written safety procedures as needed
+ Schedule maintenance and repair activities for the site’s production lines to take fullest advantage of available maintenance time
+ Minimize/manage the maintenance backlog
+ Communicate status of maintenance requests throughout Operations
+ Work with the capital, operations and maintenance groups executing outages, including generation of Gantt charts to schedule work around operations timelines and ensuring minimal return-to-production scheduling
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
+ Lead and manage a team of specialists to provide manufacturing support for projects
+ Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to develop and execute project plans
+ Provide technical expertise and guidance to the team in solving complex manufacturing problems
+ Ensure adherence to quality standards and regulatory requirements
+ Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance manufacturing processes and efficiency
Qualifications
YOU MUST HAVE
+ High school diploma or GED is required
+ Ability to convert the most complex situations into simple solutions
+ Supervisor experience in high pace, high stress environments
+ Minimum of 2 years' experience with MS Excel or Spreadsheets
+ Minimum of 2 years' experience in manufacturing is required
+ Minimum of 2 years' experience with Lock Out/Tag Out is required
+ Minimum of 1 year SAP experience required
WE VALUE
+ Prior Maintenance Coordination experience is preferred
+ Prior union environment experience is preferred
+ Prior Knowledge of Maintenance Excellence Processes
+ Strong interpersonal and team skills
+ Strong verbal and written communication skills
Due to compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations, candidate must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or have asylum or refugee status in the U.S.
**BENEFITS OF WORKING FOR SOLSTICE ADVANCED MATERIAL** S
In addition to a competitive salary, leading-edge work, and developing solutions side-by-side with dedicated experts in their fields, Solstice Advanced Materials employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package. This package includes employer-subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance; Short-Term and Long-Term Disability; 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, EAP, and Educational Assistance; Parental Leave, Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave), and 12 Paid Holidays.
COMPENSATION
The annual base salary range for this position is $84K- $127K. Please note that this salary information serves as a general guideline. Solstice considers various factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to the scope and responsibilities or the position, the candidate's work experience education and training, key skills, as well as market and business considerations.
The application period for the job is estimated to be 40 days from the job posting date; however, this may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. Posting updated 10/30/2025.
_Solstice Advanced Materials is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, or veteran status._
About Us
About Solstice Advanced Materials
Solstice Advanced Materials is a leading global specialty materials company that advances science for smarter outcomes. Solstice offers high-performance solutions that enable critical industries and applications, including refrigerants, semiconductor manufacturing, data center cooling, nuclear power, protective fibers, healthcare packaging and more. Solstice is recognized for developing next-generation materials through some of the industry's most renowned brands such as Solstice®, Genetron®, Aclar®, Spectra®, Fluka™, and Hydranal™. Partnering with over 3,000 customers across more than 120 countries and territories and supported by a robust portfolio of over 5,700 patents, Solstice’s approximately 4,000 employees worldwide drive innovation in materials science. For more information, visit Advanced Materials (https://advancedmaterials.honeywell.com/us/en) .
**Job Identification** 105790
**Job Category** Integrated Supply Chain
**Job Schedule** Full time
**Locations** 15801 Woods Edge Rd, Colonial Heights, VA, 23834, US
**Hire Eligibility** Internal and External
**Relocation Package** None
**US Person** Due to U.S. export control laws, candidates must be U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or have protected status under asylum or refugee.
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