Facilities Supervisor

Redwood Materials Inc.; Sparks (NV); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Redwood Materials is seeking an experienced Facilities Supervisor to manage maintenance for both office and production facilities in Sparks, NV. The role leads a skilled technical team, coordinating daily activity, training, and incident response in a high-tech manufacturing environment.

Ideal candidates will have 5+ years of relevant experience, strong troubleshooting, and a hands-on, safety-minded approach.

Qualifications

• BS in a technical field or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years in a related role with leadership.
• Ability to troubleshoot equipment issues and perform root-cause analysis.
• Self-motivated, hands-on leader who can contribute at all levels.
• Passion for sustainability and improving operations.

Responsibilities

• Plan and schedule daily technician activity and supervise execution.
• Provide training and mentoring to a team of skilled technical staff.
• Act as shift lead for escalations and incident management.
• Develop and report on team KPIs and activities as required.
• Apply root cause analysis concepts to continuously improve maintenance operations.
• Develop, review, and improve standard maintenance procedures.
• Manage basic projects and oversee contractors and third-party work.
• Collaborate with operations and engineering on various projects to support growth.

Skills

Team leadership

Plan & schedule

Troubleshooting

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Project oversight

Mentoring/trainings

Education

BS in a technical field or equivalent

Job description

About Redwood Materials

Redwood is localizing a global battery supply chain that seamlessly integrates recovery, reuse, and recycling-keeping critical minerals in circulation and driving the energy transition. Founded in 2017, we're delivering low-cost and large-scale energy storage and producing battery materials in the U.S. for the first time, all from batteries we already have.

We are seeking an experienced Facilities Supervisor to work across our office and production facilities. The Supervisor will plan, coordinate, and lead the daily activities of one or more shifts of skilled technical staff in the maintenance of all facilities equipment, and systems. Experience in facilities maintenance in a large industrial or manufacturing environment is preferred, including experience in equipment maintenance for electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, and control systems. In this position, this individual will apply knowledge of first principles while solving real-world, technically challenging problems in a high-tech manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities will include:

• Plan and schedule daily technician activity and supervise and coordinate execution.
• Provide training and mentoring to a team of skilled technical staff.
• Acts as a shift lead for escalations, with the ability to act as incident manager for on-shift events.
• Develop and report on team KPIs and other activities as required.
• Understand and apply root cause analysis concepts and implement actions to continuously improve our maintenance operations.
• Develop, review, implement and continuously improve standard maintenance procedures and processes within the Maintenance Team.
• Manage basic projects and provide oversight of contractors and other 3rd party work.
• Work cross-functionally across our operations and engineering teams on a variety of projects to support team growth and our continuous improvement goals.

Qualifications

• BS in a technical field or equivalent related work experience.
• 5+ years of relevant working experience preferred, with proven team leadership capability.
• At least two years of experience supporting Facilities Maintenance and Operations or Production organizations.
• Ability to troubleshoot and conduct root cause analysis on equipment failure or performance issues, at a high level.
• Self-motivated, hands-on mindset, with a willingness to contribute at all levels.
• A passion for sustainability and making the world a better place!

This position is considered full-time, exempt.

The position is full-time. Compensation will be commensurate with experience.

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