Maintenance Manager

Divertinc; Longview (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Vision and Dental Benefits

Life Insurance

401K

Paid Time Off

Advancement opportunities

Job summary

Divert Inc. seeks a Maintenance Manager for the Lexington RNG plant to oversee daily and strategic maintenance programs, including front- and back-end processes. You will lead a team of technicians, drive PM, manage spare parts, and coordinate with contractors to ensure safe, efficient operations.

You will develop and mentor staff, lead root cause analysis, and report asset performance using KPI metrics. A strong focus on safety, discipline, and cross-functional collaboration is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Associate Degree in mechanical, maintenance, or related industrial fields from an accredited program

Responsibilities

• Maintain plant safety culture and operating discipline.
• Lead major maintenance jobs and PM programs.
• Manage PM, spare parts, and CMMS data entry/analysis.
• Drive root cause analysis and KPI-driven improvements.
• Oversee contractor work and ensure SOW standards.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Leadership

CMMS usage

Troubleshooting

Electrical systems

Instrumentation

Communication

Excel/Power BI

Education

Bachelor's or Associate Degree in mechanical/maintenance or related industrial field

Tools

CMMS software

PLC knowledge

Job description

About Divert

Divert is a circular economy company on a mission to prevent food from being wasted through nationwide infrastructure and innovative technologies. Founded in 2007, the company provides an end-to-end solution that leverages data to prevent waste, facilitates edible food recovery to provide to people in need, and transforms unsold food products into renewable energy to power communities. Through this integrated approach to reducing wasted food–Prevent, Provide, Power™–Divert works with customers across the U.S. to reduce wasted food and positively impact people and the environment.

Divert's Integrated Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) Plant receives unsold food from clients, analyzes the content, separates the packaging from the organics that can then be digested, ultimately processing the mixed liquor through our anaerobic digestion tank. The end result is

RNG sold to the local natural gas pipeline and a reduction in waste going to a landfill.. This role will be responsible for ensuring the equipment and systems are running optimally, including but not limited to front end (bin washer, de-packaging/separating processes, wasted food processing) and back end (wastewater treatment, biogas purification, filtration) processes.

What you'll do:

As part of the Site Leadership team, Maintenance Managers at Divert are an integral part of the overall company growth and success through the maintenance program they lead, on-site, as well as cross-functional partnerships and teamwork. The Manager is uniquely positioned to oversee the day-to-day and strategic aspects of technical programs at the Lexington RNG plant.

Responsibilities

Culture & Safety:

• Maintain the Divert culture in the plant by executing processes that support empowerment and structured independence
• Ensure a safe work environment through culture, training, and reinforcement of demonstrated best practices
• Ensure established operating discipline is being maintained consistently
• Manage and execute plant technical training program including:
• Execute a comprehensive maintenance onboarding program for technicians, to include all aspects of safety (including lifesaving programs such as LOTO, Confined Space and Working from Heights), effective CMMS usage, proactive maintenance, predictive maintenance, PM completion and troubleshooting
• Develop, coach and mentor technicians to progress based on technical skill growth

Maintenance & Reliability:

• Develop procedures and plans to lead major maintenance jobs, e.g. centrifuge replacement, tank inspections, membrane service, etc.
• Manage maintenance and reliability processes, including:
• Manage PM program, spare parts inventory management, planning/scheduling, CMMS data entry/analysis, budget development, lubrication program, conditional-based maintenance program
• Lead root cause analysis of equipment failures and drive solutions to eliminate recurrence of failures
• Generate and share weekly and monthly asset utilization performance, utilizing Key Performance Indicators (KPI) to drive resource allocation
• Lead equipment and process assessments (asset criticality/FMEA)
• Drive daily maintenance operations (work planning/scheduling/assignment/completion review)

Contractor Management:

• Manage contractor work for plant repairs, maintenance and improvements
• Write PO’s and hold vendors accountable to standards created in SOWs for 3rd-party and contractor work

What we're looking for:

• Bachelor's or Associate Degree in mechanical, maintenance, or other related industrial fields from an accredited program, or equivalent experience including maintenance management, planning and scheduling, preventative predictive and conditional-based maintenance.
• 5 to 8 years maintenance/operations experience in industrial environments (manufacturing/energy/chemical/wastewater treatment) including leadership and management.
• CMRP certification highly preferred or understanding/experience of these practices and procedures
• Experience maintaining and troubleshooting technical and complex operational systems (Distributed controls systems, PLC)
• Hands‑on experience and knowledge working on large industrial equipment (i.e. motors, pumps, gearboxes, agitators, large rotating equipment, screw conveyors, chain and belt conveyors, screw presses, hammermills, etc.)
• Experience with pneumatic control valves and actuators
• Experience with pressurized liquid and gas systems, chemical handling/storage, plant level electrical distribution, instrumentation and controls systems
• Strong organizational/planning abilities, excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Well‑versed in the management of a CMMS with respect to equipment maintenance execution.
• Proficiency in coaching, training, and development of maintenance personnel.
• Demonstrated excellence in written and verbal communication
• Excellent computer competence (Outlook, Word, Power Point, Excel, Power Bi, CMMS software)
• Must be able to handle several priorities at one time.

What's In It For You?

• Compensation range: $120,000 - $135,000 / Year + 10% target bonus
• Health, Vision and Dental Benefits (effective the first of the month following your date of hire!)
• Life Insurance
• 401K
• Paid Time Off
• Opportunities for Advancement with a Rapidly Growing, Mission-Driven Organization

Divert Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact the Divert Recruiting Team, [e-mail]