Maintenance Supervisor

Redwood Materials; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Redwood Materials in Charleston, SC, is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor to lead a team of Maintenance Technicians across our mechanical separation facility, owning safety, reliability, and performance.

You will collaborate with production, engineering, and EHS to drive preventive maintenance, improve equipment, and ensure accurate work order documentation while developing your team in a startup culture.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of hands-on industrial maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Minimum 2 years of supervisory or lead experience managing maintenance technicians.
• Strong working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation systems in an automated manufacturing environment.
• Experience with CMMS platforms for work order management, PM scheduling, and parts tracking.
• Solid understanding of LOTO/OSHA requirements and permit-to-work systems.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, P&IDs, and mechanical drawings.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively interact with internal and external stakeholders.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities, meet tight deadlines, and deliver high-quality results.
• Demonstrated problem-solving and critical thinking skills in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily maintenance operations including PMs, breakdowns, and equipment upgrades.
• Enforce safety standards: PPE, LOTO, permits, and JSA.
• Coordinate activities with Production Supervisor; report equipment status.
• Coordinate PM scheduling with Maintenance Planner to ensure on-time PMs.
• Maintain complete work order docs with notes, photos, parts, and hours.
• Provide regular performance feedback; recognize achievements.
• Manage attendance, training compliance, and day-to-day performance.
• Develop technicians’ skills and career growth.
• Foster an accountable, collaborative, safe team culture.
• Allocate personnel and equipment to meet operations goals.
• Resolve conflicts with fair, diplomatic approaches.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Preventive maintenance

Safety standards

CMMS

Electrical & mechanical

Tools

CMMS platforms

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.

Maintenance Supervisor

The Maintenance Supervisor willbe responsible forleading a team of Maintenance Technicians who execute preventive maintenance, reactive repairs, and equipment improvement projects across our mechanical separation facility. Serving as the on-site maintenance leader, you will be expected to own crew performance, safety accountability, and the reliability of plant equipment while working closely with production, engineering, and EHS teams. You will be working in a startup culture.

Responsibilities will include

• Lead day-to-day maintenance operations including preventive maintenance execution, breakdown response, and equipment improvement projects
• Enforce safety standards across the crew, including PPE compliance, lockout/tagout procedures, permit-to-work requirements, and job safety analysis completion
• Partner with the Production Supervisor to coordinate maintenance activities, communicate equipment status, and manage escalations during downtime events
• Work with the Maintenance Planner to ensure PMs are scheduled and completed on time
• Hold the crew accountable for complete andaccuratework order documentation including notes, photos, parts used, and labor hours
• Conduct regular performance reviews and provide direct, constructive feedback; recognize achievement and address areas for improvement
• Manage attendance, training compliance, and day-to-day performance for all direct reports
• Develop technicians technically and professionally to support their career growth
• Foster a positive and inclusive team culture built on accountability, collaboration, and safety
• Efficientlyallocatepersonnel and equipment to meet operational objectives
• Effectively manage conflicts within the team using fair and diplomatic approaches

Desired Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of hands-on industrial maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment
• Minimum 2 years of supervisory or lead experience managing maintenance technicians
• Strong working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation systems in an automated manufacturing environment
• Experience with CMMS platforms for work order management, PM scheduling, and parts tracking
• Solid understanding of LOTO/OSHA requirements and permit-to-work systems
• Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, P&IDs, and mechanical drawings
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively interact with internal and external stakeholders
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities, meet tight deadlines, and deliver high-quality results
• Demonstrated problem-solving and critical thinking skills in a fast-paced environment

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

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