Maintenance Supervisor

Enviva; Chesapeake (VA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Enviva seeks a Maintenance Supervisor responsible for overseeing maintenance activities at a pellet plant. Candidates should have a High School Diploma and at least four years of experience in skilled trades. This role involves directing a team, ensuring safety compliance, and performing repairs on various equipment. A focus on customer service and leadership is essential for success in this position.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of practical experience in skilled trades.
• Ability to repair and maintain equipment related to pellet plant operations.
• Expertise in safety regulations and operational compliance.

Responsibilities

• Organizes and oversees maintenance activities.
• Instructs technicians and evaluates their performance.
• Performs maintenance and repairs on equipment.

Skills

Customer Service

Technical Knowledge

Leadership

Safety Practices

Education

High School Diploma or G.E.D

Job description

The Enviva team is driven by our shared vision for a renewable energy future. We are a fast-growing, purpose-driven, global energy company specializing in delivering sustainable wood bioenergy solutions. We are the world’s largest producer of sustainable wood pellets, which provide a low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels.

The Maintenance Supervisor is expected to have acquired the qualities, skills, and abilities listed below to excel on the job.

Responsibilities

• Organizes a team of technicians actively involved in various craft specialties.
• Instructs and offers guidance and directives while being involved in one or more of the skilled activities.
• Possession of exceptional customer service abilities is as significant as having extensive technical knowledge.
• Offer suggestions for performance evaluation; oversee the duties of designated crew members.
• Carry out diverse skilled activities involving the repair and maintenance of equipment and facilities; designate and monitor the work of personnel in order to achieve the completion of diverse tasks.
• Assemble, cut, thread, and lay pipes while also offering assistance in the repair, installation, maintenance, and purchase of various equipment and parts.
• Perform diagnosis and repairs on motors, gearboxes, conveyors, pumps and other types of rotating equipment.
• Guarantee adherence to safety practices and principles, and to the relevant Federal, State, and Local codes.
• Work with diverse machines and equipment, such as hand and power tools, drill presses saws, welding machines and other equipment necessary to carrying out maintenance and repair tasks.
• Ensure the maintenance of shops, equipment and tools are clean, secure, and in appropriate working condition.
• Engage in thorough troubleshooting to replace or repair fans and motor, gearboxes, conveyors, pumps and other pellet mill specific equipment.
• Make an estimate of cost of labor and items needed for work orders; acquires competitive prices for supplies and equipment.
  Create and manage work orders, employee time, purchase goods and services, order parts from storeroom.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or G.E.D certificate with four or more years of progressive and practical experience in at least one or more of the skilled trades previously described.
• Ability to effectively accomplish diverse skilled work in the repair and maintenance of equipment relative to the operation of a pellet plant.
• Equipment includes but is not limited to motors, gearboxes, conveyors, fans and pumps.
• Effectiveness in prioritizing assigned duties and evaluating the work of personnel.
• Outstanding skills for offering training and leadership to staff for them to be able to successfully carry out diverse duties associated with the daily maintenance tasks related to the operation of a Pellet Plant.
• Ability to interpret, illustrate, and apply regulation codes and rules.
• Ability to carry out operations safely and efficiently; utilize diverse assigned appliances and tools.
• Outstanding ability to interpret sketches, blueprints, shop drawings, and work orders to other personnel

Working conditions

• Must be able to work in outdoor environments and occasionally in temperatures above 100 degrees and below 32 degrees
• Willing and able to work in a hot, humid, cold and noisy industrial environment
• Willing and able to maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, to include wearing safety equipment.

Physical requirements

• Willing and able to perform tasks such as lifting, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing and/or pulling for up to twelve (12) hours a day
• Willing and able to work around moving equipment and machinery
• Willing and able to pull and lift, up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA and other federal, state and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards.

EEO Statement

Enviva is dedicated to the principles of equal employment opportunity (EEO) in any term, condition or privilege of employment. Enviva does not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, ancestry, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, uniform service member, genetic information or any other status protected by law. Enviva complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which we operate.

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