Mechanical Maintenance Lead - Equipment Reliability

AM BIDCO OPERATIONS LLC dba MOVA Metals; Freeport (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

MOVA Metals is seeking a Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor to lead daily maintenance for plant equipment, crews, and contractors. You will drive safety, reliability, and cost-effective operations in a fast-paced refinery environment.

You will coordinate preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance, oversee outages, and mentor staff while ensuring compliance with safety and environmental standards. This role is on-site at MOVA Metals facilities.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED; technical degree preferred.
• 7+ years industrial maintenance experience.
• 3+ years supervisory or leadership experience.
• Experience with pumps, conveyors, gearboxes, piping, rotating equipment, valves.
• Familiar with vibration analysis, shaft alignment, balancing, lubrication practices.
• Experience with shell-and-tube heat exchangers, plate exchangers, condensers, heaters.
• Ability to read P&IDs and technical drawings.
• Knowledge of OSHA regulations and safe work practices.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Promote and lead safety culture per MOVA Metals policies.
• Supervise maintenance technicians, contractors, and crafts staff.
• Coordinate and prioritize work through CMMS.
• Manage preventive, predictive, corrective, and emergency maintenance.
• Lead troubleshooting for rotating equipment, pumps, agitators, conveyors, and compressors.
• Support reliability improvements via RCFA.
• Oversee maintenance of heat exchangers, vessels, tanks, piping, and process equipment.
• Participate in outages, turnarounds, and capital projects.
• Train and mentor maintenance personnel.
• Support budgeting and reliability objectives.

Skills

Safety leadership

Troubleshooting

Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA)

CMMS usage

Vibration analysis

Shaft alignment

Balancing

Lubrication best practices

Reading P&IDs

Mechanical systems troubleshooting

Education

Technical degree (preferred)

CMRP

OSHA 30

Tools

CMMS

Job description

MOVA Metals is seeking a Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor to lead daily maintenance for plant equipment, crews, and contractors. You will drive safety, reliability, and cost-effective operations in a fast-paced refinery environment.

You will coordinate preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance, oversee outages, and mentor staff while ensuring compliance with safety and environmental standards. This role is on-site at MOVA Metals facilities.