Mechanical Supervisor

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 provides environmentally friendly services to its refinery customers in North America as a leading true verified recycler of spent catalyst hazardous waste. MOVA Metal’s process delivers a sustainable alternative to landfilling and exporting of hazardous waste and provides end to end tracking, providing a best-in-class Cradle-to-Grave solution for its customers

Position Summary

The Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor is responsible for leading and coordinating the daily activities of maintenance technicians, contractors, and specialty crafts personnel to ensure the safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation of plant equipment and facilities. This role provides frontline leadership for maintenance execution, equipment reliability, preventive and predictive maintenance programs, emergency repairs, and continuous improvement initiatives.

The Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor works closely with Operations, Engineering, Reliability, and EHS teams to maximize equipment availability while maintaining compliance with all safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements. The position is responsible for supervising maintenance activities involving rotating equipment, heat exchangers, pressure vessels, piping systems, valves, conveyors, material handling systems, and other critical process equipment utilized throughout the MOVA Metals facility.

Essential Responsibilities

• Promote and actively lead a strong safety culture through compliance with MOVA Metals safety policies, procedures, and safe work practices.
• Supervise mechanical maintenance technicians, contractors, and specialty crafts personnel.
• Coordinate and prioritize maintenance activities through the CMMS.
• Manage preventive, predictive, corrective, and emergency maintenance activities.
• Lead troubleshooting efforts for rotating equipment, pumps, agitators, mixers, conveyors, blowers, compressors, and mechanical systems.
• Support equipment reliability improvements through Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA).
• Oversee maintenance activities involving heat exchangers, pressure vessels, tanks, piping systems, and process equipment.
• Participate in outage, turnaround, and capital project planning and execution.
• Train, mentor, and develop maintenance personnel.
• Support maintenance budgeting and equipment reliability objectives.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required; technical degree preferred.
• Minimum 7 years of industrial maintenance experience.
• Minimum 3 years of supervisory or maintenance leadership experience.
• Strong working knowledge of pumps, conveyors, gearboxes, piping systems, rotating equipment, valves, and material handling systems.
• Demonstrated experience troubleshooting centrifugal pumps, positive displacement pumps, agitators, mixers, blowers, compressors, and associated drive systems.
• Strong knowledge of vibration analysis, shaft alignment, balancing, bearing failure analysis, lubrication best practices, and precision maintenance techniques.
• Experience maintaining and troubleshooting shell-and-tube heat exchangers, plate exchangers, condensers, heaters, and utility systems.
• Experience with pressure vessels, process tanks, reactors, scrubbers, hoppers, and bulk material handling equipment.
• Experience with industrial valve maintenance including gate, globe, ball, butterfly, plug, control, and pressure relief valves.
• Working knowledge of carbon steel, stainless steel, alloy, and lined piping systems.
• Ability to lead equipment failure investigations utilizing Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA).
• Familiarity with predictive maintenance technologies including vibration monitoring, thermography, ultrasonic testing, and oil analysis.
• Experience planning and executing exchanger repairs, vessel repairs, pump rebuilds, valve replacements, and major outages.
• Experience using Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS).
• Knowledge of OSHA regulations and industrial safe work practices.
• Ability to read technical drawings, isometrics, equipment manuals, and P&IDs.
• Strong leadership, organizational, communication, and troubleshooting skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
• CMRP, OSHA 30, or related certifications preferred.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

• Work will be performed in a plant facility, outdoors in all weather conditions to include extreme heat, cold, wind and precipitation. Work may be performed in tight, confined spaces that require appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Regularly exposed to dust, noise, odors, chemicals and fumes. Appropriate PPE will be provided, and employees are required to wear designated PPE at all times.
• Overtime, nights, weekends and holidays may be required per the established schedule or as needed to meet production goals. Employees may be called upon to volunteer for call-out opportunities.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and use E-Verify to confirm the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires.