Maintenance Manager

About the Role

This role will be responsible for ensuring the equipment and systems are running optimally at Divert’s Integrated Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) Plant. Responsibilities include overseeing front-end processes (bin washer, de-packaging/separating processes, wasted food processing) and back-end processes (wastewater treatment, biogas purification, filtration). As part of the Site Leadership team, the Maintenance Manager will play an integral role in company growth through the maintenance program they lead, cross-functional partnerships, and teamwork.

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 consistently maintained.
• Manage and execute the plant technical training program, including:
  • Execute a comprehensive maintenance onboarding program for technicians, covering safety (LOTO, Confined Space, Working from Heights), 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).
• Manage maintenance and reliability processes, including:
  • 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.
  • Generate and share weekly and monthly asset utilization performance using 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 POs and hold vendors accountable to standards created in SOWs for third-party and contractor work.

Requirements

• 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 of 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 Control Systems, PLC).
• Hands-on experience and knowledge working on large industrial equipment (e.g., motors, pumps, gearboxes, agitators, large rotating equipment, screw conveyors, chain and belt conveyors, screw presses, hammermills).
• 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, PowerPoint, Excel, Power BI, CMMS software).
• Ability to handle several priorities at one time.

Benefits

• 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.