Maintenance Manager

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.

Reporting to the Plant Manager, this individual will lead a team of technicians to safely manage all maintenance operations for the site. The ideal candidate will have a strong mechanical background and excellent problem solving and decision-making skills.

• Plans, develops, and implements maintenance methods and procedures designed to reduce downtime, supply chain losses, minimize operating costs, and optimize the utilization of technicians, materials and assets.
• Partners with manufacturing teams to deliver production targets and quality objectives.
• Provides technical expertise to increase the number of zero breakdown machines, reduce breakdown re-occurrences, and increase Mean Time between Failure (MTBF).
• Coordinates processes to develop and train maintenance, manufacturing operators, and Team Leaders.
• Supports the 8 TPM pillars with technical resources and coaching to improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). Coordinates the Effective Maintenance (EM) pillar resources to deliver reliable maintenance processes including: 5S, Visual Factory and spare parts inventories for all new and existing equipment as well as equipment modifications.
• Drives improvements during equipment changes to deliver new procedures, breakdown reduction, root cause analysis, as well as risks and hazards.
• Maintains an integrated maintenance master plan utilizing quantitative information consistent with business goals.
• Provides coordination of support services for machining, welding, electrical and miscellaneous contracted services.
• Implements other support pillars to comply with safety, good housekeeping, quality and related regulatory requirements.
• Willing to work outside, some lifting may be required; heat and dust can be part of the environment.

• Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Engineering or related discipline, with 5- 7 years' of supervisory experience, delivering reliability improvements in a fast changing manufacturing environment, or equivalent combination or experience/education/certifications.
• Must have experience managing maintenance teams and supporting autonomous manufacturing teams as they deliver continuous improvements.
• Experience with TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) Pillars - Autonomous and Effective Maintenance in a process environment is preferred.
• Must have applied working knowledge of time, condition and predictive based maintenance processes.
• Must have experience managing P.M. (Preventative Maintenance) practices.
• Proven track record coaching, mentoring, and motivating and managing employees' skills development.
• Demonstrated experience proactively leading and coaching teams to solve problems, utilizing automatic line monitoring and other reliability improvement processes.
• Experience setting business targets to drive and sustain continuous loss reductions is required.
• Experience with shop floor/information systems (i.e. PC, PLC, and/or Robotics) is preferred.
• Working knowledge of Analytical Process Mapping is preferred.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and team leadership skills.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel with the ability to learn other applications related to the job.

• 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…