Maintenance Manager

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Divert is a circular economy company on a mission to prevent food from being wasted through nationwide infrastructure and innovative technologies. Founded in 2007, the company provides an end-to-end solution that leverages data to prevent waste, facilitates edible food recovery to provide to people in need, and transforms unsold food products into renewable energy to power communities. Through this integrated approach to reducing wasted food–Prevent, Provide, Power™–Divert works with customers across the U.S. to reduce wasted food and positively impact people and the environment.

Under the direction of the Director of Maintenance & Reliability and Plant Manager, the Maintenance Manager at each of our facilities are uniquely positioned to oversee the day-to-day and strategic aspects of Divert’s technical programs.

Divert’s Plymouth facility receives unsold food from clients, analyzes the content, separates the packaging from the organics that can then be digested and processed. Many of Divert’s facilities ultimately process the mixed liquor through an anaerobic digestion tank with the end result is renewable natural gas (RNG) tied into a local NG pipeline.

This position is a safety-sensitive position and requires a clear mind and diligence. The employee has the responsibility for his/her safety as well as the safety of others.

• 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 being maintained consistently
• Manage and execute plant technical training program including:
• Develop a comprehensive maintenance on-boarding program for Techs. Includes all aspects of safety, effective CMMS usage, proactive maintenance, predictive maintenance, PM completion and troubleshooting
• Develop, coach and mentor technicians to progress based on technical skill growth

• Develop procedures and plans to lead major maintenance jobs, e.g. screw conveyor overhauls, screw press screen changes, tank inspections, facility equipment maintenance, etc.
• Manage maintenance and reliability processes, including:
• Manage PM program, spare parts inventory management, planning/scheduling, CMMS data entry/analysis, budget development, lubrication program, conditional based maintenance program
• Lead root cause of equipment failures and drive solutions to eliminate recurrence of failures
• Research parts and services suppliers. Investigate lead times and costs. Ensure spare parts on hand are appropriate and located for easy identification.
• Generate and share weekly and monthly asset utilization performance, utilizing Key Performance Indicators (KPI) to drive resource allocation
• Drive daily maintenance operations (work planning/scheduling/assignment/completion review) and completion aligned with current plant needs.

• Manage contractor work for plant repairs, maintenance and improvements
• Write PO’s and hold vendors accountable to standards created in the SOW for 3rd-party and contractor work.

• Bachelor's or Associate’s Degree in mechanical, maintenance, or other related industrial fields from an accredited program.
  • Equivalent experience in maintenance management, planning, and scheduling as well as preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance may be considered.
• 5 to 8 years of maintenance/operations experience in industrial environments (manufacturing/energy/chemical/wastewater treatment), including leadership and management.
• CMRP certification…