Maintenance Supervisor - Power-Generation

Reworld Projects•West Babylon, NY

10h•Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Supervisor is a key member of Reworld's Operations and Maintenance team, responsible for leading frontline maintenance activities in a complex waste-to-energy, power generation, manufacturing, or heavy industrial environment. Reporting to the Facility Manager, this position provides hands-on leadership for maintenance personnel while driving safe, reliable, and efficient operation of critical plant systems including boilers, steam turbines, rotating equipment, electrical systems, instrumentation, and material handling equipment. The role combines technical expertise, people leadership, maintenance planning, reliability improvement, outage management, and continuous improvement to maximize plant performance. Join an organization where your leadership directly impacts plant safety, equipment reliability, environmental performance, and operational success. This position offers the opportunity to lead a skilled, multi-disciplinary maintenance team while working in a highly technical industrial environment. You will have ownership of maintenance strategy, outage execution, reliability initiatives, contractor management, budgeting, and workforce development, while building a career with an industry leader focused on sustainability, renewable energy generation, environmental stewardship, and continuous improvement. This role balances day-to-day operational priorities with long-term asset reliability. The Maintenance Supervisor oversees preventive and corrective maintenance programs, work planning and scheduling, CMMS utilization, mechanical integrity initiatives, spare parts management, maintenance budgeting, contractor coordination, root cause analysis, equipment reliability programs, outage planning and execution, and continuous improvement efforts. This position works closely with Operations, Engineering, Environmental, Safety, Procurement, and Site Leadership to ensure plant equipment operates safely, efficiently, and in compliance with all regulatory requirements. Please note that this position offers a sign-on bonus opportunity.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent required
Minimum of 7-10 years of maintenance experience in a power generation, waste-to-energy, manufacturing, chemical processing, refinery, paper mill, mining, metals, pulp and paper, or comparable heavy industrial environment
Experience leading, supervising, or managing industrial maintenance personnel
Strong knowledge of boilers, steam turbines, gas turbines, pumps, motors, conveyors, rotating machinery, and related plant equipment
Understanding of mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation maintenance practices
Experience with maintenance planning and scheduling, preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, mechanical integrity, and reliability programs
Experience utilizing CMMS platforms such as PeopleSoft, Maximo, NS5, SAP PM, or similar maintenance management systems
Ability to analyze equipment failures, identify root causes, and implement sustainable corrective actions
Experience writing maintenance procedures, contractor scopes of work, work packages, and purchase requisitions
Familiarity with maintenance budgeting, forecasting, labor planning, and cost management
Working knowledge of applicable safety, environmental, and labor regulations
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint
Strong leadership, communication, organizational, coaching, and relationship-building skills
Ability to effectively manage changing priorities in a fast-paced industrial environment
Availability to support rotating schedules, extended hours, weekends, outages, and on-call responsibilities as business needs require

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Technology, or a related field
Waste-to-Energy, biomass, power generation, or utility maintenance experience
Experience with plant management systems such as ALM, MMM, Experion, or similar industrial control platforms
Experience applying Lean, 5S, Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM), Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), or FMEA methodologies
Knowledge of NERC, NFPA, OSHA, and National Electrical Code (NEC) requirements
Experience with thermo-mechanical treatment (TTF) operations, including solid waste processing systems, equipment, and operational controls.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and develop Mechanics, Welders, Electrical & Instrumentation Technicians, and Storekeepers
Serve as a safety leader, ensuring maintenance activities meet company standards and all applicable safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements
Plan, prioritize, and coordinate daily maintenance activities in partnership with Operations
Manage preventive and corrective maintenance programs, work orders, schedules, maintenance backlogs, and quality assurance processes
Provide technical leadership for maintenance involving boilers, turbines, rotating machinery, conveyors, pumps, fans, electrical systems, and associated plant equipment
Own the site's Long-Term Maintenance Plan and lead scheduled and unscheduled outage planning and execution
Drive improvements in preventive, predictive, condition-based, and reliability-centered maintenance programs
Utilize CMMS platforms to improve maintenance planning, equipment history, reporting, and execution effectiveness
Oversee spare parts inventory, warehouse operations, and materials management to maximize equipment availability and minimize downtime
Develop maintenance budgets and forecasts, monitor expenditures, and identify opportunities to improve cost performance
Coordinate contractors and partner with Procurement on scopes of work, bid packages, purchasing activities, and strategic sourcing initiatives
Develop and maintain maintenance procedures, Job Safety Analyses (JSAs), lockout/tagout procedures, and compliance documentation
Investigate equipment failures and implement sustainable corrective actions using root cause analysis, FMEA, and other reliability methodologies
Support continuous improvement efforts through Lean Manufacturing, 5S, reliability improvement, and operational excellence initiatives
Communicate equipment risks, priorities, maintenance strategies, and performance metrics with operators, engineers, and site leadership
Participate in recruiting, performance management, workforce planning, employee development, and succession planning activities