Maintenance Supervisor

Ashland • Hopewell, VA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Ashland Specialty Ingredients, GP is hiring a Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor for its Hopewell, Virginia business. This visible role oversees daily mechanical maintenance activities and reports to the Maintenance Manager. The position ensures safe work practices, regulatory and schedule compliance, and quality work, while coordinating resources for schedule break-ins and weekly issues. It requires strong leadership and technical capability to coordinate preventive and corrective maintenance, minimize downtime, and maximize productivity.

The supervisor leads and develops mechanical craftsmen, assigns work, and monitors completion. The role plans and executes preventive and predictive maintenance, troubleshoots equipment failures, and ensures maintenance work is documented in the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS). It also involves coordinating vacation calendars, overtime, tool allowances, and staffing matters for direct reports.

The supervisor enforces safety requirements, conducts audits and risk assessments, investigates incidents, and ensures safe handling of hazardous materials. The role collaborates with scheduling, production, engineering, reliability, and HSES teams; identifies opportunities to improve reliability and lower maintenance costs; implements lean manufacturing and reliability-centered maintenance practices; and supports capital projects and plant expansions with technical input and work-execution coordination.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• At least 5 years of maintenance experience in chemical, petrochemical, or industrial manufacturing environments.
• At least 2 years of supervisory or leadership experience.
• Strong knowledge of pumps, compressors, piping systems, instrumentation, and electrical systems.
• Familiarity with CMMS software and maintenance planning tools.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated responsible and ethical behavior.
• Ability to help the company drive greater value through understanding the business, making complex decisions, and creating the new and different.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with and/or supervising a union workforce.

Responsibilities

• Lead, train, and mentor mechanical craftsmen to develop team capabilities.
• Assign maintenance tasks, monitor progress, and ensure timely completion.
• Promote a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Act as day planner for schedule break-ins and first point of contact for issues.
• Plan and execute preventive and predictive maintenance schedules for the mechanical group.
• Troubleshoot and resolve equipment failures to minimize production interruptions.
• Ensure maintenance activities are properly documented in the CMMS.
• Coordinate direct-report matters, including vacation calendars, overtime management, tool allowances, and staffing.
• Enforce Ashland safety rules and responsibilities.
• Conduct safety audits, risk assessments, and incident investigations.
• Ensure hazardous materials are handled properly and plant safety protocols are followed.
• Coordinate maintenance priorities with scheduling, production, engineering, reliability, and HSES teams.
• Identify opportunities to improve equipment reliability and reduce maintenance costs.
• Implement lean manufacturing and reliability-centered maintenance practices.
• Provide technical input and coordinate some work execution for capital projects and plant expansions.

Benefits

• Industry-competitive salary and benefits.
• Pay-for-performance incentive plans.
• Opportunities for development and advancement throughout the global organization.
• A diverse, dynamic, and challenging work environment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: High school or GED