Facilities Maintenance Manager - Starting in October

General Purpose of Position

We are seeking a hands-on Facilities & Maintenance Manager to lead facility infrastructure, utilities, manufacturing equipment maintenance, and capital projects at our solar module manufacturing facility. This role supports module production by improving equipment availability, facility reliability, safety, and cost performance. The manager leads maintenance personnel and contractors and partners closely with Production, Engineering, Quality, HSE, Supply Chain, and other teams.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Lead daily maintenance and reliability activities for production equipment, automation, laboratories, facility infrastructure, and critical utilities.
2. Develop and maintain preventive and predictive maintenance programs, CMMS records, maintenance standards, and shutdown schedules that minimize production disruption.
3. Respond to equipment failures and facility emergencies; ensure appropriate technical coverage for urgent or after-hours issues.
4. Track uptime, downtime, MTBF, MTTR, preventive maintenance completion, repeat failures, utility performance, project delivery, and maintenance costs; lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
5. Plan and deliver facility expansions, layout changes, equipment installations, commissioning, upgrades, and capital projects within approved scope, schedule, budget, safety, and quality requirements.
6. Provide technical oversight for mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, automation, and PLC-controlled systems, including Siemens S7 or equivalent platforms.
7. Maintain reliable HVAC, electrical distribution, compressed air, ventilation/exhaust, building infrastructure, and fire/life-safety systems.
8. Lead, schedule, coach, and develop maintenance employees; build technical depth, cross-training, accountability, and a safety-focused continuous-improvement culture.
9. Manage contractors, engineers, equipment suppliers, and service providers from scope development and safe work execution through acceptance and turnover.
10. Manage maintenance and project budgets, utilities, tools, critical spare parts, inventory levels, supplier risks, and emergency purchasing needs.
11. Partner with HSE and other functions to meet applicable OSHA, environmental, building, fire, electrical, and company requirements, including safe controls for hazardous work.
12. Identify practical improvements in reliability, capacity, energy and water use, maintainability, waste reduction, and lifecycle cost.

Required Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or Civil Engineering; Facilities Management; Engineering Technology; or a related technical field. An equivalent combination of relevant education, training, certifications, and substantial directly related experience may be considered.
2. At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in equipment maintenance, facilities management, engineering, project management, or related manufacturing operations.
3. Experience managing manufacturing equipment maintenance, preventive maintenance programs, contractors, equipment suppliers, and technical service providers.
4. Working knowledge of industrial mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, automation, PLC, and manufacturing utility systems.
5. Strong project management, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, decision-making, and organizational skills; ability to read technical drawings, schematics, manuals, and specifications.
6. Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment; proficiency with Microsoft Office and experience with CMMS, ERP, or similar systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Supervisory or employee management experience.
2. Experience with automated manufacturing equipment, industrial controls, and Siemens S7 PLCs or equivalent platforms.
3. Experience in solar modules, automated assembly, electronics, or other advanced manufacturing environments.
4. Experience with facility construction or expansion, capital improvements, equipment installation, commissioning, and startup.

1. This on-site role operates in office, production, equipment, utility, and facility areas. It requires regular walking and standing, use of stairs, bending and reaching to inspect systems, and compliance with PPE and manufacturing requirements. Reasonable accommodations may be provided to perform essential functions.
2. Business needs may require evenings, weekends, holidays, scheduled shutdowns, overtime, on-call response, and occasional travel for vendor visits, training, equipment acceptance, or project work.

Translucent Solar LLC is an American solar module manufacturer located in Summerville, SC. The company produces high-performance photovoltaic modules for the Residential, Commercial & Industrial (C&I), community solar, and utility-scale markets, enabling customers to access reliable U.S.-made products, domestic content benefits, and a resilient supply chain. Through advanced manufacturing, strategic partnerships, and a commitment to quality, Translucent Solar is helping power America's clean energy future.