Corporate Technical & Equipment Manager

About Virginia Transformer

Virginia Transformer is the largest U.S.-owned producer of power transformers in North America, with more than 50 years of experience delivering engineered-to-order solutions across Data Center, Utility, Industrial, and Renewable markets.

With over 5,800 employees and multiple manufacturing facilities across the United States, we are known for premium quality, engineering excellence, and some of the shortest lead times in the industry. As a privately held company, we operate with speed, innovation, and a relentless focus on execution.

Join Our Team

If you thrive in highly technical manufacturing environments and enjoy solving complex equipment and reliability challenges while leading teams across multiple facilities — this is your opportunity to make a major impact on the infrastructure powering the U.S. electric grid and Data Center growth.

Position Overview

The Corporate Technical & Equipment Manager is responsible for leading and supporting maintenance, equipment reliability, and technical troubleshooting initiatives across multiple manufacturing facilities.

This role serves as a key corporate technical leader focused on improving equipment uptime, maintenance execution, reliability systems, and operational performance. The ideal candidate is highly hands-on, technically strong, and capable of driving maintenance standardization and reliability improvements across heavy industrial manufacturing environments.

This role requires regular travel to manufacturing facilities and close collaboration with operations, engineering, production, quality, and executive leadership teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support maintenance and reliability teams across multiple manufacturing plants
• Evaluate and resolve complex technical issues involving critical industrial equipment and production systems
• Develop and standardize:
  • Preventive Maintenance (PM) programs
  • Predictive Maintenance (PDM) systems
  • Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) strategies
• Identify and manage Single Point of Failure (SPOF) risks and implement mitigation plans
• Drive initiatives focused on:
  • Equipment uptime improvement
  • MTBF improvement
  • MTTR reduction
  • Downtime elimination
• Lead and ensure proper Root Cause Analysis (RCA) execution and corrective action implementation
• Oversee:
  • Maintenance planning
  • Shutdown/outage activities
  • Critical spare parts management
  • Inventory optimization strategies
• Support CAPEX projects including:
  • Equipment installations
  • FAT/SAT activities
  • Commissioning and startup support
• Establish maintenance KPIs and ensure continuous tracking and reporting across facilities
• Mentor and develop:
  • Maintenance engineers
  • Maintenance planners
  • Supervisors and technicians
• Coordinate closely with production, engineering, quality, purchasing, and corporate leadership teams
• Ensure compliance with:
  • OSHA and NFPA standards
  • LOTO procedures
  • Corporate maintenance and safety standards
• Drive maintenance standardization and best-practice sharing across all manufacturing locations

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in:
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Mechatronics Engineering
  • Or related technical field
• Minimum 15 years of industrial maintenance experience
• Minimum 5 years managing maintenance departments or multi-site maintenance teams
• Strong experience within:
  • Heavy manufacturing
  • Industrial production
  • Continuous-process environments
• Strong troubleshooting and technical problem-solving capabilities involving industrial systems and equipment
• Proven experience leading reliability and uptime improvement initiatives

Technical Knowledge & Skills

• CMMS implementation, optimization, and administration:
  • Eptura
  • SAP PM
  • Maximo
  • Or equivalent systems
• Preventive, Predictive, and Reliability-Centered Maintenance methodologies
• Condition monitoring technologies including:
  • Vibration analysis
  • Thermography
  • Oil analysis
  • Ultrasonic inspection
• Industrial systems knowledge including:
  • Motors and drives
  • PLCs and instrumentation
  • Hydraulics and pneumatics
  • Vacuum systems
  • Industrial heating systems
• Spare parts strategy and inventory optimization
• Root Cause Analysis methodologies:
  • 5 Why
  • Fishbone
  • FMEA
  • Fault Tree Analysis
• Reliability metrics and analytics:
  • MTBF
  • MTTR
  • OEE
  • Downtime analysis
• Maintenance budgeting and cost control
• Contractor and vendor management

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in:
  • Transformer manufacturing
  • Heavy industrial manufacturing
  • Continuous-process manufacturing
• Multi-site maintenance leadership experience
• Experience standardizing maintenance systems and procedures across plants
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred

Leadership Profile

• Hands-on technical leader with strong execution skills
• Calm and decisive under operational pressure
• Strong communicator capable of influencing plant and corporate leadership teams
• Highly organized with a continuous improvement mindset
• Passion for mentoring teams and building long-term operational capability

Work Environment & Travel

• Onsite role based in Rincon, GA
• Regular travel required to manufacturing facilities including:
  • Roanoke, VA
  • Troutville, VA
  • Pocatello, ID