Facilities Maintenance Manager

Description

Essential Functions: To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies to perform the essential functions of this position:

• Regular, reliable attendance is required as work cannot be performed remotely.
• Hire, train and supervise warehouse maintenance personnel in the performance of their assigned duties and achievement of department production, quality and safety goals.
• Manage, plan, and coordinate the activities of the facility maintenance to ensure optimum service level maintenance, and minimize operations downtime.
• Ensure production/maintenance schedules are maintained and customer’s needs are met by the effective management of the material flow in the facility.
• Train and direct employees in the performance of their assigned functions in order to achieve production/maintenance goals.
• Promote a positive work environment which inspires positive employee morale.
• Create and meet annual variable cost budgets for the department managed.
• Control and direct the maintenance operations through effective scheduling, budgeting and human resource management programs.
• Establish and control distribution costs including labor, materials and overhead costs as it relates to building maintenance.
• Develop, implement and administer maintenance programs for improving distribution operations.
• Identify areas for quality improvement and initiate problem solving activities to improve quality performance throughout the facility.
• Develop programs to elicit and implement the suggestions of employees.
• Ensure the work areas are appropriately maintained and correct any unsafe conditions immediately.
• Maintain a safe work environment by observing and enforcing OSHA, HAZMAT, environmental and Lock out Tag Out requirements.
• Oversee building and grounds maintenance including: landscaping, lawn maintenance, snow removal, employee and trailer parking lot maintenance, HVAC (electrical and plumbing; lighting inside/outside), dock doors, dock plates, trailer restraints, switch lights, roofing, and fire protection systems, etc.
  
  

Non-Essential Functions

• Other duties may be assigned, directed or requested.
  
  

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree and 5 years of maintenance management experience and/or 7 years of warehouse maintenance experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.
• One year experience in a management position with at least 2 direct reports.
• Basic proficiency in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel and Warehouse Management System.
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule as required which may include working off shifts and weekends.
• Excellent leadership and people skills.
• Some travel may be required.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Proficiency in English and Spanish oral and written communication
• Engineering background
• Proficiency in decision making, organizational skills, problem solving, results driven and technical capacity.
• Must be able to work in a fast paced, team environment.
  
  

Physical Skills

• Must be able to stand up to 10 hours in a day.
• Must be able to walk up to 8 hours.
• Will continuously reach up and out.
• Will occasionally climb.
• Will occasionally push/pull from 11 to 25 pounds.
• Will frequently bend, stoop, reach up and out, crouch, kneel, and push/pull from 36 to 50 pounds.
• Will frequently lift up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift up to 75 pounds.
• Will occasionally have repetitive foot movement.
• Will frequently have repetitive hand/arm movements for simple reaching, simple and firm grasping and/or fine hand manipulation.
• Specific vision ability required b this job includes close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• Regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, and reach with hands and arms.
• Must be able to wear gloves occasionally.
  
  

Language Skills

• Must have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to speak with all levels of the organization
• Ability to write routine reports
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals in English.
  
  

Mathematical Skills

• Must be proficient in mathematics including algebra
• Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10’s and 100’s
• Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurements, volume and distance
  
  

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations
  
  

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• Work is performed in a warehouse distribution center environment.
• The employee is frequently exposed to vibrations and dust and will be working around moving machinery.
  
  

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate at moderate decibels.

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