Director of Distribution Facilities Maintenance

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• Weekly pay

• Scheduling flexibility

• Paid parental leave

• Paid education assistance

• Team member discount

• Development programs for advancement and career growth

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What You'll be Doing:

• Lead, direct, coach, and motivate employees in a results-oriented way and ensures Maintenance Managers engage their employees in the same manner through empowerment, ownership, accountability, and operational excellence.
• Project management to ensure rapid response to requests for repair or services.
• Oversee negotiation and purchase of capital equipment.
• Identify and implement effective performance indicators and analytical tools to measure, drive, and communicate equipment utilization, develops action plans for improvement and reduces of operating costs.
• Manage vendor selection and relationships for parts and services.
• Provide accurate and effective performance reporting to Unit and Complex Directors.
• Support Distribution Safety initiatives through engagement and participation with the safety committees to ensure strong partnership on all safety issues throughout the facility.
• Ownership and leadership of maintenance of various distribution complexes across the Meijer six-state footprint, including those that operate on a 24/7 schedule.
• Ensure appropriate documentation, record retention and training necessary to meet all Federal and State Regulatory Compliance.
• Meet P&L goals and SG&A Reductions.
• Review, recommend and enact changes to ensure contractual compliance to budgeted accounts, including: internal and external upkeep to facility and grounds, pest control, snow removal, waste management and fire system maintenance accounts.
• Review and enact plans to reduce expenses for these accounts.
• Oversee the maintenance of all operating equipment.
• Enforce proper turn time of preventive maintenance schedules.
• Ensure timely response to critical maintenance issues throughout the distribution center property.
• Review Facility Work Requests and prioritize the workflow.
• Track equipment downtime and preventative maintenance status and produces electronic reports.
• Generate Capital Expense Requests, make recommendations and coordinate projects, leveraging internal and external resources.
• Ensure maximum use of energy management system to reduce utility expenses.
• Oversee and control facilities maintenance, labor budget and expenses for all assigned P&L and budgeted items.
• Demonstrate 200% Safety Accountability (self and others).

What You Bring with You (Qualifications):

• Bachelor's Degree - Industrial or Mechanical Engineering - or other equivalent technical field is required.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with compliance to all Federal and State regulatory guidelines.
• 5 to 7 years of experience in Maintenance Management in an industrial, manufacturing, or retail distribution environment required.
• Certified Ammonia training and experience required.
• Experience managing a large Maintenance organization.
• Maintenance software system experience.
• Requires strong interpersonal and leadership skills to effectively move a team forward to accomplish measurable goals in an environment of dignity and respect.
• Highly developed organizational skills and demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and priorities while simultaneously demonstrating an attention to detail to meet deadlines and complete tasks across a wide spectrum of team relations, safety, sanitation and SG&A control.
• Developmental ability to teach, train, set expectations; provide clear feedback to increase leadership skills and readiness with Maintenance Managers.
• Critical thinking ability to be thorough in research, quick to understand the most important factors and variables, utilize sound metrics, and make impartial fact- based decisions.
• Working knowledge to meet compliance requirements of Federal and State regulatory guidelines.