Area Manager - Maintenance (Grocery)

Walmart•Auburn, IN

1d•$80,000 - $120,000•Onsite

About The Position

This position manages the daily operations of the maintenance department, ensuring department performance related to maintaining warehouse equipment. This includes material handling equipment, pneumatic systems, electrical systems, air compressors, ammonia refrigeration equipment, and general building repairs. The role also involves monitoring and ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations such as OSHA, Hazardous Waste, NFPA, Storm Water, and DOT related to maintenance operations. The Area Manager communicates with individuals or groups verbally and in writing, implements the business plan for their area of responsibility by communicating goals, managing staffing and scheduling, assigning duties, and coordinating workloads to achieve facility goals in production, quality, and safety. They monitor and manage productivity by preparing, reviewing, and analyzing business reports, and maintain quality and safety standards by ensuring associates are trained on Logistics and company policies, monitoring compliance, and distributing supporting documentation. The role involves identifying and resolving associate, customer, and supplier concerns, and supervising and developing associates and leaders by assigning duties, monitoring performance, providing feedback, teaching policies, identifying training needs, and participating in hiring, promotion, coaching, teaching, and evaluation. The Area Manager also manages financial aspects as assigned, monitoring expenses and capital expenditures against budget, and monitoring asset utilization. They are expected to build high-performing teams, embrace differences, create a workplace of belonging, and empower associates to thrive. The role requires working collaboratively, building strong relationships, and communicating with impact to motivate and influence. Attracting and retaining talent, empowering and developing them, and recognizing contributions are key. The Area Manager must maintain high standards of integrity, ethics, and compliance, modeling Walmart values and holding themselves and others accountable. They should act selflessly, be humble, self-aware, honest, fair, and transparent. The role involves serving customers by delivering results, putting the customer first, adapting to how, where, and when customers shop, and applying EDLP and EDLC models. Decisions should be data-driven, balancing short and long-term priorities while considering all stakeholders. The Area Manager should display curiosity, a desire to learn, take calculated risks, demonstrate courage and resilience, and encourage learning from mistakes. They should drive continuous improvement, adopt new technologies, and support others through change.

Requirements

Associate's Degree or Technical School Certification in an Industrial related field and 1 year related maintenance department supervisory experience OR Bachelor's Degree in a Business, Industrial, or related field OR 1 year supervisory experience in a maintenance related environment supervising, evaluating, mentoring, and developing managers/supervisors; managing workload; and participating in the hiring and promotion of employees OR 2 year Walmart Logistics maintenance experience including six months experience leading a work or project team (e.g. risk control) OR 2 years supervisory experience in an industrial related environment; supervising, evaluating, mentoring, and developing managers/supervisors; managing workload; and participating in the hiring and promotion of employees with 1 year experience in the maintenance field.

Nice To Haves

Compliance
General Maintenance
Microsoft Office
Regulatory Agency
Bachelors: Business
Bachelors: Logistics

Responsibilities

Communicate with or to individuals or groups verbally and/or in writing (e.g., customers, suppliers, associates).
Implement the business plan for area of responsibility by communicating goals and managing staffing and scheduling, assigning duties, and coordinating workloads in order to achieve facility goals (e.g., production, quality, safety).
Monitor and manage productivity of area of responsibility by preparing, reviewing, and/or analyzing business reports.
Maintain quality and safety standards in area of responsibility by ensuring associates are trained on Logistics and company policies, standards, and procedures, monitoring associate compliance to policies and procedures, and distributing and maintaining procedures and supporting documentation.
Identify associate, customer, and/or supplier concerns by listening and consulting with others when needed to determine corrective action to take or make recommendations in order to resolve.
Supervise and develop associates and leaders in area of responsibility by assigning duties and coordinating workloads, monitoring performance and providing feedback, teaching, supporting, and modeling Logistics and company policies and procedures, identifying training and development needs, and participating in the hiring, promotion, coaching, teaching, and evaluation of associates and leaders.
Manage maintenance department daily operations by monitoring and ensuring department performance related to maintaining warehouse equipment (e.g., material handling equipment, pneumatic systems, electrical systems, air compressors, ammonia refrigeration equipment, general building repairs) and monitoring and ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations (e.g., OSHA, Hazardous Waste, NFPA, Storm Water, DOT) relating to maintenance operations.
Manage financial aspects as assigned and/or in area of responsibility by monitoring and tracking expenses and capital expenditures compared to budget, monitoring asset utilization, and preparing, reviewing, and/or analyzing business reports.
Build high-performing teams, embrace differences in people, cultures, ideas, and experiences, and create a workplace where associates feel seen, supported, and connected through a culture of belonging.
Create opportunities for all associates to thrive and perform.
Work collaboratively, build strong and trusting relationships, and communicate with impact, energy, and positivity to motivate and influence.
Attract and retain the best talent, empower and develop talent, and recognize others' contributions and accomplishments.
Maintain and promote the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and compliance.
Model the Walmart values to support and foster our culture.
Hold oneself and others accountable.
Support Walmart's goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, members, and the world.
Act in a selfless manner and be consistently humble, self-aware, honest, fair, and transparent.
Deliver results while putting the customer first, considering and adapting to how, where, and when customers shop, and applying the EDLP and EDLC business models to all plans.
Make decisions based on data insights and analysis, balancing short and long-term priorities, and considering our customers, fellow associates, shareholders, business partners, and communities when making plans.
Display curiosity and a desire to learn, take calculated risks, demonstrate courage and resilience, and encourage learning from mistakes.
Drive continuous improvements, adopt and encourage the use of new technologies and skills, and support others through change.

Benefits

Medical coverage
Vision coverage
Dental coverage
401(k)
Stock purchase
Company-paid life insurance
PTO (including sick leave)
Parental leave
Family care leave
Bereavement
Jury duty
Voting leave
Short-term disability
Long-term disability
Company discounts
Military Leave Pay
Adoption expense reimbursement
Surrogacy expense reimbursement
Performance bonuses
Live Better U (Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates)