Engineering & Facilities Maintenance Operations Manager - Regional Distribution Center - Lugoff, SC
About The Position
The Engineering & Facilities Maintenance Operations Manager enables high performance at a supply chain facility by fostering a reliability-centered maintenance culture that supports equipment availability and facility operations. The role leads Maintenance Technicians, Utility Attendants, and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) Software Technicians; works with building leaders to optimize material handling equipment; manages external contractors; and responds to emergencies while handling multiple projects and daily activities. The manager develops a data-driven continuous-improvement culture focused on root-cause elimination, defect handling, breakdown elimination, and maintenance planning and scheduling. They collaborate with department leaders, lead and develop the team through coaching and performance management, oversee onboarding and required training, and maintain positive working relationships across the organization. The role owns the accuracy and timeliness of shift performance metrics and communicates shift hand-offs. It develops emergency repair plans for critical assets, oversees escalations during downtime incidents, promotes site safety, ensures adherence to safety procedures and PPE requirements, and conducts safety investigations and after-action reviews. The manager oversees the health, reliability, and life-cycle management of site commodities, including material handling equipment, lighting, power distribution, backup generators, fire suppression and notification systems, balers, compactors, compressors, dock doors, HVAC, the over-the-road trailer fleet, and the powered industrial truck fleet. The role approves parts expenditures within corporate guidelines, validates contractor work quality, and ensures data integrity and compliance with asset-management standards. Duties may change based on business needs.
Requirements
- Four-year degree in Engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Previous supervisory experience in a team-oriented environment.
- Ability to read, interpret, and effectively communicate policies and procedures.
- Ability to manage, lead, and influence a team while prioritizing multiple projects.
- Experience managing multiple contractors.
- Self-motivated and customer-centric.
- Excellent PC competency.
- Ability to manage multiple complex projects and tasks simultaneously and adjust priorities as needed.
Responsibilities
- Lead Maintenance Technicians, Utility Attendants, and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) Software Technicians.
- Foster a reliability-centered maintenance culture that ensures high equipment availability and supports facility operations.
- Work with building leaders to optimize use of material handling equipment.
- Manage external contractors and validate the quality of their repair and project work.
- Develop a data-driven continuous-improvement ethic focused on root-cause elimination.
- Own defect handling, breakdown elimination, and maintenance planning and scheduling.
- Collaborate with department leaders to achieve engineering and maintenance goals.
- Coach and develop team members, provide constructive and critical feedback, guide performance, and administer performance reviews.
- Oversee onboarding and completion of required training for new hires and support continued development of team capabilities.
- Own the accuracy and timeliness of shift performance metrics and communicate shift hand-offs.
- Develop emergency repair work plans for critical assets and oversee escalations during downtime incidents.
- Promote safety, eliminate potential equipment safety hazards, and ensure compliance with safety procedures and PPE requirements.
- Conduct safety investigations and incident after-action reviews to determine root causes.
- Manage the health, reliability, and life-cycle management of site commodities and equipment.
- Approve parts expenditures within corporate guidelines and ensure data integrity and adherence to Asset Management standards.
- Be on call for emergencies and manage multiple projects and daily activities to meet timelines.
Benefits
- Eligible team members and their dependents may receive medical, vision, dental, and life insurance.
- 401(k).
- Employee discount.
- Short-term disability.
- Long-term disability.
- Paid sick leave.
- Paid national holidays.
- Paid vacation.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
