Maintenance and Engineering Manager

McMaster-Carr•Chicago, IL

5d•$230,000 - $320,000•Onsite

About The Position

McMaster-Carr is an innovative e-commerce company that helps customers build and repair almost anything. For 125 years, we have thrived through an unwavering focus on customer experience, adaptability, and world-class operations. Curious, exceptional people are at the center of our evolution, turning new challenges and emerging technologies into opportunities to learn, improve, and make a meaningful impact. It is an exciting time at McMaster-Carr. Our Chicagoland headquarters combines a large-scale distribution center with corporate office space and is evolving through significant investment in automation and infrastructure. The reliability of this complex facility is essential to our ability to serve customers and support employees.

Requirements

Facilities Engineering & Maintenance Manager experience
Experience with infrastructure and critical building systems
Experience leading and developing a team of technicians and supervisors
Experience advancing preventive and predictive maintenance practices
Experience directing the response to complex and urgent building-system issues
Experience assessing asset condition and shaping multiyear maintenance and capital plans
Experience leading facility upgrades from operating need through commissioning
Experience selecting and directing engineering firms, contractors, and service partners
Experience partnering across departments to manage risk, maintain regulatory compliance, and improve critical building systems

Nice To Haves

Experience with HVAC, electrical distribution and emergency power, plumbing, fire and life-safety systems, security and access-control, roofing and building envelope, lighting, utilities, data center infrastructure and other critical facility systems.
Experience partnering with automation system reliability teams.

Responsibilities

Lead the team responsible for the reliable, safe, and efficient operation of the building infrastructure across our largest distribution center and national headquarters.
Manage HVAC, electrical distribution and emergency power, plumbing, fire and life-safety systems, security and access-control, roofing and building envelope, lighting, utilities, data center infrastructure and other critical facility systems.
Partner with automation system reliability teams where building systems and automated operations intersect.
Develop technicians and supervisors, strengthen preventive and predictive maintenance practices, guide complex problem solving, and plan facility improvements that protect uptime and prepare the site for future growth.
Lead external engineering and contractor partnerships that expand, renew, and improve critical facility systems.
Ensure upgrade projects are technically sound, safely executed, and successfully integrated into a continuously operating facility.
Lead and develop a team of technicians and supervisors, building strong performance, technical capability, cross-coverage, and ownership of facility outcomes.
Advance preventive and predictive maintenance practices through disciplined work planning, asset records, backlog management, reliability measures, and continuous improvement.
Direct the response to complex and urgent building-system issues, using root-cause analysis to restore operations quickly and prevent recurring failures.
Assess asset condition and shape multiyear maintenance and capital plans that improve safety, reliability, energy performance, and equipment life.
Lead facility upgrades from operating need through commissioning, translating requirements into clear scope, success measures, schedules, shutdown plans, and a sustainable transition to maintenance.
Select and direct engineering firms, contractors, and service partners, holding them accountable for safety, quality, cost, schedule, documentation, and long-term maintainability.
Partner across Distribution, Workplace, Security, IT, Engineering, and Automation to manage risk, maintain regulatory compliance, and improve critical building systems without disrupting customer operations.