Senior Engineering and Facilities Maintenance Manager - Flow Center - Chicago, IL

Target • Chicago, IL

11d • $95,000 - $171,000 • Onsite

About The Position

As a Sr. Engineering & Facilities Maintenance Manager, you will serve as a strategic leader responsible for ensuring maximum system uptime, operational continuity, and long-term infrastructure sustainability. You’ll champion a safety-first culture through proactive risk management, advanced training programs, and accountability frameworks. This role empowers you to leverage emerging technologies, preventive maintenance, and data-driven strategies to optimize performance and reduce total cost of ownership. Through strong cross-functional partnerships, you will enable operational leaders to exceed standards for service, quality, and productivity.

Requirements

• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills with a “safety-first” mindset.
• Proven ability to lead and develop high-performing teams across multiple shifts—including weekends, overnights, and holidays—while ensuring operational continuity, rapid decision-making, and talent retention in fast-paced, complex environments.
• Demonstrated ability to manage critical escalations and lead recovery efforts in a 24/7 operational environment, while confidently owning technical issues, collaborating cross-functionally, and engaging the right partners to drive timely and effective resolution.
• Extensive experience with material handling equipment (MHE), powered industrial trucks, conveyors, sortation systems, and large-scale integrated systems maintenance.
• Skilled in data-driven decision-making and statistical analysis, applying insights to improve reliability, efficiency, and cost.
• Familiar with Lean/Six Sigma, root cause analysis, standardized work, and continuous improvement practices.
• Proven ability to manage OpEx and CapEx budgets, oversee multi-contractor projects, and deliver results on time, in scope, and within budget.
• Experience in emergency response, crisis management, and business continuity planning to maintain operational resiliency during unexpected events.
• Adept at managing multiple priorities and complex projects simultaneously with strong follow-through.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred 4-year degree in a relevant technical or engineering field, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all engineering and maintenance operations to ensure peak performance of material handling equipment, powered industrial trucks, conveyors, sortation systems, and related technologies.
• Drive reliability and efficiency through preventative maintenance, continuous improvement initiatives, and advanced analytics.
• Serve as a key responder for emergent events, including natural disasters and critical system failures, ensuring rapid recovery and minimal disruption to operations.
• Manage operational (OpEx) and capital (CapEx) budgets to deliver strong financial performance while optimizing equipment lifecycle value.
• Partner with third-party vendors to ensure adherence to Service Level Agreements and deliver exceptional service.
• Oversee site improvement and construction projects from concept to completion, coordinating internal teams and external partners to achieve on-time, on-budget outcomes that support operational excellence.
• Build and develop a high-performing team of maintenance leaders, technicians, facility attendants, and CMMS specialists who are passionate about continuous learning and improvement.
• Execute best-in-class asset management processes to maximize reliability, availability, and compliance.
• Collaborate with HQ Supply Chain Engineering on network standards, future growth planning, and implementation of network-wide initiatives for consistency and scalability.
• Manage multiple complex projects simultaneously while ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Provide technical leadership and serve as a trusted mentor to facilities maintenance leaders, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Drive vendor partner performance and accountability.
• Ensure optimal efficiency, scalability, and performance across varying levels of material handling operations.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more
• 401(k)
• Employee discount
• Short term disability
• Long term disability
• Paid sick leave
• Paid national holidays
• Paid vacation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree