Facilities Associate

Why J.McLaughlin?
J.McLaughlin was founded in 1977 by brothers Kevin and Jay McLaughlin with a mission to create an American Sportswear brand that offered two key components: classic clothing with current relevance and a retail environment that has a neighborhood feel. The J.McLaughlin brand has always been more about style than fashion: straightforward, unpretentious, and devoid of the superfluous. Our clothing is rooted in the tradition of sport, work, and play.

With over 180 retail locations, each store is entirely unique, attentively designed to reflect the town's color, character, and architecture. This attention to detail extends to exemplary customer service and local philanthropic engagement.

Our "Culture of Kindness" creates an environment with respect, politeness, consideration, and empathy that creates a family like atmosphere and focuses on giving back to the community. The company has an entrepreneurial spirit which fosters great experience and career opportunities, complemented with our great incentive benefits programs.

Overview
The Facilities Associate is a motivated, proactive, organized self-starter, who will oversee the maintenance and day-to-day operations of our retail stores along with our Greenpoint office. The Facilities Manager will be responsible for ensuring that all building systems and operations are running smoothly, efficiently, and in compliance with safety regulations. The candidate will have a strong background in facilities management, problem-solving skills, and the ability to communicate effectively with vendors, property managers, and store teams on multiple projects and locations simultaneously.

About the role

Essential Functions:

• Oversee and manage facilities requests and work orders for our retail and corporate locations
• Maintain accounts and contracts with vendors as required
• Manage internal resources, vendors, sub-contractors and associated trades as needed
• Manage all aspects of communication and effective stakeholder management for facilities projects

Additional

Job Responsibilities:

• Manage both preventive maintenance programs and reactive work orders
• Support construction team and new store opening duties as required
• Track repairs, maintenance and facility tickets and requests from stores and district managers
• Process invoices and maintain budgets for each location
• Provide administrative support and general office management
• Provide weekly reports and send weekly updates to corporate management teams
• Keep server and project files updated with the latest design, construction, and budget documents for stores
• Track orders, store repair schedules, deliveries, and installations
• Ability to pack, manage, and ship supplies to stores as required

Skills & Requirements:

• Effective communication, collaboration and expectation management with internal and external stakeholders
• Attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple projects and tasks.
• Ability to read and process construction documents (blueprints, sketches, contracts, change orders, etc.)
• Time management skills and the ability to prioritize, meet deadlines and manage fast-track projects.
• Effectively communicate with landlords/developers, architects, contractors, equipment and material vendors, inspection officials, etc.
• Ability to travel to project sites throughout a large geographic region of the U.S. as required (up to 15%)
• Computer proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and facilities ticketing platforms
• Capable of functioning out of remote project site locations
• Capable of lifting 50 pounds and possessing a valid US driver license
• Ideal candidates possess hands on experience and knowledge
• Bachelor's degree in related field or similar
• 3-5 years' experience in related field

Equal Opportunity

J.McLaughlin is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.