Facilities & Grounds Supervisor

Facilities & Grounds Supervisor

Chamberlain
- Meriden, CT 06451;
Ames
- Meriden, CT 06451

Position Type Full Time Job Shift Day

First Shift hours

POSITION SUMMARY

The Facilities & Grounds Supervisor owns the physical property — everything that is not a production asset. Grounds and appearance, self-performed building repairs, small facilities projects, non-production building systems, and the management of defined outside contractors who come on site for facility related tasks.

This position is deliberately broad. It is distinct from Maintenance — Maintenance owns production equipment and uptime; this role owns the building, the grounds, and everything that falls between. It is hands-on daily, but it is not only hands: the person in this seat scopes work, gets competitive quotes, qualifies and controls contractors, tracks a budget, and keeps the site audit-ready and presentable to customers on any day without notice.

Performance in the role determines how much facilities and capital-project responsibility it carries over time.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Broad by design. The role starts hands-on and grows into facilities ownership.

01 Grounds, Landscaping & Property Appearance

• Own the appearance of the entire property: lawns, beds, trees, mulch, edging, seasonal plantings, parking lots, sidewalks, fence lines, dumpster and trailer areas.
• Execute the annual grounds calendar in-house — mowing, trimming, spring and fall cleanup, and exterior weed and vegetation control.
• Lead winter operations: snow and ice removal for docks, lots, walkways, and emergency egress, with a documented pre-storm and post-storm checklist and on-call response.
• Maintain exterior signage, lighting, lot striping, curbs, and customer-facing entrances to a standard appropriate for a plant that hosts customers and auditors.
• Keep grounds compliant with GMP and SQF exterior requirements: no standing water, no harborage, vegetation set back from the building, waste areas controlled.

02 Building Repairs & Self-Performed Projects

• Self-perform work currently outsourced: wall patching and repair, painting, concrete and asphalt patching, masonry touch-up, door and hardware repair, ceiling tile, flooring, fixture replacement, and basic plumbing and carpentry.
• Build, modify, and install non-production items — racking, shelving, platforms, guarding, partitions, benches, signage, and office and locker-room fit-out.
• Maintain restrooms, locker rooms, break areas, offices, and the QA lab as finished spaces, not afterthoughts.
• Keep a visible punch list of open building defects with target dates; close items rather than carry them.
• Know the limits — identify work that legally or practically requires a licensed trade and hand it off with a clear, written scope.

03 Contractor & Vendor Management

• Own the contractor bench: source, qualify, and maintain approved vendors for landscaping, snow, roofing, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, boiler, paving, pest control, fire protection, and general construction.
• Scope work, obtain and compare competitive quotes, and make a documented recommendation before spend is committed under the direction of the Maintenance Director.
• Verify certificates of insurance, licensing, and vendor paperwork before any contractor enters the site.
• Control contractors on site:
  Sine (Digital) sign-in, GMP and allergen orientation, tool and glass/brittle-plastic control, lockout/tagout, hot-work permits, escort, and end-of-job inspection.
• Hold contractors to scope, schedule, and price; reconcile every invoice against the quote and approve only completed work.
• Reduce total outside facilities spend year over year by moving recurring work in-house and consolidating vendors.

04 Non-Production Building Systems & Assets

• Own the condition and…