Fleet and Facility Maintenance Director

Overview

This is an Operations position responsible for directing the activities associated with the general maintenance, repair, and appearance of the facility, fleet shop, outside grounds, office space, beverage department, security, and power industrial equipment and third party providers. Responsibilities include expense management, compliance with government regulations, ensuring safety and security of the building, its contents, and people, and providing management and direction to beverage, fleet, and facility maintenance staff.

• Directs the daily work and safety of associates engaged in building, grounds, sanitation, fleet maintenance, and repair, refrigeration systems, beverage department, power industrial equipment, and security.
• Advises labor hours and consumable supplies within budget.
• Prepares work schedules including extra work days and shifts as needed.
• Coordinates emergency response or crisis management activities, develops and maintains liaisons with local emergency management and other entities to facilitate plan development, response effort coordination and assists safety manager with training initiatives.
• Conducts the proper selection, purchase, utilization, and inventory of Company assets in support of the fleet and facilities departments.
• Collaborates with other departments as necessary to ensure upgrades and repairs are completed efficiently and effectively.
• Develops business relationships to ensure communication and efficient operations with third-party vendors, including janitorial, pest services, security, external contractors, fleet and facility maintenance and beverage.
• Maintains current certificate of insurance and hold harmless agreements for all contracted vendors.
• Prepares budget, profit plans, and capital requests as required.
• Evaluates metrics and adjusts activities to meet or exceed performance expectations.
• Suggests efficiency ideas and cost reduction measures and assists with the implementation of changes within fleet and facility maintenance, beverage, power industrial equipment and security.
• Establishes preventative maintenance schedules for all systems, equipment, and buildings including ammonia refrigeration system, HVAC, fire protection and security systems, electrical and energy management, dock doors/dock plate systems, power industrial equipment, and building components.
• Handles priorities, assigns and monitors fleet and facility projects for quality and timely completion.
• Utilizes maintenance tracking software for task management.
• Administers audits ensuring all required inspections and documentation are completed accurately (including food safety documentation, DOT records, EPSM, PSM, etc.) and retained to minimize loss potential.
• Preserves associate relations through regular department or pre-shift meetings and maintains ongoing interaction.
• Keeps open communication channels with associates by answering questions and explaining policies and procedures.
• Monitors associate morale and submits ideas to improve engagement and enablement.
• Interprets and consistently enforces Company policies and procedures.
• Coordinates with Safety department to aid training, conduct associate observations, update preferred work methods, conduct accident investigations to determine root causes and routine safety inspections.
• Makes recommendations for disciplinary action and/or behavior modification where required.
• Executes management functions of staff selection, development, discipline, performance reviews, and terminations.
• Performs the duties of associates supervised and other related duties as needed.
• Ensures accurate and updated re-certifications of commercial equipment and CVOR (Canada) are compliant.
• Complies with local, state and federal regulatory agencies (e.g., OSHA).

• Bachelor's degree required or equivalent combination of education and related experience.

• 7 years maintenance management experience required.

• Must possess a valid state Driver's License and provide proof of liability coverage meeting Company standards.
• Complete a Sysco approved defensive driving program.
• Level 1 Ammonia Operation Certification required.
• HAZWOPER 24 hrs Training required. Incident Commander Training required, or obtained within 12 months.
• Certificate, licenses and registrations in refrigeration required.
• Obtain a Powered Industrial Equipment Certification from Sysco within 3 months.
• Certificate in diesel engines, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic and braking systems preferred.
• Certificate in fleet trade/mechanic preferred.

• Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Able to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Basic math and numerical literacy for unit conversions and…