Sr Manager Engineering and Facilities (Relocation Assistance Provided)

Our outstanding client is looking for a Manager of Engineering and Facilities will play a key role in maintaining all the equipment to ensure minimal downtime and thus minimizing customer service interruption. This includes addressing emergency breakdowns with minimal downtime, developing a staff of mechanics and coordinating contractors as required providing adequate coverage to support operations.

You will accomplish all of these goals by:

• • Serve as the Distribution network's troubleshooting expert and technical resource during equipment escalations. Coordinate resources to quickly resolve equipment downtime
  • Maintain comprehensive technical subject matter expertise of existing Ulta material handling systems and technology specifications. This includes varying types of package and pallet conveyors, sortation systems and other specialty equipment
  • Assess and modify systems where system performance does not meet operational expectations and design specifications in close partnership with operational and technical experts
  • Serve as the SME for electronics equipment such as Print and Apply labeling technology, put-to-light systems, Radio Frequency (RF) devices, cameras and scanners
  • Partner with appropriate HQ resources and vendors on issues that require additional scoping, involve system changes, or have network-level impact. Identify and escalate issues and, when necessary, pull appropriate teams together to solve problems.
  • Deliver complete facilities maintenance service within budget, meeting all contracted KPIs. Manage and monitor the performance of their directly employed teams to ensure they meet required standards and KPIs.
  • Monitor the performance/relationship and budgets of all maintenance vendors used by the business.
  • Meet regularly with the Sr. Mangers, communicating all on-going maintenance activities, and updating on current project works.
  • Liaise with key suppliers to ensure that parts supply and subcontracted services are delivered to within acceptable standard, and to budget.
  • Monitor and report on key performance indicator (KPI) areas on a monthly basis including:
    • Repair Time
    • Response time
    • Budgetary control and tacking of revenue parts and subcontractor spend
  • Ensure all operational areas operate within a safe workplace and adhere to company health and safety policies and procedures as well as meeting stated aims and KPIs.
  • Promote and develop the competencies of our technical and non-technical team members
  • Effectively lead and manage the team to ensure delivery of prescribed deliverables
  • Conduct periodic inspections of company equipment including high value tools and equipment and vehicles
  • Manage all other site maintenance requirements, across a wide range of disciplines, through company approved vendors
  • Implement and rollout corrective action plans through direct teams and vendors to address instances of poor service
  • Identify and recruit vacancies within their directly employed operating structure
  • Provide suitable out of hours, emergency call-out cover to premises managers
  • Meet regularly with property managers to determine their on-going requirements, and to report service and budgetary performance

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• 4-year degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical disciplines with a controls emphasis
• Extensive experience with and knowledge of motion control (preferably material handling systems), systems integration and maintenance
• Five or more years engineering experience supporting, commissioning and troubleshooting PLC/PC industrial control systems (Siemens, Rockwell Systems/Allen Bradley, Square D) and their industrial networks (DeviceNet, SDS and Profibus, Ethernet I/O)
• Extensive experience using SCADA Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs) such as Visual Logic Controller (VLC) or various Wonderware applications