Warehouse Facilities & Maintenance Manager

Full Time
Berlin, Germany
4 months ago

We are Wayfair; we deliver a best-in-class customer experience in the furniture and home space because of people like you, who are driven, determined, collaborative, and thrive in a fast-paced environment. To maintain our high level of delivery standards and meet our customer’s needs, the Wayfair Distribution team plays a key role in improving customer satisfaction and driving repeat business. We’ve been busy building a best-in-class logistics network that allows us to delight customers by speeding up deliveries, adding services, and reducing damage using our own physical, asset-based warehouses. 

We are looking for a Facilities and Maintenance Manager for our 1,100,000 sq ft  state-of-the-art distribution center in Lutterworth.

What You’ll Do

  • As the Facilities & Maintenance Manager, you will be responsible for planning and monitoring project plans, schedules, changes, budgets, and expenditures in the Lutterworth site.
  • You will coordinate the maintenance and repair of the entire Distribution Center and all equipment in the building, including a sliding-shoe sortation system and conveyors, Material Handling Equipment (MHE), Powered Industrial Trucks (PIT), electrical systems, fire and security systems.
  • You will manage a small team and  act as day-to-day primary authority on repair and maintenance and manage personnel assigned to technical, as well as, maintenance positions.
  • You’ll provide guidance and direction to department managers and maintenance department employees in the areas of customer service, loss prevention, safety, expense control, electronics, mechanical conveyor repair, and lift truck systems.
  • You’ll possess extensive knowledge of the DC layout and flow of product, and be a lead technician skilled in electronics, mechanical conveyor repair and lift truck systems. PLC knowledge is helpful.
  • You will interface with Management regarding ongoing projects and coordinate maintenance of the facility equipment to meet the needs of the building including coordinating outside contractors that may be required to work in the building.

What You’ll Need

  • Relevant experience in facilities maintenance management in a distribution center.
  • Must have experience with Conveyors, MHE, PLC's, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire/Security
  • Experience with CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) in managing work orders, inventory, and reporting.
  • Ability to lead and performance manage a team of engineers and supervisors to deliver a completely robust operation and drive a culture of continuous improvement and innovation, formulating and leading projects to reduce cost, improve operational service and or quality for our customers and supplier partners
  • Experience of negotiations with contractors and energy providers to ensure value for money and at required service levels
  • Ability to perform physical activity including, but not limited to, sitting, standing, bending, stooping, lifting (up to 50 lbs.), and walking.
  • Ability to maneuver through storage racks, trailers, and other areas of the warehouse.
  • Ability to operate equipment found in a distribution center environment including, but not limited to, material handling equipment, and the ability to use office equipment including, but not limited to, phone, keyboard, monitor, and calculator.
  • Must have effective communication skills both in person and on the computer via other meeting services.
  • Ability to develop and manage a budget around existing or new facility needs. 
  • Ability to work as part of the senior management team at the site contributing to the overall performance of the operation
  • The environmental requirement of the position consists of working indoors in an average office environment 20% of time and in a warehouse environment 80% of time.
  • Understanding of complex blueprints and construction specifications is a plus.
  • Exposure with industrial safety including: confined space, electrical, Lock-Out/Tag-Out and other is a plus.

Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities

Wayfair is fully committed to providing equal opportunities for all individuals, including individuals with disabilities. As part of this commitment, Wayfair will make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified individuals with disabilities, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on business operations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please let us know by completing our Accomodations for Applicants form.

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