Senior Manager, Building Facilities & Engineering

Job DescriptionJob Description

Reports To: Director of Building and Facilities
FLSA Status: Exempt

Travel Required: Yes

Position Summary:

The Senior Building and Facilities Engineer Manager reports to the Director of Building and Facilities and is responsible for ensuring the safety of all GBFB personnel and equipment and maintaining the long-term integrity of our LEED Silver and AIB-certified facility and building systems. This position requires hands-on execution and is an on-call role. Collaborating with the Director of Building and Facilities, the Senior Building and Facilities Engineer Manager will develop tactical plans, execute all routine maintenance programs, ensure safety compliance, adhere to AIB standards, manage the budget, and maintain a clean and safe environment while minimizing expenditures.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Assist in tracking the maintenance needs of technical facilities and infrastructure documentation, including engineering drawings and manufacturer or installer manuals and documents.
• Assist with maintaining a complete set of "lay user" documentation and SOPs that define the parameters and responsibilities for operating and documenting our facility's and infrastructure's maintenance.
• Work with the Director of Buildings and Facilities in executing contracts for maintenance of our systems, including, but not limited to, HVAC / refrigeration systems, life safety systems, and waste stream management.
• Conduct routine maintenance, repairs, and PMs—work completed and documented—safely, within budget, and on schedule. Ensure appropriate spare parts are on hand or readily available.
• Working with other GBFB functions to support special events and programs affecting the facility.
• On an ongoing basis, ensure that all work, activities, and programs continue to support and enhance GBFB's LEED Silver and AIB certification.
• Assist with tracking maintenance needs of technical facility and infrastructure documentation, including engineering drawings and manufacturer/installer manuals and documents.
• Assist with maintaining a complete set of "lay user" documentation and SOPs that define the parameters and responsibilities for operating and documenting our facility's and infrastructure's maintenance.
• Work with the Director of Buildings and Facilities to execute contracts for maintenance of our systems, including, but not limited to, HVAC / refrigeration systems, life safety systems, and waste stream management.
• Supervises the Facilities Technician and Maintenance Support Technician.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Building Technologies, or equivalent in experience.
• Five or more years of facility maintenance engineer experience in a dynamic environment.
• Must have a valid driver's license and be able to produce a driving record from the Registry of Motor Vehicles and pass a Pre-Employment background check and drug test.
• Food industry experience is a plus.
• Genuine appreciation of GBFB’s mission and the ability to communicate it.
• Demonstrates the required digital competencies that result in the practical usage of the full range of digital technologies at GBFB.
• Ability to operate and obtain certification for material handling equipment.
• Ability to independently manage multi-tasking.
• Strong computer skills, including Building Maintenance Systems (BMS) and Microsoft Office.
• Strong project management skills, including written and oral communication.
• Mechanical and electrical knowledge and skills.
• Knowledge of card access, CCTV surveillance, and Fire alarm systems.
• Knowledge of Fire pumps; Generators; Automatic Transfer Switches (ATS).
• Knowledge of networking and communication systems and infrastructures.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Experience in establishing and executing sound business practices is a plus.

Physical Demands:

• Ability to sit for up to 3 hours at a time.
• Ability to work while standing, sitting, and/or walking.
• Ability to use hands for simple grasping and delicate manipulations.
• Ability to work bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, and reaching.
• Ability to lift, carry, push, or pull a weight of 30 pounds or more.

Work Environment:

• Onsite: This role follows a fully in person and on-site schedule. This means incumbents in this role will be required to work each workday from an assigned office work location including GBFB headquarters (70 South Bay Ave) and possibly any other work-related sites.
• Office and Warehouse environment - working in ambient, cooler, and freezer zones for extended periods. Most of the time spent throughout the facility physically inspecting and conducting preventive maintenance inside and out, in all weather conditions.
• Working with hand and powered equipment on the floor and at heights up to 30' or above the floor, and with power equipment such as scissor lifts in ambient locations.
  

Affirmative Action/EEO Statement

GBFB provides equal employment opportunities to all Team Members and applicants for employment without regard to , creed, , , , citizenship status, , , marital status, , , handicap, genetic information, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, benefits, and training.

No Team Member or applicant will be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion or discrimination because they have engaged in or may engage in any of the following: (1) filing a complaint of employment discrimination; (2) assisting or participating in an investigation, compliance review, hearing, or any other activity related to the administration of any federal, state or local law requiring equal opportunity; (3) opposing any act or practice made unlawful by any federal, state or local law requiring equal opportunity; or (4) exercising any other right protected by any federal, state or local law requiring equal opportunity.