Facilities Support Manager

About the role

Provides direct and indirect supervision to subordinate team leaders and professional employees performing diverse roles. This includes establishing three to five year plans/objectives, and developing policies for the function/unit. Accountable for dept results and for activities or projects involving multi-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and direction to the site management team and employees in the development of plans and programs to meet the company's goals and objectives.
• Provide a safe, healthy, secure and productive work environment, at minimal costs, without impacting employee/operational effectiveness.
• Delivery of facilities projects, including preparation of statement of requirements, all architectural and design engineering activity, the preparation of design drawings, specifications and contracts for tender and construction, and managing the construction delivery process.
• Responsible for estimating the cost of the project, getting all of the necessary internal and external approvals, and meeting the budget and schedule commitments.
• Implements and maintains effective Environmental Health and Safety programs at Celestica sites.
• Develops and implements appropriate policies and procedures in support of corporate guidelines including EH&S Programs, Chemical Management programs, Accident Investigation Processes, Emergency Response Teams and appropriate training programs, ISO 14001 compliance.
• Managing, maintaining and improving the sites existing programs in all areas.
• Provides daily management of site facilities staff, including security, maintenance, business center staff and/or contractors.
• Provide strategic direction, policy development and interpretation, on-going direction, control, counseling of employees at all levels.
• Building Operations include managing all building services operations including mailroom, housekeeping, cafeteria, maintenance contractors, security, business centers, supplies, meeting rooms, and supplier management.
• Responsible for the general maintenance of the site and surrounding areas including building, HVAC, general repairs, parking lots and landscaping.
• Maintaining the building utilities operations for the site and ensuring the site meets all municipal and government regulations.
• Ensures compliance to ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Standards.

Requirements

• In-depth knowledge of Engineering standards, municipal codes and legislation
• In depth knowledge of construction delivery process
• Knowledge and understanding of the Facilities unit and how decisions impact the employee work environment
• General business knowledge and basic financial principles knowledge.
• Ability to coordinate a wide variety of resources to meet Celestica’s business goals
• Ability to effectively communicate with a wide variety of internal customers.
• Ability to effectively lead, manage, train and motivate a diverse group of employees to achieve Facilities budget and schedule commitments
• Ability to use some or all of the following PC applications: Word, Lotus Notes, Excel, Powerpoint.
• Excellent negotiation and problem resolution skills.
• Excellent project management skills and ability to multi-task.
• Ability to plan strategically for the coordinated delivery of a variety of materials.
• Strong analytical and statistical skills.
• Effectively manage numerous suppliers on an ongoing basis
• Knowledge of Environmental, Health and Safety programs and regulations including ISO 14001.

Qualifications

Typical Experience: Seven to ten years of relevant experience. Typical Education: Bachelor's degree in related field, or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Work Environment

Duties of this position are performed in a manufacturing environment with frequent exposure to elements such as noise, dust, chemicals, operating machinery, temperature extremes, etc. Duties of this position require periodic light physical effort and exertion including prolonged repetitive motion, standing, sitting in a confined work space, climbing, using equipment, handling lightweight materials, etc. Duties of this position require periodic heavy manual effort and considerable exertion including lifting objects over 20 pounds, requiring straining, pulling and lifting. Duties may require periodic sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data. May require occasional travel.