Maintenance Manager (Grocery) Maintenance Operations

About the role

Join a dynamic maintenance operations team that drives efficiency, safety, and innovation across our facilities. We’re committed to delivering exceptional performance while fostering growth and development for our associates and leaders.

Responsibilities

• Communicate effectively with individuals and groups, both verbally and in writing, including customers, suppliers, and associates.
• Drive and implement business plans for your area of responsibility to achieve facility goals in production, quality, and safety, while introducing operational improvements.
• Forecast staffing needs and monitor workload and performance results to meet business demands.
• Manage data-driven teams and aid in developing approaches to eliminate loss and ensure reliable operations of both equipment and facility.
• Own preventative and predictive maintenance programs to drive downtime and equipment availability.
• Lead training and upskilling of technicians on new and evolving automation technologies.
• Lead root cause analysis for equipment failures and develop countermeasures.
• Manage financial aspects by tracking expenses against budget, monitoring asset utilization, and analyzing business reports.
• Ensure compliance with company logistics, quality, and safety standards by maintaining procedures and supporting documentation.
• Oversee maintenance operations, including warehouse equipment, pneumatic systems, electrical systems, refrigeration equipment, and building repairs, while ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations (OSHA, NFPA, DOT, etc.).

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Associate’s degree or equivalent technical certification (e.g., Maintenance, Controls, Electrical) and 1 year of experience in an operations, distribution, logistics, or retail environment with responsibilities including: supervising and developing managers/supervisors, managing workload across multiple departments, participating in hiring and promotions.
• OR at least 3 years of experience in a maintenance or related technical environment with the same leadership and staffing responsibilities listed above.

Associates will be required to attend and successfully complete all job-required trainings and assessments (for example, Academy trainings, Open Door trainings, etc.).

Preferred Qualifications

• Facility Maintenance
• Financial Modeling and Analysis
• General Maintenance
• Managing challenging workforce issues
• Material Handling Equipment (MHE)
• Modeling/Forecasting
• Preparing and executing budgets
• Profit and Loss (P&L) Accountability
• Project Management
• Supervising Associates
• Walmart Logistics Manager
• Walmart Logistics Systems Associates: Electrical Science
• Bachelors: Business, Finance, Logistics, Management, or Operations Management

Skills

• Strong leadership skills with experience supervising and developing associates and leaders.
• Ability to work and communicate effectively within a dynamic and fast-paced NextGen Automation team.
• Understanding of PLC and Automation controlled systems, with the ability to learn and grow with these systems.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities to resolve associate, customer, and supplier concerns effectively.
• Financial acumen with experience managing budgets and capital expenditures.
• Knowledgeable about maintenance operations and regulatory compliance standards.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and balance strategic planning with hands-on execution.

Benefits

• Competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards.
• Health benefits including medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Financial benefits including 401(k), stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance.
• Paid time off benefits including PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Company discounts.
• Military Leave Pay.
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
• Live Better U: Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates, covering high school completion, bachelor’s degrees, English Language Learning, and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart. Eligibility requirements apply.

Pay

The annual salary range for this position is $104,000.00 - $156,000.00. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include Regional Pay Zone (RPZ) (based on location) and stock.

1576 Crosslink Pkwy, Belvidere, IL 61008-6312, United States of America