Senior Facility Engineer - Upstream Distribution Center - Suffolk, VA

About the role

The Engineering & Facilities Senior Facility Engineer enables high performance for the supply chain facility by fostering a reliability-centered maintenance culture that ensures high equipment availability. You will develop a continuous improvement ethic in your department by creating daily processes that are data driven and focused on root cause elimination. You will improve the reliability of systems through ownership in defect handling, breakdown elimination, and planning and scheduling. You will use diagnostic software to monitor performance of systems, and collect and analyze data to identify trends, prompt maintenance, and recommend improvements to operations.

Responsibilities

• Develop a continuous improvement ethic in your department by creating daily processes that are data driven and focused on root cause elimination
• Improve the reliability of systems through ownership in defect handling, breakdown elimination, and planning and scheduling
• Use diagnostic software to monitor performance of systems, and collect and analyze data to identify trends, prompt maintenance, and recommend improvements to operations
• Utilize condition based monitoring tools, troubleshooting and root cause investigative techniques, and analytics to ensure desirable equipment reliability
• Oversee the site’s important non-material handling support systems, managing the overall health, reliability, and life cycle management for all of the equipment types
• Track energy and utility budget performance and take actions to minimize expense
• Perform maintenance oversight of the site’s Powered Industrial Truck fleet (100-200 vehicles) through the site’s technicians or vendor service providers
• Coordinate vendor-supported maintenance of site’s Over the Road (OTR) trailer fleet (200-300 trailers)
• Coordinate with equipment asset owners in the Headquarters Supply Chain Engineering team to plan and execute Capital Expenditure projects to repair or replace systems and maximize asset life span
• Lead the site’s Computerized Maintenance Management System technicians who utilize Target’s Enterprise Asset Management tool (Maximo)
• Help plan effective maintenance processes within Maximo, and coordinate scheduling of major equipment work orders with operational departments
• Establish data integrity expectations and enforce department adherence to corporate asset management standards
• Ensure team utilization of handheld devices and mobile apps to create and close Work Orders with appropriate data
• Ensure that MRO spare parts are always available when needed with effective cycle counting, issue/receipt processes, and management of inventory stock levels
• Use reports and metrics to analyze the asset health of the spare parts function and make cost-effective decisions to optimize the site’s inventory
• Deliver solutions for challenging problems, manage external contractors and validate their quality of work, are on call for emergencies, handle multiple projects and daily activities, and meet tough time lines
• Develop and maintain positive working relationships across all levels of the organization, working with building operational leaders to optimize use of building systems, and other engineering leaders and technicians to accomplish the department’s business plan
• Participate in safety investigations and incident after action reviews to determine root causes and develop action plans
• Be an ambassador for safety within the team and promote safe working across the site by eliminating potential equipment safety hazards

Requirements

• Four year degree in Engineering or related disciplines, or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated ability to manage, lead, and influence others on a team
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task and prioritize many different projects and workload
• Experience with multi-contractor management
• Self-motivated and customer-centric
• Excellent competency with PCs and mobile apps
• Experience with Continuous Improvement processes
• Experience with Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) tools measurement and optimization
• Experience with Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) or Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)

Qualifications

• Desirable additional qualifications:
• Six Sigma Green or Black belt certification
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
• Certified Reliability Engineer

Skills

• Strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks
• Experience with enterprise asset management tools
• Knowledge of OEE or TPM

Benefits

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