Area Maintenance Manager

Chewy; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Chewy in Houston, TX is seeking an experienced Area Maintenance Manager to lead a maintenance team in our bustling fulfillment center. You will drive reliability of general warehouse assets and production equipment such as conveyors and automation, and coordinate with operations to meet service goals.

This role requires strong data-driven leadership, cross-functional collaboration with operations and support teams, and the ability to manage multiple priorities including nights and weekends.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• Experience leading a maintenance/operations team in a warehouse or factory.
• Experience with conveyors and powered industrial trucks.
• Experience using information systems and data to measure and improve KPIs.
• Ability to manage multiple high-priority projects in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop maintenance technicians responsible for reliability of warehouse assets and equipment.
• Lead preventative and reactive repairs and handle high-severity downtime events.
• Audit quality of work and documentation; identify improvement areas.
• Lead continuous improvement projects targeting KPIs like uptime and MTTR.
• Use data to measure and lead team performance.
• Coordinate with Chewy Operations and Support, and manage third-party vendors.

Skills

Team leadership

Maintenance management

Conveyor systems

Industrial automation

Data-driven decisions

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Area Maintenance Manager

Chewy is seeking an Area Maintenance Manager at our Houston, TX. Fulfillment Center! In this role you will be a critical member of the Maintenance Leadership Team that takes charge of maintaining and improving the reliability of general warehouse assets and production equipment such as conveyor systems, industrial automation systems, inventory storage solutions, and powered industrial trucks. We are seeking an individual that can directly captain a team of technicians, partner closely with Chewy Operations and other customer teams, and leverage third party vendors for outstanding maintenance work! Are you ready?

What You’ll Do

• Develop maintenance technicians responsible for the reliability and performance of general warehouse assets and production equipment in an e-commerce fulfillment center.


• Lead preventative and reactive equipment repairs and handle high severity downtime events.


• Audit the quality of work and documentation of the team and evaluate areas to improve.


• Lead continuous improvement projects that target key performance indicators such as injury rates, equipment uptime, mean time to repair, and system capacity.


• Use data to measure and lead the performance of your team.


• Partner with Chewy Operations and Support teams to achieve business goals.


• Coordinate third party vendors performing work for Chewy.

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience.


• Experience running a maintenance or operations team in a warehouse or factory.


• Experience working with material handling equipment such as conveyors and powered industrial trucks.


• Experience using information systems and data to measure and improve key performance indicators.


• Ability to simultaneously support multiple high priority projects in a fast-paced environment.


• Communicate and collaborate with cross functional partners.


• Ability to work a schedule that includes weekends, nights, and holidays.


• Ability to travel as needed.

Bonus

• Master's Degree.


• Experience maintaining electromechanical material handling systems.


• Experience maintaining industrial control systems.


• Experience maintaining electrical systems.


• Experience using a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).

Chewy is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, citizenship, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, veteran status, as well as any other legally-protected characteristic. If you have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or similar law, and you need an accommodation during the application process or to perform these job requirements, or if you need a religious accommodation, please contact [e-mail].

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