Engineering and Facilities Operations Manager - Flow Center - Chicago, IL

Target; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 73,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits eligible

Job summary

Target is seeking an Engineering & Facilities Maintenance Operations Manager in Chicago to lead a maintenance team supporting a fast-paced supply chain facility.

You will drive reliability, manage contractors, and maintain safety standards while delivering projects on time and within budget. This role requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and a focus on continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 4- year degree in Engineering or related fields, or equivalent experience.
• Previous supervisory experience in a team-oriented environment.
• Ability to read, interpret, and effectively communicate necessary policies and procedures.
• Ability to manage, lead, and influence others on a team while prioritizing multiple projects.
• Experience with multi-contractor management.
• Self-motivated and customer-centric.

Responsibilities

• Lead Maintenance Technicians, Utility Attendants and EAM staff to high performance.
• Deliver safety culture and enforce required procedures across the site.
• Manage external contractors and coordinate multiple projects daily.
• Develop data-driven processes to improve reliability and uptime.

Skills

Supervisory experience

People leadership

Project prioritization

Multi-contractor management

Customer-centric

Education

4-year degree in Engineering or related fields

Job description

The pay range is $73,000.00 - $132,000.00

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves. Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.

About Us

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here.

A role in Supply Chain Engineering and Facilities means being on the very front lines of getting product to the guest as fast as possible—a critical differentiator and one of the most essential functions within supply chain. We are metrics masters, data geeks, testers, triers, course-correctors and askers of the all-important question “What if ... ?”. Your specific expertise—whether it’s people, process, technology, or data—will be felt well beyond the boundaries of the Supply Chain organization, positively impacting Target team members and guests alike.

About The Job

As an Engineering & Facilities Maintenance Operations Manager, you will enable high performance of the supply chain facility by fostering a reliability-centered maintenance culture within your team that ensures high equipment availability and success for the operation of the supply chain facility. You will provide strong leadership to your Maintenance Technicians, Utility Attendants and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) Software Technicians, and will cultivate a sense of urgency and quality focus. You will deliver solutions for challenging problems, work with building leaders to optimize use of material handling equipment, manage external contractors, be on call for emergencies, handle multiple projects and daily activities, and meet tough timelines. You will develop a continuous improvement ethic in your team by following a daily process that is data driven and focused on root cause elimination. You will improve the reliability of the system through ownership in defect handling, breakdown elimination and planning and scheduling. You will collaborate with the other department leaders to accomplish engineering and maintenance departmental goals.

You will be responsible for the leadership & development, coaching, and performance management of the team. This includes providing frequent constructive and critical feedback on work quality to enhance individual performance, providing guidance and direction to help them and the department achieve goals, and administering performance management and reviews. You will oversee all onboarding and completion of required training for new hires and support overall continued enhancement of the team’s capability. It’s expected that you develop and maintain positive working relationships across all levels of the organization.

You will own accuracy and timeliness of performance metrics within your shift and will develop and communicate shift hand-offs to ensure continuity of maintenance efforts within the whole Engineering & Facilities team. You will develop work plans for emergency repair of critical assets and will oversee the escalation process in the midst of downtime incidents. You will act as an ambassador for safety within the team and promote safe working across the site by eliminating potential equipment safety hazards. This includes ensuring team commitment to all safety procedures (Lock Out/Tag Out, Arc Flash, etc.) and use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) while maintaining equipment. You will conduct safety investigations and incident after action reviews to determine root causes.

You will manage the overall health, reliability, and life cycle management for all of the site commodities (material handling equipment, lighting, power distribution, backup generators, fire suppression and notification systems, balers, compactors, compressors, dock doors, HVAC, Over The Road (OTR) trailer fleet, Powered Industrial Truck fleet). You will approve financial expenditures for parts within corporate guidelines and will validate the quality of work performed by external contractors for repairs or projects. You will ensure data integrity and adherence to Asset Management standards. You will oversee all onboarding and completion of required training for new hires and support overall continued enhancement of the team’s capability. It’s expected that you develop and maintain positive working relationships across all levels of the organization.

Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

About You

You will be a self-starter, possessing the ability to manage multiple complex projects and tasks simultaneously. You will need to set and adjust priorities of work, and inject an appropriate sense of urgency in resolving problems that hinder product flow. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

• 4- year degree in Engineering or related fields, or equivalent experience
• Previous supervisory experience in a team-oriented environment
• Ability to read, interpret, and effectively communicate necessary policies and procedures
• Ability to manage, lead, and influence others on a team while prioritizing multiple projects
• Experience with multi-contractor management
• Self-motivated and customer-centric

Benefits Eligibility

Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)

In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to [e-mail]. Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel.