Facilities Generalist

Computacenter AG & Co. oHG; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Computacenter AG & Co. oHG is seeking a Facilities Generalist to provide comprehensive facility administration for a customer-dedicated warehouse and office.

The role involves building operations, safety, and vendor coordination across locations in Houston, TX and Romulus, MI, with independent work and emphasis on quality and safety standards. You will manage daily site operations, safety programs, and office support while collaborating with business leaders to deliver services aligned with

Qualifications

• Legally eligible to work in the United States.
• 3-5 years facilities, maintenance, warehouse operations, or property management experience.
• Basic understanding of HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and life safety systems.
• Exceptional customer service skills; able to support both internal and external customers.
• Good knowledge and experience of SAP, MS Office and MS Teams.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Strategic thinking and tactical execution skills.
• Good knowledge of the IT industry and an understanding of IT technologies and products.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable communicating with colleagues in different countries where English is not the first spoken language.
• Good self-organization and time management skills.
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple requests simultaneously.
• Can build trust, be assertive when required and shows initiative and enthusiasm.
• Resilience, and able to deal with stressful situations.
• Business and financial acumen with strong analytical skills.
• Demonstrate an understanding of product supply chains.
• Commercially astute.
• Team-oriented working and thinking.

Responsibilities

• Daily facility walk-throughs and inspections.
• Monitor HVAC, lighting, dock equipment, doors, and warehouse infrastructure.
• Coordinate repairs and maintenance activities.
• Track facility work orders and ensure completion.
• Escort and supervise contractors.
• Coordinate janitorial, landscaping, pest control, HVAC, security, and maintenance vendors.
• Verify work completion and approve service reports.
• Track vendor compliance and insurance certificates.
• Conduct weekly/monthly safety inspections.
• Monitor emergency exits, fire extinguishers, eyewash stations, and first aid supplies.
• Support OSHA compliance activities.
• Participate in emergency response and incident investigations.
• Maintain facility documentation and inspection records.
• Manage badge access systems & review access requests.
• Coordinate with security vendors & assist investigations involving building access.
• Partner with business leaders to deliver services that support company objectives and that are consistent with Winning Together values.
• Embrace and support Computacenter's mission and core values.
• Monitor racking condition and report damage; support warehouse layout changes.
• Coordinate installation of equipment, furniture, and signage.
• Assist with facility needs during peak operational periods.
• Manage office supplies and breakroom inventories.
• Coordinate conference room setups
• Handle employee facility requests
• Support onboarding and workspace setup
• Process facility invoices
• Track maintenance spending
• Maintain service contracts
• Update facility records and asset inventories

Skills

Customer service

SAP

MS Office

MS Teams

Communication

Time management

Problem solving

Teamwork

Organization

Industrial safety awareness

Tools

SAP

MS Office

MS Teams

Job description

Facilities Generalist

About the role

As the Facilities Generalist, you will provide support with all facility administration for a customer dedicated warehouse/staging center office. The Facilities Generalist carries out commercial and technical tasks related to building and facility management operations. The work is carried out largely independently while ensuring adherence to defined quality and safety standards. Your professionalism is vital to make our customers, vendors, employees and guests feel like their needs, concerns and questions are taken care of.

Location: Houston,TX and Romulus, MI.

What you'll be doing

Building Operations

• Daily facility walk-throughs and inspections
• Monitor HVAC, lighting, dock equipment, doors, and warehouse infrastructure
• Coordinate repairs and maintenance activities
• Track facility work orders and ensure completion
• Escort and supervise contractors
• Coordinate janitorial, landscaping, pest control, HVAC, security, and maintenance vendors
• Verify work completion and approve service reports
• Track vendor compliance and insurance certificates

Safety & Security

• Conduct weekly/monthly safety inspections
• Monitor emergency exits, fire extinguishers, eyewash stations, and first aid supplies
• Support OSHA compliance activities
• Participate in emergency response and incident investigations
• Maintain facility documentation and inspection records
• Manage badge access systems & review access requests
• Coordinate with security vendors & assist with investigations involving building access
• Partner with business leaders to deliver services that support company objectives and that are consistent with Winning Together values.
• Embrace and support Computacenter's mission and core values

Warehouse Support

• Monitor racking condition and report damage
  Support warehouse layout changes
• Coordinate installation of equipment, furniture, and signage
• Assist with facility needs during peak operational periods

Office Support

• Manage office supplies and breakroom inventories
• Coordinate conference room setups
• Handle employee facility requests
• Support onboarding and workspace setup

Budget & Administration

• Process facility invoices
• Track maintenance spending
• Maintain service contracts
• Update facility records and asset inventories

What you have

• Legally eligible to work in the United States
• 3-5 years facilities, maintenance, warehouse operations, or property management experience
• Basic understanding of HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and life safety systems
• Exceptional customer service skills; able to support both internal and external customers
• Good knowledge and experience of SAP, MS Office and MS Teams
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strategic thinking and tactical execution skills
• Good knowledge of the IT industry and an understanding of IT technologies and products
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Comfortable communicating with colleagues in different countries where English is not the first spoken language
• Good self-organization and time management skills
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple requests simultaneously
• Can build trust, be assertive when required and shows initiative and enthusiasm
• Resilience, and able to deal with stressful situations
• Business and financial acumen with strong analytical skills
• Demonstrate an understanding of product supply chains
• Commercially astute
• Team-oriented working and thinking

What you can expect

There's so much more to enjoy about being at Computacenter than just having a rewarding career. In addition to offering competitive compensation plans and long-term career opportunities, we provide an attractive mix of benefit plans to contribute to your good health, future financial security, and peace of mind.

About us

Computacenter is a leading independent technology partner, trusted by large corporate and public sector organizations. We help our world-renowned customers to source, transform, and manage their IT infrastructure to deliver digital transformation, enabling users and their business. We're a public company quoted on the London FTSE 250 (CCC.L) and employ over 21,000 people worldwide. In the US, we support some of the country’s best-known businesses with regional hubs in San Francisco and Irvine, CA; Norcross, GA; Plano, TX; and New York City; and Integration Centers in Silicon Valley and Atlanta. www.computacenter.com/us