Lead Technician, Facility Services, Exterior Services - US

Walmart; Fitzgerald (GA); On-site; USD 65,904,000 - 128,943,000; Full time

Job summary

Walmart in Fitzgerald, GA is seeking a Lead Technician, Facility Services, Exterior Services - US to lead exterior maintenance, supervise associates, and ensure safety and regulatory compliance. The role includes budgeting, equipment upkeep, vehicle maintenance, and cross-functional collaboration with Home Office.

This is a full-time opportunity with varying shifts and competitive compensation. Shifts may vary; the position emphasizes leadership, training, and hands-on maintenance of landscape

Qualifications

• Tasks include supervising associates, assigning duties, providing feedback, and evaluating performance.
• Ensure compliance with policies and procedures, participate in hiring and coaching.
• Maintain quality and safety standards, train associates on policies.

Responsibilities

• Supervises associates by assigning duties, communicating goals, providing feedback and follow-up, and monitoring performance.
• Maintains quality and safety standards in assigned area of responsibility by ensuring equipment/tools are in proper working order and training associates on policies.
• Assigns and supports work activities to ensure compliance with external rules and regulations (OSHA, NFPA, DOT, etc).
• Serves as an expert in landscape management and maintains garden beds, containers, and landscape plants.
• Performs landscaping tasks, pruning, pest/disease control, and operates heavy machinery.
• Performs seasonal exterior maintenance including snow/ice management and safety readiness.
• Evaluates replacement needs and coordinates with Home Office to standardize equipment.
• Prepares and executes budgets, approves purchases, and verifies receipts.
• Maintains vehicles and ensures required documents; coordinates maintenance.
• Operates and inspects heavy machinery; conducts safety checks and reports hazards.
• Leads teams, communicates priorities, and mentors colleagues to achieve timelines.
• Develops processes to meet business needs and promotes ethics and integrity; supports Walmart’s culture and values.

Job description

Lead Technician, Facility Services, Exterior Services - US

Lead Technician, Facility Services, Exterior Services - US

WM Supercenter #686 120 Benjamin H Hill Dr W
Fitzgerald, GA 31750-8607

$23.00 - $45.00/hr*

Full time

Shifts may vary

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

• Supervises associates by assigning duties, communicating goals, providing feedback and follow-up, and monitoring performance. Teaches and supports company policies and procedures and ensures compliance. Participates in the hiring, promotion, coaching, teaching, job shadowing, technician certification, and evaluation of associates.
• Maintains quality and safety standards in assigned area of responsibility by ensuring the equipment, tools, and supplies used by associates are in proper working order and readily available at the start of each work shift. Ensures associates are trained on Logistics and company policies and procedures and monitors compliance. Distributes and maintains procedures and supporting documentation.
• Assigns and supports work activities to ensure compliance with external rules and regulations (for example, OSHA, Hazardous Waste, NFPA, Storm Water, DOT).
• Serves as an expert in landscape management. Manages assigned areas using horticulture methods and solutions. Maintains garden beds, containers, and landscape plants. Leverages technology (for example, phones, tablets, laptops) to complete work orders and maintain records, logs, and documentation.
• Performs landscaping tasks (for example, cutting grass, weed management, raking leaves). Applies planting and pruning techniques as needed. Identifies and resolves pest and disease issues through chemical applications. Uses heavy machinery. Troubleshoots and provides customer service by communicating with facility users. Resolves customer problems and complaints. Ensures work environments are maintained according to Walmart policies and procedures.
• Performs seasonal exterior maintenance activities, including snow and ice management, by operating snow removal equipment, applying de-icing materials, clearing walkways, drives, and exterior areas, and supporting winter preparedness and response activities to maintain safe facility conditions.
• Evaluates current and future replacement needs (for example, mulch, rocks, trees, shrubs, sod replacement). Implements upgrades to convert the facility into a sustainable unit. Explores potential improvements to lower operating costs. Coordinates with Home Office support to standardize equipment and reduce on-hand stock. Sources tool and equipment purchases to perform repairs. Ensures completed work meets quality and safety requirements.
• Prepares and executes budgets by developing cost estimates on requested and planned projects. Approves purchases of parts, materials, equipment, and supplies. Provides technical assistance and consultation to facilitate purchases. Verifies purchase receipt and acceptance.
• Maintains vehicles in working mechanical (basic maintenance) and cleanliness condition. Coordinates and takes vehicles for required maintenance, ensuring beforehand that alternate driving support is arranged.
• Safely operates motor vehicles and ensures vehicles have all the required documents. Checks fuel and water levels, brake condition, signals, and lights.
• Submits maintenance invoices for payment. Verifies the coverage and validity of vehicle insurance.
• Wears company uniform and badge according to company policies and procedures.
• Operates, inspects, and maneuvers heavy machinery and powered equipment (for example, forklifts, material handling equipment, industrial machines, shop equipment, vehicles) in accordance with training, certification requirements, and safety procedures. Performs pre-operation safety checks and post-operation inspections to ensure equipment is safe, functional, and compliant with applicable standards. Identifies unsafe conditions, equipment malfunctions, or potential hazards and takes appropriate corrective action or escalates as required.
• When not in use, ensure vehicles are properly locked, keys are stored per protocol, and vehicles are available for inspection or reassignment as needed. Parks all assigned work vehicles at the designated Walmart parking location(s) as outlined by Walmart policies.
• Leads and participates in teams by using and sharing resources, information, and tools; determining customer needs and business priorities; coordinating and executing work assignments; providing advice, feedback, and support to ensure timelines and work quality are achieved; and modeling and helping others with how to adapt to change or new challenges.
• Develops, communicates, and implements processes and practices to meet business needs by collaborating with managers, co-workers, customers, and other business partners; analyzing and applying information from multiple sources; monitoring progress and results; and identifying and addressing improvement opportunities.
• Demonstrates, promotes, and supports compliance with company policies, procedures, and standards of ethics and integrity by explaining, guiding, and demonstrating how to apply these in executing business processes and practices; implementing related action plans; using the Open Door Policy; and assisting management with correcting ethical and compliance issues and problems. Respect the Individual: Embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas, and experiences; creates a workplace where associates feel seen, supported and connected for all associates to thrive and perform; creates opportunities for all associates to thrive and perform; helps to attract the best talent.
• Respect the Individual: Works as a team; builds strong and trusting relationships; communicates with impact, energy, and positivity to motivate and influence.
• Respect the Individual: Strengthens the team by helping, developing and mentoring others; recognizes others’ contributions and accomplishments.
• Act with Integrity: Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance, models the Walmart values to support and foster our culture; holds oneself and others accountable; supports Walmart’s goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, members, and the world around us.
• Act with Integrity: Acts in a selfless manner and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, fair, and transparent.
• Serve our Customers and Members: Delivers results while putting the customer first.
• Serve our Customers and Members: Makes decisions based reliable information; balances short- and long-term priorities; and considers how own work impacts the team’s ability to deliver on our purpose for all stakeholders.
• Strive for Excellence: Displays curiosity and a desire to learn; takes calculated risks; and demonstrate courage and resilience.
• Strive for Excellence: Drives continuous improvements; is open to and uses new technologies? and skills; and supports others through change. At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices . Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.
• Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to