Facilities & Maintenance Manager

Job description

Responsible for the safe, reliable, and cost-effective maintenance of all company facilities, infrastructure, and site assets. The Facilities Maintenance Manager leads facility maintenance personnel, manages contractors, plans preventive maintenance, administers facility-related budgets and service agreements, and ensures company sites remain operational, compliant, and professional in appearance while supporting uninterrupted operations. What you're responsible for: Supervise all daily facilities maintenance activities across buildings, grounds, and site infrastructure. Develop and execute preventive maintenance programs for facility systems including HVAC, plumbing, electrical systems, lighting, generators, compressors, and utility infrastructure. Oversee maintenance, calibration coordination, and vendor support for truck scales, rail scales, and floor scales to ensure reliable operation and regulatory compliance. Maintain facility grounds including fencing, gates, barriers, guardrails, landscaping, parking lots, employee walkways, and traffic flow systems. Ensure all traffic signage, directional signage, speed control devices, pedestrian markings, safety signage, emergency evacuation maps, and visual controls remain accurate, visible, and in good condition. Oversee exterior and interior lighting systems, ensuring adequate illumination for production, transportation routes, parking areas, and security requirements. Coordinate inspection, cleaning, repair, and regulatory compliance of stormwater collection, drainage, and filtration systems while partnering with Environmental and EHS personnel. Coordinate fire lane access, emergency exits, fire extinguishers, hydrant accessibility, bollards, and other facility requirements supporting emergency response and code compliance. Plan and coordinate painting projects including buildings, safety markings, curbs, structural steel, equipment supports, traffic striping, and other facility appearance improvements. Coordinate inspection and maintenance of rail infrastructure including rail tracks, crossings, unloading areas, and contractor support for specialized repairs. Identify, prioritize, and coordinate concrete repairs involving roadways, equipment pads, loading areas, sidewalks, foundations, and employee walking surfaces to reduce safety hazards and operational interruptions. Administer facility service contracts, leases, and vendor agreements including building leases, janitorial services, pest control, landscaping, security systems, waste services, utilities, and specialized contractors. Monitor contract performance and renewal schedules. Manage maintenance work orders, contractor scheduling, maintenance inventory, budgets, and capital improvement projects while partnering closely with Operations, Transportation, Equipment Maintenance, EHS, Commercial, and HR. To join our team: Education/Experience: 7+ years of experience in Facilities Maintenance management. Strong understanding of commercial/industrial buildings, utilities, concrete, fencing, lighting, drainage systems, and contractor management. Experience managing budgets, service contracts, and capital projects preferred. Strong planning, communication, organization, and problem-solving skills. Experience with a maintenance management systems preferred. Language Skills: Will be required to read and comprehend instructions, correspondence, and memos, to write correspondence, memos, and schedules; to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to guests, clients, and fellow staff. Mathematical Skills : Strong math skills required. Reasoning Ability: Problem solving, reasoning, and “thinking out of the box” will be a constant requirement; in addition, applying common sense understanding to better serve our guests’ needs. Physical Demands: Prolonged periods of walking and standing. Must be able to lift up to 40 pounds at a time. Consistently sits, climbs, balances, stoops, kneels, crawls, or crouches. Physically able to conduct inspections and carry equipment used for inspections. Extended periods of reaching with hands and arms. Consistently turning and moving hands, arms, feet, and legs Vision Requirements: Regularly uses close, distance, color, and peripheral vision as well as depth perception. Ability to adjust focus. Environment/Noise: Often works outdoors in both hot and cold temperatures. Occasionally works in wet areas Job Knowledge, Skill, and Ability Preferences Regulatory compliance experience Safety leadership Must have strong cross-functional coordination and customer service. Thorough understanding of or the ability to quickly learn production operations and machinery. Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines. Must have strong organizational skills and the ability to multitask. Must display strong motivation and resourcefulness; be self-motivated. Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or similar software. Willing to work different shifts and travel up to 75% of the time. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. #AIMUS American Iron & Metal (AIM) is a family-owned company and recognized global leader in the metal recycling industry with more than 125 sites and 4000 employees worldwide. We have continued to prosper for the last eight decades thanks to the dedication of our employees and the ongoing trust and support of our customers. Become part of team AIM, a growing team with an entrepreneurial spirit who has over the years evolved into a successful and multifaceted company with business divisions that include metal recycling, decommissioning and demolition, auto-parts sales and recycling, manufacturing of solder assemblies, construction waste recycling, and production of customized industrial and mining products. We take pride in doing good things for the environment to help create a greener, more sustainable future for all. It’s simple; we do it right. We AIM for excellence. What we offer: A competitive annual wage, vacation, benefits and a 401k matching program Annual AIM tuition scholarship program up to $8,500 per eligible dependents The tools and support needed to be successful in your career and professional development A dynamic & rewarding work environment that is also a lot of fun!