Director, Field Engineering - Perris - AFE

Description

Bring your talents to Ross, our leading off-price retail chain with over 2,200 stores, and a strong track record of success and growth. Our focus has always been bringing our customers a constant stream of high-quality brands and on-trend merchandise at extraordinary savings. All while providing a fun and exciting treasure hunt experience.

As part of our team, you will experience:

• Success. Our winning team pursues excellence while learning and evolving
• Career growth. We develop industry leading talent because Ross grows when our people grow
• Teamwork. We work together to solve the hard problems and find the right solution
• Our commitment to Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, and our community. We celebrate the backgrounds, identities, and ideas of those who work and shop with us because our differences make us stronger. We strive to be a positive force in our community.

Our Corporate headquarters are in Dublin, CA, we have 3 buying offices in key markets in New York City, Los Angeles, and Boston, and 8 distribution centers nationwide. With 2023 revenues of $20.4 billion, we are a Fortune 500 company who is committed to providing an inclusive work environment with continuous learning opportunities and development for our teams.

GENERAL PURPOSE

Reporting to the Vice President in a multi-site Supply Chain Facilities organization, the Field Engineering and Facilities Director is responsible for leading the equipment engineering, technical training, and controls engineering teams. The primary responsibilities of this role are to enable the long‑term stability of the Supply Chain facilities through sound asset management principles, sustainment and optimization of robust controls systems, and upskilling of the maintenance team. The Director will recruit, train, supervise and mentor the department staff to ensure they continue to grow and develop with their position responsibilities. The Director plays an active role in continually evaluating the current maintenance processes and providing input for changes that will increase productivity or added cost savings. Reviews / recommend changes to existing material‑handling equipment and all proposed construction projects. Leads their team to foster an open and engaging environment where associates can ask questions, learn, and perform their best. Establishes a culture where safety is a fundamental value and ensures their team remains compliant with the required safety training.

The base salary range for this role is $115,200 - $216,600. The base salary range is dependent on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, qualifications, relevant education, certifications, seniority, and location. The range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. Other rewards vary by position and location.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Lead, hire, and retain a talented team of highly skilled engineers, facilities experts, project managers, and technical trainers.
• Foster an environment where associates and leaders value safety, humility, learning, and ethics while driving business results.
• Establish and reinforce a long‑term vision, directing best in class asset management processes to provide a high level of equipment availability and reliability to the Operations Teams
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to facilities maintenance and engineering leaders, including career growth development coaching, feedback, and succession planning.
• Significant experience in the material handling and building asset management space, especially in leveraging CMMS and other key reporting tools to measure and diagnose the effectiveness of PMs, CMs and spare parts management
• Manages ongoing vendor relationships as they relate to their areas of responsibility. Prepares, analyzes, negotiates, and reviews contracts ensuring adherence to Service Level Agreements.
• Conducts new product research and development, investigation of emerging product trends and delivery models
• Develop and manage DC Capital Expenditures (CapEx) to optimize economic value and life cycle of integrated assets within the facilities, considering impacts on people, process, budget, and technology.
• Foster collaborative business relationships across functional departments throughout the Supply Chain Organization to ensure alignment of maintenance activities and operational goals.
• Facilitate open communication channels between the maintenance team and other stakeholders and shows ability to influence change through strong data‑driven communication.
• Track progress and provide program‑level oversight for construction projects and internal changes to facility, property and equipment. Ensure timeline compliance, quality of work and all safety standards are in compliance.
• Identify improvement opportunities and leverage critical thinking and structured problem‑solving skill sets to lead network‑wide improvement initiatives, implementing, teaching, and training the best methods and standards.
• Serve as a cross‑functional partner to teams across Supply Chain to ensure DC Capital plans accurately reflect the needs of the organization.
• Develops a system for measuring and identifying trends, patterns and impacts of facility performance, and leverages strategic problem‑solving technicians to get the most value from facilities assets.

COMPETENCIES

• Analysis & Judgment
• Leadership
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Planning & Organizing
• Technical / Functional Competence
• Motivation
• Coaching & Developing Talent
• Drive Result

QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIAL SKILLS REQUIRED

• Four‑year degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or equivalent industrial technical training with electro‑mechanical systems.
• 5 or more years related Facilities Asset Management and Controls experience in multi‑site manufacturing or supply chain organization.
• Proven track record of leading and developing teams with a capacity to tailor messages to a wide array of audiences.
• In‑depth understanding of planning and engineering principles related to design, construction, operation and maintenance; and the ability to read and interpret construction and technical drawings, site plans and other visual materials
• Exceptional critical thinking and structured problem‑solving skill sets plus the ability to broadly teach and train. Experience with Continuous Improvement concepts and root cause analysis in a technical problem‑solving environment, inclusive of cost/benefit analysis, labor productivity analysis (time studies, standardized work), safety/ergonomic/human factors.
• Ability to drive maintenance and facilities Best Practices: provide a safe work environment, measure, analyze key performance indicators, innovate, document, standardize, and train to improve processes and the overall associate experience.
• The ability to effectively communicate and interact at many organizational levels including non‑exempt associates, operations supervisors, and executive leadership.
• Ability to draw conclusions and develop fact‑based, data driven, business cases for strategic changes that drive long‑term business KPI performance.
• Technically proficient with highly automated distribution center material handling systems both mechanical and electrical with ability to review and critique facility systems and schematic diagrams.
• Detailed understanding of OSHA standards and regulations with a strong emphasis on associate safety.
• Detail‑oriented with strong organizational and technical writing skills.
• Experience in using PCs in a professional setting - developing and using standard applications such as spreadsheets, databases, word processors and CMMS as typical tools to execute.
• Broad knowledge of project management including budgeting, contractual agreements, procurement, techniques, design process, scheduling and quality assurance procedures
• Broad knowledge of Supply Chain Material Handling technologies and the skills required to maintain them. Familiar with Controls Systems, Facilities Asset Management practices, and Technical Training programs.
• Travel up to 50% of the time in support of DC direct reports and business needs.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/ADA

Job requires ability to work in an office environment, primarily on a computer.

Requires sitting, standing, walking, hearing, talking on the telephone, attending in‑person meetings, typing, and working with paper/files, etc.

Consistent timeliness and regular attendance.

Vision requirements: Ability to see information in print and/or electronically.

Routine deadlines; usually sufficient lead time; variance in work volume seasonal and predictable; priorities can be anticipated; some interruptions are present; travel or other inconveniences have advance notice; involves occasional exposure to demands and pressures from persons other than immediate supervisor.

This role requires regular in‑office presence, including to engage in in‑person team interaction, meetings and collaboration, client support, mentoring, coaching, and/or feedback. However, this role can perform duties effectively using a combination of in‑office and remote work.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Sr. Manager Controls Engineering / Manager Controls Engineering
• Sr. Manager Technical Training / Manager Technical Training
• Sr. Manager Equipment Engineering / Manager Equipment Engineering

DISCLAIMER

This job description is a summary of the primary duties and responsibilities of the job and position. It is not intended to be a comprehensive or all‑inclusive listing of duties and responsibilities. Contents are subject to change at management's discretion.

Ross is an equal employment opportunity employer. We consider individuals for employment or promotion according to their skills, abilities and experience. We believe that it is an essential part of the Company's overall commitment to attract, hire and develop a strong, talented and diverse workforce. Ross is committed to complying with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, physical, mental or developmental disability, sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), veteran status, military status, marital or registered domestic partnership status, medical condition (including cancer or genetic characteristics), genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, as well as any other category protected by federal, state or local laws.