Specialist

Position : Facilities Specialist Location : Auburn Hills, MI

Remote Status : On-Site Job Id : 1736 # of Openings : 1 Facilities Specialist

General Description

The Facility Specialist will create and support an outstanding environment for employees to work at the Auburn Hills office by providing facilities maintenance and technical services.

Significant experience in facilities maintenance, safety, and environmental regulations is required. The position requires in-depth customer focus and the ability to perform and manage the key accountabilities listed below.

Must be proactive and willing to take on challenging assignments and create opportunities where none exists. The Facility Specialist is considered a technical expert with superior customer service skills.

Must demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving skills. The Facility Specialist will possess strong project management skills.

Key Accountabilities

Responsible for all activities related to the efficient operation, supervision and management of the building services.

This includes managing facility security, janitorial, cafeteria, landscaping and snow removal contractors.

• Responsible for closing out the back lab area in the office and properly disposing of any remaining equipment.
• Create Purchase Orders and ensure vendor invoices are entered for payment in a timely manner.
• Maintain department monthly budget and forecast including cost savings activities and energy management to achieve superior performance.
• Significant customer interface activities including phone, electronic and personal communication as necessary to support the needs of all employees at the Auburn Hills office.
• Thorough knowledge of the architectural and engineering methods, practices and procedures of facilities construction and / or renovation.
• Management of construction projects.
• Respond to building and equipment alarms and emergency situations, 24 / 7.
• Act as a conduit of information for upper management and communicate with all employees in building related emergency situations, power and service disruptions.
• Proven knowledge of facility management as well as technical knowledge and skills related to plumbing, electrical and HVAC.

Must also have a working knowledge of systems furniture.

• Manage the upkeep of equipment, building systems and life safety equipment to meet health and safety standards.
• Manage shred service to properly dispose of confidential documents.
• Handle all shipping and receiving.
• Inspect building structures to determine the need for repairs or renovations.
• Review utilities consumption and strive to minimize costs.
• Control activities like parking space allocation, waste disposal and recycling.
• Supports and coordinates event planning activities related to all employee meetings, customer events, investor day and tours of government officials.
• Conducts space planning activities according to business unit requirements.

Education / Experience

Qualifications and Requirements

• Preferred Bachelor degree in engineering, management, or related field
• Minimum 5 years experience in engineering, manufacturing, or facilities specialist experience
• Experience with general office computer tools (word processing, spreadsheets, office communications)

Key Competencies

Priority Setting Spends his / her time and the time of others on what’s important; Quickly zeros in on the critical things and puts the trivial matters aside;

Can quickly sense what will help or hinder accomplishing a goal; Eliminates roadblocks; Creates focus.

Customer Focus Is dedicated to meeting the exceptions and requirements of internal and external customers; Gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services;

Acts with customers in mind; Establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.

Decision Quality Makes good decisions (without considering how much time it takes) based on a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgement;

Most of his / her solutions and suggestions turn out to be correct and accurate when judged over time; Sought out by others for advice and solutions.

Informing Provides the information people need to do their jobs and to feel good about being a member of the team, unit, and / or the organization;

Provides individuals information so that they can make accurate decisions; Is timely with information.

Problem Solving Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; Probes all fruitful sources for answers;

Can see hidden problems; Is excellent at honest analysis; Looks beyond the obvious and doesn’t stop at the first answers.

Conflict Management Steps up to conflicts; Seeing them as opportunities; Reads situations quickly; Good at focused listening;

Can hammer out tough agreements and settle disputes equitably; Can find common ground and get cooperation with minimum noise.

Drive for Results Can be counted on to exceed goals successful; Is constantly and consistently one of the top performers;

Very bottom-line oriented; Steadfastly pushes self and others for results.

• Listening Practices attentive and active listening; Has the patience to hear people out; Can accurately restate the opinions of others even when he / she disagrees.
• Functional Technical Skills Has the functional knowledge and skill to do the job at a high level of accomplishment.

Physical Demands

• Ability to work with computer keyboard / screen on a daily basis
• Ability to work in manufacturing operations and indoors and outdoors.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand;
• walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl;

and taste or smell. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus. Work Environment

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

This job description will be reviewed periodically as duties and responsibilities change with business necessity. All job functions are subject to modification.

Last updated : 2024-05-21