The Facilities Maintenance Supervisor is responsible for inspecting, maintaining, and repairing mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and HVAC systems to ensure optimal operating results. The successful candidate will oversee the company’s facility operations and services, manage all major facility projects all while remaining in compliance with local, state, and federal regulations.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate facility repairs and monitor facility system performance.
• Create all necessary PO’s for building related purchases. Maintain adequate parts inventory and order items as necessary for facility maintenance.
• Ensure compliance with all safety and security protocols. Ensure security of facility is maintained and take ownership of continual improvements. Respond to facility and equipment alarms and system failures.
• Inspect building structure to determine the need for repairs or renovations.
• Supervise maintenance and repair of facilities and equipment. Coordinate and monitor activities of contract suppliers. Check completed work by contractors and vendors.
• Execute equipment audits and record-taking policies.
• Coordinate with Maintenance Manager on the implementation of new building projects.
• Verify payment and invoicing match contract pricing.
• Develop and implement cost reduction initiatives.
• Provide prompt response to requests and issues from facility occupants.
• Backup to the Maintenance Planner.

Qualifications:

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• 3 years’ experience in related facilities management position (for production facilities at least 300,000 SF).
• Prior experience managing outside contractors.
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing, TPM, and Continuous Improvement culture.
• Experience in SAP (or related ERP systems) preferred.
• Strong understanding of production and warehouse control systems.
• Able to read and understand complex electrical, mechanical and automation systems. Basic working knowledge of electrical, mechanical and HVAC systems.
• Demonstrated leadership skills.
• Impeccable verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent project management skills.

Freudenberg Household Products (FHP) is the consumer products and professional cleaning product division of the Freudenberg Group – a multi-billion dollar, multi-national, privately held organization headquartered in Germany. The Freudenberg Group employs some 50,000 people in 60 countries worldwide and generates sales of over 10 billion euros. Freudenberg has businesses in the automotive, medical device, battery and fuel cell division and focuses on continuously developing new technology in every sector.

In some parts of the world, our division is known as Freudenberg Home and Cleaning Solutions (FHCS) and has individual operating companies in many countries, employing more than 3,200 people and hosting a distribution network in 35 countries. Our vision, making our world cleaner, includes a mission of providing superior home and cleaning products that are built to last for consumer households and professional cleaners.

O-Cedar is the well-established brand of FHCS in the United States. The products have more than 115 years of history in the US market and O-Cedar is the number one brand in the durable floor cleaning category in the US. O-Cedar products can be found in many retailers such as Walmart, Target, Home Depot, Costco and Amazon. In Canada, the brand is known as Vileda. It is the strength of our leading brands such as Vileda and O-Cedar that we continuously reinvent our solutions to make the consumers’ lives easier.

Our Vileda Professional team develops and manufactures leading edge cleaning solutions for professional users in various application areas, such as Healthcare, Controlled Environment, and General Building Cleaning. With over 50 years in the business, we know what needs professional users in different environments have. We offer solutions that help them to clean faster, more effectively, and at lower total costs. Based on sustainability principles, innovation in cleaning has always been a main focus in the daily work of Vileda Professional.

One of our core values is embracing a culture of diversity and inclusion. Our most important asset is our people, of all ages and genders, with their different cultural backgrounds and talents. Promoting our employees and inspiring them to take on the multifaceted tasks at Freudenberg in the long-term – this is the key to our success. We are devoted to our employees’ well-being and personal development. We embrace all forms of diversity and inclusion and show understanding and respect in our dealings with each other. We promote a multi-cultural environment where employees work together in worldwide teams to reach their full potential and enrich our culture. Our goal is and will always be to mirror this diverse and inclusive culture in our organization.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $75,000.00 - $85,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work setting:

• In-person

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

• Facilities maintenance: 2 years (Required)
• Contractor management: 2 years (Required)
• ERP systems: 2 years (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Aurora, IL 60502 (Required)

Work Location: In person