Maintenance & Facilities Specialist

**Maintenance & Facilities Specialist
**About Us**:
In October 2020, Woolworths Group Supply Chain rebranded to become Primary Connect - an end-to-end supply chain partner within Woolworths Group. Our team of more than 8,000 continues to support our Woolworths, Countdown, and BIG W stores across the country, providing them with our customers’ favourite food, drink, and everyday needs items.

**Becoming Primary Connect gives us the opportunity to keep growing so we can become the next generation supply chain whilst remaining an essential part of Woolworths Group. There has never been a more exciting time to join our team.
**Maintenance & Facilities Specialist Overview
- New opportunity for a talented Maintenance & Facilities Specialist to join our Melbourne South Regional Distribution Centre
- Support the Maintenance Manager to support in ensuring a safe, compliant & functional site for the team
- Be part of Australia’s biggest supply chain network
- Play an integral part in our Primary Connect purpose of “ We connect communities with the products they need and love”

**The Opportunity
The Maintenance & Facilities (F&M) Specialist responsibility is to work alongside the F&M Manager to ensure the facility and assets are managed in accordance with Australian Standards, comply with local and statutory regulations and Primary Connect standards and policies to ensure delivery to our customers are achieved at mínimal cost, injury or environmental incident.

**Key Responsibilities include:
- Support in overall management of all matters relating to F&M operations, engineering, risk and compliance
- Monitor and manage F&M contractor works and activities, to ensure all works are satisfactorily and safely completed to Primary Connect policies, procedures and standards, so as to minimise disruption to occupants and operators
- Onsite management of the service agreement of residential contractors for Cleaning & Hygiene, Material Handling Equipment, Security and Automation, as key point of contact on site and the escalation point
- Onsite management of non-residential contractors as in work authorities, permit to work and planned and unplanned service delivery
- Ensure all relevant F&M statutory requirements are implemented and adhered to by all stakeholders, in order to maintain compliance at the DC
- Deliver Stay in Business (SIB) CAPEX projects on budget and on-time with all compliance paperwork documentation required
- Operate and maintain the maintenance planning CMMS and document all service and compliance reports
- Formulate and deliver operating expenditure budgeting and forecasting
- Admin tasks such as site inspections, purchase orders, receipting and audits

**Who we’re looking for
We’re looking for a outgoing, results driven individual who is able to negotiate and converse with stakeholders at all levels. Who will also:

- Strong communication and influencing skills to effectively build collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Experience in the maintenance/facilities or property industry
- Excellent organisation and administrative skills
- Ability to identify, manage and mitigate risk
- Demonstrates genuine care and respect for peoples, approachable and available, provides guidance, support and provides feedback
- Ability to manage competing priorities, deadlines and inputs from internal and external stakeholders

**What’s in it for you?
- Be a part of a team-centric & safety focused site
- Work on an automated site, at the forefront of DC innovation
- A great opportunity to join an established, profitable business with huge potential to grow, that is part of a greater group with true career progression
- Culture of innovation, recognition and always creating together
- Join one of Australia’s most trusted brands
- Great team benefits and discounts include access to discounts in our supermarkets and liquor partners, novated leases, share purchase plans, reduced insurance products, entertainment, theme parks, cinemas, lifestyle and other attraction discount

**Grow with the Group
As an inclusive, team-first company, our people are at the core of everything we do.

We care deeply about creating a workplace where our team members feel valued, respected and empowered. We are committed to providing equal opportunity regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or life stage. We are proud to be recognised as a Gold Tier Employer in the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQ+ inclusion and as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.

As our Group continues to evolve, innovate and support our communities, we encourage our team members to do the same with their own careers, by providing ongoing opportunities to grow and make a real difference.

We value flexibility, and encourage our team members to work in ways that meet their work/life commitments and support their wellbeing.

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