Maintenance Manager II

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This role is in support of Cencora's distribution services in the US operating through our Amerisource Bergen business. Oversees a team focusing on effective preventative maintenance plans and schedules for all facility equipment and material handling systems at a highly automated location (MHE/APS). Additional and more complex equipment/machinery at these fully automated locations requires leading larger teams. This position is categorized as compliance critical and requires and is assigned specific responsibility for ensuring continual and proper compliance with all division, corporate and regulatory requirements.

• Ensures Automated Distribution Center and Material Handling Equipment/Automated Picking System(s) (MHE/APS) are running at maximum efficiency with minimum downtime.
• Directs the workflow, motivates, trains, and monitors the performance of warehouse associates involved in the maintenance functions.
• Responsible for a small to medium size team with the ability to direct, supervise, and develop said team.
• Diagnoses error conditions occurring in the facility and repairs accordingly in support of division operations.
• Schedules and executes ongoing preventive maintenance program for building and material handling equipment.
• Monitors work processes and makes suggestions for modifications in order to increase and improve productivity, efficiency, and accuracy, for the purpose of improving costs; implements changes as directed or needed.
• Responsible for efficient operation of high-automation equipment in the facility; ensures that problems with equipment such as air and heating systems, conveyor systems, and forklift equipment are addressed.
• Keeps facility management apprised of escalating abnormal or critical situations and coordinates resolutions/repairs with outside professional maintenance (if required).
• Assists in the configuration maintenance, modifications, and system upgrades of MHE and APS control systems to include programmable logic controllers (PLC) programming.
• Assesses the efficiency of materials handling equipment and automated picking systems and defines necessary modifications.
• Works with equipment and software vendors on design specifications and improvements.
• Develops annual facility operating budget for utilities, spare parts, training and maintenance contracts and presents to management.
• Develops and solicits bids from vendors for maintenance janitorial snow removal landscape and other contracts necessary to support all building and MHE/APS systems.
• Supports compliance with all appropriate policies, procedures, safety rules, and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) regulations.
• Ensures the maintenance of records documenting maintenance tasks, spare parts inventory, and tools are recorded.
• Ensures that building safety and security inspections are performed.
• Associate is required to work split shifts nights and weekends as well as be on call to respond to downtime events.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

• BS Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Facilities/Plant Management preferred with extensive experience with start‑up and troubleshooting of an automated distribution warehouse required.

• Requires a minimum of five (5) years directly related and progressively responsible experience in an automated distribution warehouse environment with large volume distribution operations.
• Experience in the development of preventive maintenance programs, disaster planning and knowledge of chilled water systems, cooling towers, diesel‑powered back‑up generators, electric and diesel fire pumps, air handling units and rooftop air conditioning units.

• Excellent technical and operational knowledge of mechanical, electrical and electronic equipment and systems.
• Knowled…