Facilities Specialist( Remote in Knoxville, Greenville, Columbia)

About the position The Facilities Specialist maintains restaurants through preventative maintenance on all aspects of the restaurant. This role is crucial in ensuring that the facilities are safe, efficient, and effective for both employees and customers. Responsibilities • Assisting the Facilities Manager by supervising facility aspects of restaurant management at the market level. • Performing facility maintenance and repair through monthly site visits and analysis of restaurants. • Formulating preventative maintenance schedules for the safe, efficient, and effective operation of restaurant facilities. • Carrying out set procedures to be followed in the event facilities cease functioning or present a threat to health and safety. • Training managers, crew, and other restaurant staff on how to manage, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair restaurant facilities. • Ensuring managers, crew, and other restaurant staff are correctly and consistently following facility maintenance practices and procedures. • Conducting detailed facility maintenance and repair seminars. • Providing the Operations Team and Regional Facility Manager with comprehensive maintenance visit recaps. • Identifying specific issues contributing to higher maintenance and repair costs and communicating these issues. • Providing guidance to restaurants on how to maintain and update facility records. • Performing equipment and building repairs on a regular basis. • Performing new store turnover, 90 day and one-year walks/punches with Contractor and Operations Team for all new restaurants. • Serving as liaison between restaurants, landlords, contractors, and vendors when needed. • Assisting Operations Team to investigate, analyze, and determine whether to escalate facilities issues. • Serving as the facilities representative at operations management meetings. • Providing field support and communication to the Development Department. • Assisting with communicating contractor deficiencies on re-investment or repair projects. • Completing other duties to advance a particular project or resolving a business issue. Requirements • Possess a strong trade knowledge of carpentry, plumbing, electrical, commercial cooking equipment, appliance repair and basic HVAC/refrigeration. • Be knowledgeable of rules and regulations governing facilities safety requirements. • Demonstrate the ability to manage and coordinate multiple schedules while planning work to facilitate timely achievement of results. • Effectively, clearly, and patiently communicate and train facility maintenance and repair concepts. • Have a clean Motor Vehicle Report in order to travel between restaurants. • Have a B.A./B.S. in related field or an equivalent in education and experience with two (2) years formal or informal training on how to repair and maintain facilities. Nice-to-haves • Experience with restaurant equipment, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, refrigeration or appliance repair preferred. Benefits • Medical, dental, and vision insurance. • 401k. • Sick leave. • Vacation time. • Annual cash bonuses and equity awards based upon performance. Apply tot his job