Regional Maintenance Manager in Winnipeg

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JLL is hiring a Regional Maintenance Manager to support state-of-the-art distribution centers across North America. This is not a typical RMM role. As a Regional Maintenance Manager — Leadership Development & Site Excellence, you will deploy across a dynamic portfolio of sites to build leadership capability, drive operational excellence, and raise the standard of maintenance execution network-wide. You will work directly alongside Senior Maintenance Managers, Maintenance Managers, Area Maintenance Managers, and site teams — coaching in the field, not from a distance. This role is purpose-built for an experienced leader who thrives on developing people, strengthening operations, and leaving sites and teams measurably better than they found them. You will serve as a key resource across the network — deploying where leadership development is needed, accelerating new leaders into their roles, and ensuring program standards are executed with consistency and rigor. You are part of a National Operations Team delivering services to the client across the United States and Canada.

Essential Functions

• Site Performance & Standards
  • Deploy across the network to assess gaps, drive corrective action, and restore performance to KPI targets.
  • Evaluate site condition, maintenance execution, and team capability — and leave behind a clear improvement plan with ownership.
  • Establish, teach, and enforce standards for maintenance execution that protect, maintain, and improve the value of client assets.
  • Conduct Health Check audits and Quality Assurance reviews to ensure consistent adherence to program standards across the network.
  • Provide Fulfillment Center General Managers with direct visibility into the conduct of maintenance at their sites.
• Leadership Development & Coaching
  • Serve as a hands-on mentor and coach to Senior Maintenance Managers, Maintenance Managers, and Area Maintenance Managers.
  • Model leadership best practices in real time — in the field, alongside site teams.
  • Identify leadership gaps at the site level and build individualized development plans to close them.
  • Teach budgeting, workforce management, KPI interpretation, and escalation processes to emerging leaders.
  • Create talent pipelines within sites to ensure continuity of performance and values.
• Technical & Operational Excellence
  • Drive maintenance best practices: standardize work methods, improve reliability, document processes, and train teams on execution.
  • Develop and implement reliability plans that support increasing uptime across assigned facilities.
  • Provide functional expertise in Material Handling Equipment (MHE), Industrial Automation, and Robotics systems.
  • Leverage data and operational metrics to identify trends, diagnose root causes, and drive continuous improvement.
  • Provide guidance to senior leadership on equipment end-of-life issues using ROI and analytical techniques.
• Safety Culture
  • Build and reinforce a proactive safety culture at every site you engage with.
  • Guarantee 100% safety training compliance and model safety-first behavior that drives accountability.
  • Monitor, audit, and enforce safe work practices; conduct and support training drills across the network.
  • Establish deep relationships with safety program managers — both client-side and on-account.
• Client Relationship Management
  • Build trusted relationships with site Operations leaders, Regional Operations Managers, and Program Managers.
  • Partner with JLL leaders and Finance to ensure proper stewardship of client funds.
  • Ensure KPI performance is achieved or exceeded — and communicate performance clearly in weekly business reviews and reporting.
• Account & Program Management
  • Ensure labor and PRM budgets are met, including OT adherence and approval authority follow-through.
  • Report variances and trends across all controllable budgets.
  • Ensure compliance with PO creation and invoice reconciliation processes.
  • Network with other RMMs to ensure consistent deployment and execution of JLL programs and tools.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• 6+ years managing employees and performance, including salaried leaders.
• Prior experience in a regional or multi-site maintenance leadership role managing 80+ employees.
• Proven track record of leading change, accelerating team development, and driving performance improvement across multiple sites.
• Functional knowledge of Material Handling Equipment systems, maintenance best practices, and 24/7 logistics environments.
• Willingness to travel 70–80% and deploy on short notice to sites across North America.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong coaching, mentoring, and influencing skills — especially with leaders earlier in their development.
• Experienced in reliability-centered maintenance, preventive/predictive strategies, and large-scale integrated systems.
• Proficient in data analysis; able to translate metrics into actionable coaching and site-level decisions.
• Exposure to Lean, Six Sigma, TOC, standardized work, and cost/benefit analysis.
• Working knowledge of MS Excel, AutoCAD, MS Project, and CMMS platforms.
• MBA, Master's degree, or Six Sigma Black Belt a plus.
• Professional engineering registration a plus.

Physical Demands

• Frequent bending, crouching, kneeling, reaching, standing, and walking during site visits.
• Lifting parts and tools averaging 20 lbs, occasionally up to 49 lbs.
• Working conditions include small spaces, dust, fumes, temperature extremes, noise, vibration, and uneven or wet surfaces.

At JLL, we work together to create a brighter future for our clients, colleagues, and communities. We value wellbeing, inclusivity, and belonging — ensuring every team member feels supported. JLL is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion.