Sr Technical Engineer – Assets

Job Id: R0000392931

About us:

As a Fortune 50 company with more than 400,000 team members worldwide, Target is an iconic brand and one of America's leading retailers.

Joining Target means promoting a culture of mutual care and respect and striving to make the most meaningful and positive impact. Becoming a Target team member means joining a community that values different voices and lifts each other up. Here, we believe your unique perspective is important, and you'll build relationships by being authentic and respectful.

Overview about TII

At Target, we have a timeless purpose and a proven strategy. And that hasn’t happened by accident. Some of the best minds from different backgrounds come together at Target to redefine retail in an inclusive learning environment that values people and delivers world-class outcomes. That winning formula is especially apparent in Bengaluru, where Target in India operates as a fully integrated part of Target’s global team and has more than 4,000 team members supporting the company’s global strategy and operations.

About us:

As a Fortune 50 company with more than 400,000 team members worldwide, Target is an iconic brand and one of America's leading retailers.

Joining Target means promoting a culture of mutual care and respect and striving to make the most meaningful and positive impact. Becoming a Target team member means joining a community that values different voices and lifts each other up. Here, we believe your unique perspective is important, and you'll build relationships by being authentic and respectful.

Overview about TII

At Target, we have a timeless purpose and a proven strategy. And that hasn’t happened by accident. Some of the best minds from different backgrounds come together at Target to redefine retail in an inclusive learning environment that values people and delivers world-class outcomes. That winning formula is especially apparent in Bengaluru, where Target in India operates as a fully integrated part of Target’s global team and has more than 4,000 team members supporting the company’s global strategy and operations.

ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY

The Property Management team strategically manages Target Properties to deliver value, reliability, and brand. As a Technical Lead Refrigeration in Property Management, you will provide technical support to Vendors, PML’s, FMOC and Store teams on the operation, performance and management of refrigerated assets and systems.

As part of this role, you will investigate, approve and communicate with store teams and vendors on daily issues that arise for refrigeration and food production equipment. With the knowledge gained you will also be responsible for updating documentation and processes to streamline operation and improve uptime while striving to reduce food loss. Participating and shaping strategic priorities by working closely with multiple teams in US & India.

From a TII perspective you will partner with other PM resources to maintain data integrity of portfolio and systems to delivery the best shopping experience for our guests.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

This role focuses on the triage of complex refrigeration systems and understanding the root cause of the issue and working towards long term resolution, improving overall performance of systems. Through improved performance Target will deliver increased operating uptime, reduce food loss, improve energy efficiency and extend the life of the asset while controlling expense and capital investments. The role will provide valuable insights to partners in TII, Minneapolis and at all Target Stores in the US. Leveraging data and trends, provide predictive analytics on anomalies for the refrigeration assets. As part of team evolution, we will update and maintain documentation and process that assists store teams and PML to deliver high quality work enabling guests to purchase high quality safe fresh food.

Refrigeration Operations:

• Developing and documenting end-to-end processes on triage of Refrigeration and Food Production Asset.
• Investigate issues that impact sales
• Approve and process the highest complexity work orders to maintain daily operation
• Collaborate with US and TII teams to deliver efficient process

Partnerships:

• Develop strong partnership and collaboration with Refrigeration Technical Team, including FMOC, Advocates and Vendors.
• Develop strong partnership with Vendor Managers and Capital Program managers
• Develop strong partnership with Food and Beverage Ops, Food Safety and Risk Managers.

REPORTING/WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:

Reports to Property Management Director.

Working relationship: All teams within the Property Management (US and India)

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

Minimum requirements:

• 6+ years refrigeration system design or operation
• Bachelor of Engineering – Refrigeration Focus (Mechanical Engineering)
• Ability to work and contribute to a team environment.
• Able to positively interact with various levels of management.
• Ability to coordinate and multitask on conflicting priorities.
• Ability to convert strategic priorities to goals for a team to pursue.
• Ability to represent team and Property management in various forums.
• Ability to design a process end-to-end with optimized efficiency and accuracy.
• Strong knowledge of Data & Analytics to optimize data quality in asset portfolio data collected.
• Strong strategic thinking beyond execution of a process to drive future design.

Skills Required:

• Strong hands-on experience of refrigeration systems, repair and maintenance.
• Strong system thinking, dot-connecting skills
• Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Excellent partnership building skills.
• Excellent communication skills
• Proven project management and leadership skills
• Excellent conflict management skills.
• Strong presentation, meeting management, and facilitation skills

Useful Links-

Life at Target- https://india.target.com/

Benefits- https://india.target.com/life-at-target/workplace/benefits

Culture- https://india.target.com/life-at-target/belonging