Supervisor, Buildings & Grounds

Supervisor, Buildings & Grounds

Work Mode: Onsite

Location:Onsite - Kohler, WI

Opportunity:

The Building & Grounds Supervisor is an opportunity to lead a critical campus-services organization supporting Kohler Co.'s Wisconsin operations. This role provides direct leadership to 14 union associates across Yard Support and Stores and is accountable for safe, reliable, and compliant operations spanning snow and ice response, landfill and waste-stream management, material movement, inventory services, contractor performance, and environmental stewardship. The successful candidate will combine hands-on operational leadership, effective labor relations, cross-functional collaboration, and continuous improvement to strengthen service delivery across the Wisconsin campus.

Specific Responsibilities:

Leadership,Labor Relations & Daily Operations

• Directly supervise, schedule, assign, and evaluate the work of 14 union associates: seven in Yard Support and seven in Stores. Provide coverage and direction across shifts, weekends, holidays, emergencies, and severe weather events as required.
• Administer the applicable collective bargaining agreement, work rules, attendance expectations, job assignments, overtime, training, performance management, and corrective action consistently and in partnership with Human

Resources and Labor Relations.

• Lead daily safety discussions, pre-job planning, work prioritization, shift communication, and service coordination. Set clear expectations and hold associates accountable for safety, quality, delivery, cost, and housekeeping.
• Develop associate capability through onboarding, cross-training, qualification tracking, coaching, and succession planning. Maintain department procedures, standard work, and training records.
• Use SAP/CMMS and other business systems to plan work, manage notifications and work orders, document labor and service activity, review performance, and improve schedule compliance.
• Maintain effective working relationships with production, maintenance, Environmental Health & Safety (EHS), Purchasing, Security, Human Resources, Finance, and campus stakeholders.

Snow& Ice Management

• Own the snow and ice removal program for the Kohler Co. Wisconsin campus, including roads, parking lots, loading and service areas, pedestrian routes, rail areas, and other assigned properties.
• Develop seasonal readiness plans, route assignments, call-in protocols, staffing and overtime plans, equipment inspections, de-icing material inventories, contractor coverage, and escalation procedures.
• Monitor forecasts and site conditions, lead event response, coordinate internal and contracted resources, communicate priorities, and verify that critical access routes are treated and maintained.

Landfill,Waste Streams & Environmental Services

• Provide direct oversight of daily landfill operations, including inspections, waste acceptance and placement, cover, grading, erosion control, access, housekeeping, equipment readiness, recordkeeping, and coordination of corrective actions.
• Own and manage waste-stream contracts and contractors, including scope of development, sourcing support, service expectations, scheduling, safety orientation, site access, invoice validation, performance reviews, issue resolution, and renewal recommendations.
• Manage campus waste, recycling, salvage, confidential-material destruction, and related service streams. Track volumes, costs, diversion opportunities, contract compliance, and vendor performance.
• Identify waste reduction, reuse, recycling, and cost-control opportunities that support Kohler Co. for environmental and operational goals.

YardSupport Operations

• Direct heavy-equipment and mobile-equipment work associated with waste collection, recycling, salvage, material hauling, road and ground upkeep, street sweeping, drain cleaning, deliveries, rail support, and emergency campus services.
• Ensure operators complete required inspections and that roll-off trucks, loaders, skid steers, sweepers, forklifts, ToolCat, payloaders, and related equipment are safely operated, maintained, fueled, and available.
• Coordinate work requests and priorities with customers across the campus. Balance scheduled services with urgent production, safety, environmental, stewardship events and weather-related needs.
• Maintain safe, orderly yard, recycled, salvage, landfill, and storage areas. Support inventory records, shipping documents, material disposition, and campus programs assigned to the department.

StoresOperations

• Lead union Stores associates with the safe and accurate receiving, storage, issue, staging, and delivery of maintenance materials, repair parts, supplies, and another assigned inventory.
• Ensure transactions, cycle counts, material locations, returns, and inventory records are prompt and accurate. Investigate discrepancies and partner with Purchasing and customers to improve material availability.
• Establish service priorities and staffing to support planned and emergency maintenance needs. Monitor stock-outs, aged or obsolete inventory, critical spares, housekeeping, and secure storage requirements.
• Initiate and author annual inventory scrap ACT to remove obsolete and no longer used materials from Maintenance Stores inventory.

Skills/Requirements

• High School Degree, GED or equivalent required; Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Five (5) or more years of progressive experience in facilities services, industrial operations, material handling, Stores/warehouse operations, waste management, heavy-equipment operations, or a related field preferred.
• At least one (1) to three (3) years of direct supervisory or team leadership experience in a union or manufacturing environment preferred.
• Working knowledge of labor relations, safety systems, environmental compliance, contractor management, budgeting, and continuous improvement.
• Experience with SAP/CMMS, inventory or warehouse systems, and Microsoft Office applications.
• Must hold and maintain a valid driver's license and satisfy company motor vehicle record requirements.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain required landfill/site-manager credentials and other job-specific qualifications within established timeframes.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

We believe in supporting you from the moment you join us, which is why Kohler offers day 1 benefits. This means you'll have access to your applicable benefit programs from your first day on the job, with no waiting period. The salary range for this position is $77,200 - $117,300. The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate's experience, their education, and the work location. In addition, this position is eligible for a performance bonus/variable incentive compensation.