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Principal Team Leader, Facilities & Projects

Chick-fil-A

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Georgia, GA
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree, required

Job overview

The Principal Team Leader, Facilities & Projects leads Chick-fil-A Supply’s maintenance and facilities management operations. The role develops strategies, plans, standards, and budgets; drives asset reliability and continuous improvement; and sets strategic direction for facilities systems. It partners with operations, maintenance, leadership, and service providers to improve performance cost-effectively while meeting safety, quality, and compliance requirements.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Warehouse Processes, requiredDistribution Center Design, requiredBuilding Operations, requiredEquipment Maintenance, requiredMaintenance Management, requiredFacilities Management, requiredOperational Excellence, requiredContinuous Improvement, requiredMicrosoft Office Suite, requiredVisio, requiredMicrosoft Project, requiredWord, requiredExcel, requiredAccess, requiredPowerPoint, requiredOutlook, requiredCAD, requiredDesign Drawings, requiredStrategic Project Execution, requiredMultitasking, requiredCross-Functional Leadership, requiredRelationship Building, requiredTeamwork, requiredInfluence, requiredQuantitative Analysis, requiredQualitative Analysis, requiredVerbal Communication, requiredWritten Communication, requiredPresentation Skills, requiredAnalytical Thinking, requiredOrganization, requiredFood Production Equipment, nice to haveEngineering Principles, nice to haveDistribution Facility Design, nice to haveConstruction Operations, nice to have

Qualifications

6+ Years Experience, required10+ Years Experience, nice to haveBachelor's Degree in Engineering, requiredMaster's Degree, nice to have

Full job description

Principal Team Leader, Facilities & Projects Chick-fil-A Supply LLC

21550

Georgia, United States

Distribution

Experienced Professionals

25%

Exempt

6

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Job Description Overview

Serve as the center of excellence for CFA Supply’s maintenance and facilities management operations. This includes leading a team responsible for developing strategies, plans, and standards to meet the business needs, promote operational excellence, drive continuous improvement and innovation, and monitor the performance of Facilities Maintenance providers and vendors. Role requires an understanding of the business needs and knowledge of leading maintenance and facilities management practices, industry benchmarks and trends. The ideal candidate for this role is a leader who will work collaboratively with operations, maintenance, and IFM provider teams to develop strategies and solutions to best meet the business needs in a cost-effective, efficient manner while meeting Safety, Quality and Compliance (SQC) requirements.

A wholly owned subsidiary of Chick-fil-A, Inc., Chick-fil-A Supply is a food production and distribution service network focused entirely on serving the unique needs and growing volume of Chick-fil-A restaurants.

Responsibilities

  • Pro-actively develop strategies and plans to meet business needs and growth plans; be trusted/valued advisor to operations• Develop initiatives to drive innovation and continuous improvement including asset reliability, equipment and infrastructure optimization, energy and water usage reduction, and waste generation reduction• Develop life cycle asset plans and capital plans (including predictive capital planning) to optimize asset utilization, identify potential asset replacements and ensure sufficient company funds are budgeted• Participate in the development and administration of operational and capital budgets• Provide guidance, set standards, create processes and toolkits to drive operational excellence and the right standard of care• Set the network strategic direction and digital framework to include technical and functional requirements for equipment and facilities sustainment systems initiatives• Partner with key leadership stakeholders, develops and leads equipment reliability and computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) initiatives to include financial process integration that ties to the asset• Set strategic direction and monitor performance of maintenance providers including participation in governance meetings to ensure desired outcomes are achieved; analyze maintenance spend, perform trend and root cause analysis to minimize future occurrences• Keep abreast and drive changes in keeping with maintenance & facilities management trends, leading practices, and industry benchmarks to identify ways to improve operations

Required Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities)

Technical:• Knowledge of warehouse/distribution center processes, layouts, systems, designs• Knowledge of building operations and equipment maintenance (including production equipment maintenance)• Knowledge of leading maintenance and facilities management leading practices, industry benchmarks, and industry trends, and leading technology solutions• Ability to develop initiatives to drive operational excellence and continuous improvement including identifying and evaluating potential options and building a business case for change• Application familiarity/proficiency: Microsoft Office Suite (incl. Visio, Project, Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, and Outlook), CAD, Design Drawings, etc.Leadership:• Demonstrated ability to effectively develop and execute large strategic projects/initiatives with minimal supervision• Ability to multi-task and drive execution across multiple priorities• Demonstrated ability to lead, influence, and drive for results through cross-functional and teams at all levels• Excellent at establishing, building and maintaining functional working relationships within CFA Supply and with the maintenance providers and vendors• Demonstrated ability in effectively getting work done with and through others• Demonstrated capacity to work well within team environments, including experience in managing team dynamics and exerting influence without the benefit of possessing direct authority• Ability to think objectively and interpret meaningful themes from quantitative and qualitative methods• Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills including ability to develop and deliver executive level presentations• Must be able to communicate complex issues and concepts simply to gain understanding, buy-in and support across all organizational levels• Logical, analytical, organized thinker

Preferred Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities)

  • 10+ years experience• Strong knowledge of building operations and equipment, maintenance, and facilities management preferably in food processing and distribution centers• Strong knowledge of design and operation of food production equipment• Strong knowledge of engineering principles, practices, and processes related to distribution facility layout/design, construction, and operations• Strong knowledge of leading practices, industry benchmarks and trends• Ability to develop strategies and solutions to drive operational excellence and continuous improvement

Required Years of Experience 6 Travel Requirements 25% Required Level of Education Bachelor's Degree Preferred Level of Education Master's Degree Required Major/Concentration Engineering Work Environment Office

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Chick-fil-A, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. We make employment decisions on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need. It is and has been the policy of Chick-fil-A to ensure that all individuals are provided equal employment opportunities without regard to disability. Accordingly, Chick-fil-A will make reasonable accommodation(s) for the physical and/or mental limitation(s) of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability - whether an applicant or current employee - unless an undue hardship would result. If you believe you may require a reasonable accommodation due to a disability in connection with your application and/or the hiring process, please contact [email protected] as soon as you realize this need.

How this job compares

Set against the 2,081 open Facilities Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Georgia median$97–187K/yr20 salary ranges
  • US median$29–37/hr180 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 44 open Facilities Management jobs in Georgia and 2,081 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Georgia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience; Facilities Management postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (1,549 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 241 of the 2,081 open Facilities Management jobs (12%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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