Lead Facilities Engineer

Job ID: 18393 Alternate Locations Newell Brands is a leading consumer products company with a portfolio of iconic brands like Graco, Coleman, Oster, Rubbermaid, Sharpie and Yankee Candle - and 24,000 talented teammates around the world. Our culture is built on values in action: Integrity, Teamwork, Passion for Winning, Ownership, and Leadership. We work together to win, grow, and make a real impact—supported by a high-performing, inclusive, and collaborative environment where you can be your best, every day. We are looking for an experienced Facilities and Site Resilience Engineer to join the Engineering, Reliability & Automation (ERA) team within Global Procurement & Supply Network. The Lead, Facilities & Site Resilience Engineering serves as the licensed technical authority for facilities, building protection, and site resilience across Newell Brands' manufacturing and distribution network. Working from the center, this role sets facilities standards, provides technical review and support to site and project teams, and builds the resilience programs and business continuity plans that protect physical sites and critical infrastructure. The role also helps ensure projects are scoped, designed, and executed to Newell standards. The ideal candidate is a licensed Professional Engineer with 7+ years of experience delivering or overseeing facilities projects in manufacturing or industrial environments and is ready to influence at network scale. This individual builds structure where none exists, adopts new technology quickly, and uses AI-enabled workflows to improve the quality and speed of their work. The PE license anchors the role's authority in design review, peer review, and engagement with authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs) and property insurers. This is a technical leadership role, not a project delivery or design-of-record position. Top Priorities Site resilience and vulnerability assessments Fire/life safety and facilities standards Technical support and review of capital projects What You Will Own Site Resilience & Business Continuity Own site resilience programs across the network, from vulnerability assessment through corrective action and verification Assess sites against ASCE 7-22 wind, snow, and seismic thresholds and FEMA flood zone criteria, translating findings into prioritized mitigation roadmaps Build redundancy strategies for critical utilities, including power, compressed air, chilled water, HVAC, and domestic water Develop facility-focused business continuity plans, escalation frameworks, and recovery time objectives for buildings and critical utilities that sites can execute independently, in partnership with Operations and EHS Building Protection & Fire/Life Safety Set and maintain global standards for fire suppression, sprinkler, fire alarm, clean agent, and smoke control systems Review design packages, contractor proposals, and AHJ submittals against NFPA 13, 25, 72, and 101 and applicable local codes, challenging gaps with technical authority Define inspection, testing, and maintenance programs and track deficiency closure and compliance across the portfolio Partner with property insurers such as FM Global and with AHJs on loss prevention recommendations and compliance gap closure Capital Project Support & Technical Review Provide technical review and support to site and project teams on facilities capital projects, from scope definition through closeout, without owning project delivery Review scopes, RFPs, SOWs, design packages, contractor proposals, and bid leveling for roofing, HVAC, building envelope, civil and site work, fire protection, and compressed air Identify proposals that are incomplete, overpriced, or out of specification Develop scope, RFP, and SOW templates and contractor qualification criteria that project teams can reuse across the network Support site teams with contractor selection and performance and help resolve technical issues in the field Power, Energy & Water Systems Support standby generation, transfer switch, UPS, and backup power deployment, from site preparation through commissioning Lead and support energy programs, including lighting, VFD optimization, power factor correction, and utility incentive capture Support solar, microgrid, and self-generation feasibility work in partnership with the ERA Sustainability pillar Partner with process water engineering on cooling towers, closed-loop treatment, and Legionella prevention Assessments, Standards & Verification Conduct structured site assessments and engineering peer reviews Maintain site condition scorecards and standards compliance matrices that inform capital planning Define measurement and verification protocols and review results on completed projects to confirm alignment with scope, performance targets, and savings identified in appropriation packages Develop facilities engineering standards and lead updates through the standards publishing workflow Support international projects, working with regional teams to apply Newell standards alongside local codes and AHJ requirements Financial Ownership & Reporting Review capital justification packages, ROI models, and bid comparison matrices developed by site and project teams Build tools and templates to improve consistency and quality across the network Support three-year capital planning and maintain portfolio-level status reporting that provides senior leaders with clear, decision-ready information