Maintenance and Inventory Specialist

Our Opportunity

GPJ is hiring a Maintenance and Inventory Specialist to join our growing team.

This role is on-site, requiring you to report to our Nashville, TN office location a minimum of 5 days per week.

Your Role

The Maintenance & Inventory Specialist is a hands-on role. This role is responsible for ensuring the proper functioning, safety, and cleanliness of the warehouse and production equipment, with a focus on inventory management and general facility upkeep. You will serve as the primary point of contact for vendor and subcontractor coordination, overseeing building repairs and inspections while managing a highly organized tool crib and parts inventory.

Your Skills

• Vendor & Subcontractor Coordination: Act as the primary point of contact for external vendors and subcontractors; schedule and oversee building repairs, specialized maintenance, and inspections to ensure all work meets company standards and safety regulations.

• Facilities Tool Crib & Inventory Management: Maintain a highly organized tool crib; track part usage, conduct regular audits of inventory levels, and proactively order replacement components and maintenance supplies to prevent downtime.

• Infrastructure Oversight: Inspect and maintain building infrastructure, including doors, walls, floors, shelving, and lighting.

• Preventive Maintenance: Conduct and or schedule preventive maintenance on tools, machinery, HVAC systems, compressors,and safety equipment.

• Technical Troubleshooting: Diagnose and resolve issues related to electrical, plumbing, and mechanical systems within the warehouse.

• Safety & Compliance: Ensure strict safety compliance and maintain a clean, organized environment throughout the warehouse and shop floor. Track and

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with operations and warehouse staff to support production timelines and minimize equipment downtime.

• Documentation: Diligently document all maintenance activities, equipment logs, and safety checks for compliance and historical tracking.

• Emergency Response: Respond promptly to emergency maintenance requests to ensure facility safety and continuity.

• Physical Requirements: Physically able to lift up to 50 lbs, work at heights, and perform manual tasks in an industrial setting.

• Administrative Support: Maintain strong attention to detail and time management; may be required to maintain office areas in addition to the warehouse and shop.

Your Competencies

Solution Oriented: Fabrication- Even with tight project budget management practices, you focus on the desired outcome and are ready with multiple solutions in order to reach the end goal.

Thoroughness: Fabrication- Ensure your work (and if applicable, the work of others) is complete and accurate. You can spot when details were overlooked, and take the initiative to complete the project, following up to ensure agreements / commitments are on track or have been fulfilled. When details are ambiguous, you ask questions to confirm you understand the expectations. Team members can easily follow your work, understand where you left off, and what comes next. You are prepared and organized for meetings and presentations.

Urgency: Decisive, responsive, and fast acting you achieve goals quickly both when working on your own and in collaboration with others. You demonstrate adaptability and agility when making on-the-spot decisions never sacrificing quality or work interactions. Cool under pressure. For the sake of time, you are able to eliminate unnecessary steps and use network resources to aid in project completion.

Foster Innovation: Drive, develop, or support new and improved methods, products, procedures or technologies. Devise new approaches to make improvements or solve problems. You constantly challenge yourself to come up with ideas that are on strategy, innovative, and transformative, and authentic to the client’s brand.

Your Experience

Experience & Education

• High school diploma or GED; trade school or vocational training in carpentry, industrial maintenance, or a related field preferred.

• Minimum 2 years of experience in facility maintenance, preferably in a warehouse or industrial shop.

• Strong working knowledge of carpentry tools, paint application systems, and basic mechanical and electrical systems.

• Ability to read technical manuals, blueprints, and safety regulations.

Travel & Mobility

• Estimated travel for this position is less than 10%

Your Impact

• In your role, you will have influence and responsibility over the maintenance of the shop equipment and industrial machinery.

Who We Are

GPJ is the world leader in experiential marketing. Our 29 global offices are filled with fearless people dreaming up ideas that are transforming industries and bringing the most respected brands to life in powerfully, exciting ways. We are a part of the Project Worldwide family. An independent, employee-owned global network of complementary, wholly owned agencies.

You read that “employee-owned” part, right? You heard us correctly. You work hard, she works hard, we all work hard… we all succeed and reap the rewards. We have an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – providing our employees with an ownership interest. We thought you would want to know that. In fact, there is a lot more you would want to know about us, like our FTO policy (no more “accruing” time off), our employer matching 401(k) plan (no vesting period), our low employee contribution healthcare option. But we are getting ahead of ourselves here, let’s talk about this exciting opportunity first and we can fill you in on our perks & benefits later.

GPJ is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected class. In addition to federal law requirements, GPJ complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. GPJ expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on any protected class.