Ammonia Refrigeration Manager- Food Distribution Center- Lake City, FL

Target • Lake City, FL

7d • $73,000 - $132,000

About The Position

As an Engineering & Facilities Ammonia Refrigeration Manager, you will support high performance at a food supply chain facility by fostering a reliability-centered maintenance culture that ensures equipment availability and operational success. The role oversees the ammonia refrigeration function at a single-site food distribution center and serves as a technical subject matter expert during equipment downtime and recovery efforts. The manager leads and develops ammonia technicians, oversees their training and performance management, maintains expertise across refrigeration equipment and its electrical, mechanical, and control-system communications, and ensures compliance with applicable regulations and safety procedures. The position also coordinates contractors and vendors, manages maintenance activities and incident escalation, and develops continuous-improvement plans. Duties may change in response to business needs.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of field experience operating, maintaining, servicing, and commissioning industrial ammonia systems.
• Strong knowledge of common industrial safety practices and expectations, including experience with arc flash safety programs.
• Ability to be on call outside normal business hours for escalated incident support.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively and explain technical issues to business leadership.
• Strong organizational, reasoning, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to motivate and influence teams and manage conflict.
• Ability to read and interpret schematics and technical prints.
• Experience with Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Ability to access all levels and areas of the facility.

Nice To Haves

• Ammonia refrigeration systems CARO/CIRO.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, coach, and manage the performance of ammonia technicians, including providing feedback on the quality of preventive and corrective maintenance work.
• Administer performance reviews and oversee onboarding and required training for new hires.
• Maintain technical expertise in electrical, mechanical, and control-system communications for refrigeration equipment, including compressors, evaporators, condensers, and related ammonia systems.
• Oversee ammonia refrigeration at a single-site food distribution center and lead troubleshooting and recovery during equipment downtime.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local agencies.
• Communicate incidents and promote timely escalation to partners at headquarters and in the field.
• Identify proactive solutions and countermeasures to reduce unplanned refrigeration-system downtime.
• Manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously and provide technical leadership and mentoring to the Engineering & Facilities team.
• Inspect, maintain, troubleshoot, repair, and train others on the ammonia refrigeration system.
• Conduct technical interviews for technician candidates, evaluate their technical skills, and train and coach internal technicians.
• Act as the first-level escalation support for ammonia refrigeration system problems and alarms.
• Manage refrigeration maintenance contractors performing preventive and corrective system maintenance.
• Coordinate with third-party vendors and ensure adherence to contracted service-level agreements.
• Work with the PSM coordinator to meet onsite coordination requirements.
• Ensure timely completion and documentation of work orders, repairs, and preventive maintenance.
• Facilitate site training on safety procedures and personal protective equipment, including Lock Out/Tag Out and Arc Flash practices, and eliminate potential equipment safety hazards.
• Develop and implement continuous-improvement plans for the refrigeration system.
• Maintain an active partnership with refrigeration peers and the headquarters Engineering team.

Benefits

• Eligible team members and their dependents may receive medical, vision, dental, and life insurance.
• 401(k).
• Employee discount.
• Short-term disability.
• Long-term disability.
• Paid sick leave.
• Paid national holidays.
• Paid vacation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed