Lead Refrigeration Engineer - Store Design
About The Position
Target's Properties team creates and maintains the physical spaces where millions of guests and team members experience our brand every day. From stores and supply chain facilities to headquarters locations, we deliver innovative, sustainable, and reliable building solutions that support Target's business today while preparing for tomorrow. A role in Engineering within Store Design offers the opportunity to apply your technical expertise to complex building systems that directly impact the safety, reliability, sustainability, and long-term performance of Target's facilities. Working alongside cross-functional partners and industry experts, you'll help establish engineering standards, influence enterprise design strategies, and deliver solutions that support Target's continued growth. As a Lead Refrigeration Engineer, you will serve as an enterprise technical expert responsible for the strategy, design, development, commissioning, and continuous evolution of refrigeration systems across Target's Retail Stores. You will establish enterprise refrigeration design standards while providing technical leadership for refrigeration equipment, controls integration, refrigerant strategies, energy optimization, and lifecycle performance. Working with internal partners and external engineering consultants, you will ensure refrigeration systems support Target's operational, food safety, environmental, and sustainability objectives. You will evaluate emerging refrigeration technologies, influence enterprise design strategies, mentor engineers, and continuously improve Target's refrigeration engineering practices. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.
Requirements
- Four-year degree in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering discipline from an Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology (ABET) accredited program
- 7+ years of experience with a consultant engineering firm, refrigeration contractor, retailer, or manufacturer specializing in commercial refrigeration systems
- Expert knowledge of commercial refrigeration system design, operation, commissioning, and lifecycle performance
- Experience supporting refrigeration system installation and construction activities, including field coordination and issue resolution.
- Experience developing refrigeration standards, specifications, and engineering design criteria
- Knowledge of refrigeration controls, system optimization, refrigerant management, energy efficiency strategies, and regulatory requirements
- Well-developed understanding of commercial building design, construction processes, and multidisciplinary engineering coordination
- Ability to use CAD and Building Information Modeling (BIM) software, including Autodesk Revit, in the development and review of construction documents.
- Practical knowledge of refrigeration equipment selection, application, and system integration
- Ability to negotiate effectively and build consensus among diverse stakeholders
- Ability to synthesize complex technical and business information to make informed engineering decisions
- Ability and desire to seek out emerging technologies and continuously expand technical expertise
- Ability to champion innovative ideas with confidence and ensure difficult technical problems are addressed
- Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and influence engineering decisions across multiple business functions while ensuring all viewpoints are considered
Responsibilities
- Serve as an enterprise technical expert responsible for the strategy, design, development, commissioning, and continuous evolution of refrigeration systems across Target's Retail Stores.
- Establish enterprise refrigeration design standards.
- Provide technical leadership for refrigeration equipment, controls integration, refrigerant strategies, energy optimization, and lifecycle performance.
- Ensure refrigeration systems support Target's operational, food safety, environmental, and sustainability objectives by working with internal partners and external engineering consultants.
- Evaluate emerging refrigeration technologies.
- Influence enterprise design strategies.
- Mentor engineers.
- Continuously improve Target's refrigeration engineering practices.
Benefits
- medical
- vision
- dental
- life insurance
- 401(k)
- employee discount
- short term disability
- long term disability
- paid sick leave
- paid national holidays
- paid vacation
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
