Refrigeration Lead Maintenance (1st Shift) Sedalia Plant - MO

Tyson Foods•Sedalia, MO

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Refrigeration Lead Maintenance position assists the Supervisor with coordinating daily department responsibilities, ensuring instructions are communicated to team members and carried out correctly and on time. The role also troubleshoots, maintains, and repairs assigned equipment and company assets while maintaining a safe work environment and following Tyson policies and procedures. The position oversees hourly checks of facility ammonia systems—including compressors, condensers, evaporators, recirculators, piping, and associated equipment—and ensures checks are completed and documented correctly. The lead is also responsible for air compressors, boilers, thermal fluid systems, HVAC systems, air handlers, exhaust fans, ice makers, and water-chilling systems, and for reporting ammonia leaks. Duties include daily preventive maintenance, boiler and condenser-treatment tests, and regular visual inspections of assigned equipment on the roof and inside the plant. The employee must develop a thorough knowledge of the plant layout, tools, parts, and equipment and maintain ammonia refrigeration equipment within facility safety standards. The work takes place inside and outside the facility as directed. Conditions may include outdoor weather, wet floors, electrical, mechanical, and hydraulic equipment repairs, moving objects, humidity, noise, and cramped work areas. The successful candidate must be able to perform the job’s physical requirements, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

At least 1 year of industrial refrigeration experience; experience may be combined across employers to total at least 1 year.
Able to follow written and oral instructions and communicate with management personnel.
Good math, reading, and writing skills to monitor equipment, check it, and record data.
Must be a member of the HAZMAT Team and pass annual physicals to maintain HAZMAT qualification status.
Willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Responsibilities

Assist the Supervisor in coordinating daily department responsibilities and ensure instructions are communicated to team members and carried out correctly and on time.
Troubleshoot, maintain, and repair assigned equipment and company assets while maintaining a safe work environment and following company policies and procedures.
Oversee and ensure proper completion and documentation of hourly checks on ammonia systems and associated equipment.
Maintain and monitor ammonia refrigeration equipment within safety standards for the facility.
Maintain and monitor air compressors, boilers, thermal fluid systems, HVAC systems, air handlers, exhaust fans, ice makers, and water-chilling systems.
Report ammonia leaks.
Perform daily preventive maintenance on equipment.
Perform boiler tests and condenser-treatment tests.
Regularly inspect assigned equipment visually, including equipment on the roof and inside the plant.
Develop thorough knowledge of the plant layout, tools, parts, and equipment.
Serve as a member of the HAZMAT Team and maintain qualification status by passing annual physicals.