Regional Maintenance Manager (West)

Envision Cold (San Francisco/Oakland, CA) • Oakland, CA

1d • $110,000 - $130,000

About The Position

Envision Cold is seeking an experienced, hands-on Regional Maintenance Manager to lead facility maintenance and refrigeration operations across a portfolio of sites in its West region, spanning California to the Pacific Northwest. The role is anchored at a home facility, where the manager leads day-to-day maintenance, and serves as the regional first responder for refrigeration and equipment issues, traveling as needed to stabilize operations and support site teams.

The manager leads in-house refrigeration maintenance and owns the relationship with Envision Cold’s single-source facilities vendor for other trades, including HVAC, electrical, dock and door, racking, and material handling equipment. The position combines hands-on technical leadership with regional oversight, including coaching site maintenance leaders, maintaining refrigeration PSM/RMP compliance, managing vendor performance, overseeing regional budgets and capital projects, and supporting sites during emergencies.

The role requires approximately 50% travel across the assigned region, including planned site visits and short-notice emergency response. Travel may include nights and weekends. The manager must be able to work in temperatures at or below freezing, in confined spaces and at heights, and meet the stated lifting and other physical requirements. Schedule flexibility is required for business needs, including nights, weekends, and on-call or emergency response.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• At least 7 years of progressive maintenance experience in industrial, warehouse, manufacturing, or cold storage environments, including at least 3–5 years in a maintenance leadership or supervisory role.
• Hands-on experience maintaining and managing ammonia and/or Freon-based refrigeration systems in a cold storage facility.
• Direct experience with OSHA PSM and EPA RMP compliance, including PHAs, MOC, and PSSR.
• RETA CARO, CIRO, or equivalent ammonia refrigeration certification.
• EPA Section 608 Universal Certification.
• OSHA 10 or OSHA 30 certification.
• 24-hour HAZWOPER certification within the first year of employment, with annual 8-hour refresher training thereafter; ability to pass an annual respirator fit test and medical evaluation.
• Experience with food safety requirements and responsibilities.
• Skills in electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems.
• Experience using CMMS or maintenance tracking systems and ability to support an enterprise CMMS rollout, including asset data build-out, during the first year.
• Leadership and team management ability across multiple sites or teams, including motivating, coaching, and developing a geographically distributed team.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, with a focus on proactive maintenance, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
• Strong understanding of OSHA, EPA, food safety, and general industrial safety regulations and practices.
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills across sites and organizational levels.
• Ability and willingness to travel approximately 50% to facilities across the assigned region, including planned and short-notice travel; travel may include nights and weekends.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Ability to work in temperatures at or below freezing, in confined spaces, and at heights.
• Ability to bend, reach, squat, lift or carry up to 50 pounds, and stand for extended periods.
• Schedule flexibility to support business needs, including nights, weekends, and on-call or emergency response.

Nice To Haves

• Technical trade school, associate degree, or certification such as CMRP in industrial maintenance, HVAC/R, facilities management, or a related field.
• Multi-site or regional leadership experience.
• Forklift or material handling equipment repair certification.
• Experience managing an outsourced facilities or trades vendor relationship, including SLAs, scorecards, and escalation.
• Lean or Six Sigma knowledge.
• CMMS proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary escalation point and first responder for refrigeration and equipment issues across regional sites, traveling on short notice when needed.
• Lead day-to-day facility maintenance at the assigned home site, including directing refrigeration work, prioritizing repairs, and supporting preventive maintenance.
• Set expectations and coach, guide, and hold accountable Maintenance Supervisors, Leads, and refrigeration technicians across the region.
• Conduct recurring regional site visits, audits, training, and hands-on support.
• Coordinate communication and consistent standards among regional site teams, operations leadership, and corporate maintenance/PSM leadership.
• Manage the day-to-day relationship with the single-source facilities vendor for non-refrigeration trades across the region.
• Monitor vendor SLA performance and scorecards; address response time, work quality, completion, and recurring or unresolved issues.
• Validate vendor work quality with site teams and ensure facilities are safe, compliant, and operationally ready.
• Direct and assign refrigeration maintenance work, set performance objectives, and monitor the performance of maintenance associates and refrigeration technicians.
• Prioritize and schedule refrigeration repairs, maintenance, and installations; oversee facilities vendor scheduling and completion for other trades.
• Develop, implement, and improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs for refrigeration equipment, reviewing operational and maintenance reports and statistics.
• Maintain the safe and operational condition of material handling equipment, dock and door systems, racking, HVAC, and building infrastructure through vendor oversight.
• Maintain and review CMMS records and equipment history at each site, including vendor-performed work, for performance and regional reporting.
• Support the regional rollout of the enterprise CMMS platform, including asset registry build-out and data migration.
• Own OSHA PSM and EPA RMP compliance for regional ammonia refrigeration systems, including PHAs, MOC, and PSSR.
• Oversee mechanical integrity inspections, testing, and maintenance of covered process equipment; support refrigerant management and compressor maintenance.
• Maintain regional PSM documentation, operating procedures, and required records.
• Coordinate contractor safety and refrigeration compliance training across the region.
• Support emergency response readiness and lead or support regional refrigeration incident investigations.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA, EPA, food safety, and applicable municipal, state, and federal requirements at regional sites, including work performed by the facilities vendor.
• Conduct regional safety audits and inspections, follow up on corrective actions, and investigate accidents, near misses, and equipment failures to determine root causes.
• Partner with HR and operations leadership on injury prevention, return-to-work efforts, and workers’ compensation reduction.
• Support customer, food safety, and regulatory audits at regional sites.
• Maintain readiness for refrigeration emergencies, including annual respirator fit testing and medical evaluation, and obtain 24-hour HAZWOPER certification within the first year with annual 8-hour refresher training.
• Prepare and manage annual regional maintenance budgets, including vendor spending; schedule expenditures, analyze variances, and initiate corrective actions.
• Assist with capital expense budgets and long-term facility and equipment improvement planning.
• Support capital projects from scoping and bid evaluation through contractor and vendor execution.
• Analyze maintenance costs, downtime, and performance metrics to identify improvement opportunities.
• Identify technologies and recommend regional operational improvements, including energy efficiency initiatives.
• Build, coach, and develop maintenance teams at each regional site.
• Create Individual Development Plans and succession pathways for technicians, leads, and supervisors.
• Promote safety, accountability, and continuous improvement across the region.
• Perform other duties as assigned or needed.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Potential annual bonus opportunity.
• Professional growth and development opportunities, including exposure to leadership across multiple facilities.
• Collaborative and inclusive work environment.
• Opportunity to make a significant impact across a growing region and industry.
• Access to cutting-edge technology and resources.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: High school or GED