Regional Maintenance Manager (West)

Envision Cold (Blaine, WA) • Blaine, MN

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 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 extends across the region as the primary escalation point and first responder for refrigeration and equipment issues. Travel is required to stabilize operations, support site teams, and help keep facilities safe, compliant, and operational.

The position directly leads in-house refrigeration maintenance and provides technical leadership, standards, and coaching to site-level Maintenance Supervisors, Leads, and refrigeration technicians. Other trades—including HVAC, electrical, dock and door, racking, and material handling equipment—are serviced by Envision Cold’s single-source facilities vendor. The manager owns that vendor relationship, monitors service-level compliance and performance, and escalates unresolved issues.

The role is responsible for regional ammonia refrigeration PSM/RMP compliance, maintenance programs and records, safety and regulatory compliance, regional maintenance budgets, capital projects, and continuous improvement. It combines hands-on technical support with multi-site leadership and vendor oversight. The position requires approximately 50% travel, including short-notice trips and travel that may include nights and weekends, as well as flexibility for on-call and 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.
• At least 3–5 years of maintenance leadership or supervisory experience.
• 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 required.
• EPA Section 608 Universal Certification required.
• OSHA 10/30 certification required.
• 24-hour HAZWOPER certification required within the first year of employment, with annual 8-hour refresher training thereafter; must pass annual respirator fit testing 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.
• Demonstrated leadership and team management skills across multiple sites or teams, including the ability to motivate, coach, and develop a geographically distributed workforce.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities, 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 multiple sites and organizational levels.
• Ability and willingness to travel approximately 50% to regional facilities, including planned travel and short-notice response trips; travel may include nights and weekends.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Physical ability to work at or below freezing temperatures, 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.
• Technical trade school, associate degree, or certification (such as CMRP) in industrial maintenance, HVAC/R, facilities management, or a related field is highly preferred.

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 maintenance 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 site visits, audits, training, and hands-on support at regional facilities.
• Liaise among site teams, operations leadership, and corporate maintenance and PSM leadership to support clear communication and consistent standards.
• Manage the day-to-day relationship with the single-source facilities vendor for non-refrigeration trades across the region.
• Monitor vendor performance against SLAs, review scorecards, validate work quality, and address response time, quality, and work-completion issues.
• Escalate and drive resolution of recurring or unresolved vendor issues, providing direct oversight and emergency support when required.
• Direct and assign regional refrigeration maintenance work, set performance objectives, and monitor team performance.
• Prioritize and schedule refrigeration repairs, maintenance, and installation; oversee vendor scheduling and completion for other trades.
• Develop and improve preventive and predictive refrigeration maintenance programs and review production, quality, and maintenance reports and statistics.
• Oversee vendor-supported upkeep of material handling equipment, dock and door systems, racking, HVAC, and building infrastructure.
• Maintain and review CMMS records and equipment history at each site, including vendor-performed work, for maintenance optimization and regional reporting.
• Support the first-year rollout of the enterprise CMMS, including regional asset registry development and data migration.
• Own regional OSHA PSM and EPA RMP compliance for 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 PSM documentation, operating procedures, and required site records.
• Coordinate contractor safety and refrigeration compliance training across the region.
• Support emergency response readiness and lead or assist with regional refrigeration incident investigations.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA, EPA, food safety, and applicable municipal, state, and federal requirements, including for vendor-performed work.
• 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 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 required HAZWOPER certification and refresher training.
• Prepare and manage annual regional maintenance budgets, including facilities vendor spending; schedule expenditures, analyze variances, and initiate corrective action.
• 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 trends, and performance metrics to identify improvement opportunities.
• Identify new technologies and recommend regional operational improvements, including energy efficiency initiatives.
• Build, coach, and develop maintenance teams at regional sites; create IDPs 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