Sr Director, Energy Sustainability & Maintenance Reliability

Americold•Atlanta, GA

17h

About The Position

Lead Americold’s global Energy, Sustainability, and Maintenance Reliability strategies to improve asset performance, reduce operating cost and risk, and deliver measurable progress against enterprise financial and environmental objectives. The role integrates energy and utilities management, sustainability programs, enterprise asset management, reliability-centered maintenance, autonomous maintenance, and field capability building into a single operating model. It serves as the senior technical and functional leadership role for energy excellence and maintenance reliability across the enterprise. The Sr Director develops and executes strategies aligned with company objectives, operating margin improvement, regulatory readiness, and competitive positioning. The role owns enterprise governance, management routines, standard work, and performance reviews for Energy Excellence and Maintenance Reliability within the Americold Operating System, and is accountable for measurable cost reduction—including a goal of reducing energy costs by 2% in 2027 versus the 2026 baseline—while improving asset availability and maintenance cost performance. The position leads global energy conservation and utility management, renewable energy and other sustainability initiatives, and the enterprise maintenance reliability program and asset management operating model. It also builds facility-network capability through practical tools, playbooks, training, standards, communications, and performance reporting. The role leads and develops the Energy, Sustainability, and Reliability organization and influences cross-functional stakeholders, serving as the senior subject matter expert in these areas.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, Business, Computer Science, Information Science, Mathematics, Economics, or a related field.
Minimum 10 years of progressive leadership experience across multi-site energy management, maintenance reliability, asset management, engineering, or sustainability programs.
Subject matter expertise in enterprise asset management systems, including implementation, stewardship, data management, reporting, and user training.
Strong working knowledge of reliability-centered maintenance, preventive and predictive maintenance, maintenance materials and MRO inventory management, and condition-based monitoring technologies.
Demonstrated experience with energy and utility budgeting, cost analysis, and energy stewardship.
Experience leading cross-functional initiatives with Operations, Engineering, Procurement, Finance, Information Technology, Legal, Investor Relations, Treasury, and external agencies.
Ability to travel approximately 50% to 60%.
Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Project.
Ability to use various electronic tools.
Ability to reason, negotiate, instruct, persuade, or speak with others, and respond appropriately to constructive feedback from executive management.
Ability to relate to others beyond giving and receiving instructions and partner with colleagues without exhibiting behavioral extremes.
Ability to perform several hours per day of sitting, getting up and down from chairs, reaching, and/or bending.
Manual dexterity for typical office work, including operating computers, telephones, and similar equipment.
Ability to comprehend and communicate with others verbally and/or in writing.
Ability to occasionally lift, carry, position, and/or move objects weighing up to 20 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree preferred.
Experience supporting a large, distributed facility network strongly preferred.
Excellent oral, presentation, and written communication skills.
Professional certifications in reliability, project management, energy, green building, or sustainability preferred.
Ability to motivate teams and others while maintaining a persuasive, credible, and approachable presentation style.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with process-focused problem analysis and resolution.
Solid decision-making skills.
Progressive and flexible team-oriented approach desired.
Demonstrated uncompromising integrity and adherence to a code of ethics.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute Energy, Sustainability, and Maintenance Reliability strategies aligned with company objectives, operating margin improvement, regulatory readiness, and competitive positioning.
Own enterprise governance, management routines, standard work, and performance reviews for Energy Excellence and Maintenance Reliability within the Americold Operating System.
Deliver measurable cost reduction, including the goal of a 2% energy cost reduction in 2027 versus the 2026 baseline, while improving asset availability and maintenance cost performance.
Update senior leadership on progress, value realization, risks, and regulatory changes.
Lead global energy conservation, utility budgeting, tariff and rate analysis, contract negotiation, and management of energy-related agreements.
Develop energy cost analyses for new facilities, expansions, new business, and material operating changes to support investment and commercial decisions.
Lead renewable energy programs, green building programs, water stewardship, waste reduction, and greenhouse gas reduction initiatives.
Develop tools and reporting to improve energy intensity and track Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas emissions and sustainability performance.
Prepare the organization for applicable sustainability regulations and external reporting expectations, and support improvement in environmental, sustainability, and governance ratings.
Lead the enterprise Maintenance Reliability program, including Reliability Centered Maintenance, Total Productive Maintenance, preventive and predictive maintenance, condition-based monitoring, and maintenance diagnostics.
Own the enterprise asset management operating model across applicable platforms, configuration, data integrity, reporting, analytics, end-user training, and continuous improvement.
Standardize asset hierarchies, criticality ranking, bills of material, spare parts strategy, maintenance workflows, planning and scheduling, maintenance plans, and maintenance performance measures.
Use Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, maintenance plan optimization, comparative analysis, and reliability data to identify bad actors, reduce recurring failures, improve asset availability and performance, and lower maintenance cost as a percentage of replacement asset value.
Lead Early Equipment Management to ensure commissioning, qualification, validation, maintenance plans, spare parts, training, and capability are in place before equipment or technology goes live.
Develop and deploy practical tools, playbooks, training, and standard routines to strengthen energy management and reliability capability across the facility network.
Build a site-level network of energy and reliability expertise and ensure consistent adoption of enterprise processes and standards.
Publish enterprise communications and performance reporting that create accountability, visibility, and sustained field engagement.
Lead, mentor, and develop the Energy, Sustainability, and Reliability organization, with clear accountability for priorities, execution, and professional growth.
Influence across functions and levels without direct authority, translating technical opportunities into business cases, decisions, and action plans.
Serve as the senior subject matter expert for energy management, sustainability, maintenance reliability, enterprise asset management, and associated operating practices.
Work evenings or weekends to complete objectives or attend meetings.
Travel approximately 50% to 60%.