Commercial Kitchen Reliability Manager

FRESH DIRECT, LLC; Sonora (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Vision, Dental, and Voluntary

401(k) with employer match

On-site Bronx campus amenities

Employee shuttle

Job summary

FreshDirect, based in the Bronx, NY, seeks a Commercial Kitchen Maintenance Manager to lead the reliability and upkeep of manufacturing, refrigeration, and facility equipment across our production lines. You will supervise Manufacturing and HVAC Technicians, drive preventative maintenance, and ensure regulatory upkeep to keep operations compliant.

You will oversee budgeting, scheduling, and coordination with external contractors, while performing root-cause analysis to reduce breakdowns and

Qualifications

• Proven, expert-level experience maintaining commercial and industrial kitchen equipment.
• Experience with industrial kitchen equipment: ovens, kettles, fryers, slicers, band saws, meat grinders, dishwashers, refrigeration.
• Regulatory upkeep and PM scheduling experience.
• Strong leadership and coaching abilities.

Responsibilities

• Assigning tasks to technicians, following up on completions, and coaching and developing the team.
• Maintain, update, and drive on-time completion of preventative maintenance (PM) schedules for industrial kitchen equipment and HVAC system.
• Monitor equipment reliability and reduce unplanned breakdowns and repeat failures on critical assets.
• Work with other departments to plan maintenance projects.
• Budgeting of maintenance for money spent on parts, labor, and services.
• Labor scheduling and planning.
• Working with external contractors.
• Performing root cause analysis.

Skills

Commercial kitchen equipment

Preventive maintenance

HVAC systems

Root cause analysis

Leadership

Education

Refrigeration license (preferred)

Certificate of fitness S95 S12 S13 G92 F60 G60 F01 Q99 B27 (preferred)

Tools

Building Management Systems

ServiceDesk

Outlook

Excel

Job description

FreshDirect, based in the Bronx, NY, seeks a Commercial Kitchen Maintenance Manager to lead the reliability and upkeep of manufacturing, refrigeration, and facility equipment across our production lines. You will supervise Manufacturing and HVAC Technicians, drive preventative maintenance, and ensure regulatory upkeep to keep operations compliant.

You will oversee budgeting, scheduling, and coordination with external contractors, while performing root-cause analysis to reduce breakdowns and