On-Site Refrigeration & Plumbing Leader — 24/7 Ops

Clemens Food Group; Hatfield Township (PA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Clemens Food Group is seeking a Refrigeration & Plumbing Manager to lead the Hatfield campus' refrigeration and plumbing functions, including supervision of skilled trades, contractors, and maintenance programs. This role focuses on reliability across ammonia refrigeration, HVAC, boilers, and water systems within a 24/7 food processing environment.

You will drive long-term infrastructure planning, manage budgets, and coordinate outages while ensuring compliance with safety and food safety

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of progressively responsible experience in industrial maintenance or related fields.
• Strong technical experience with industrial ammonia refrigeration and HVAC systems, along with plumbing infrastructure such as boilers, sprinklers, risers, supply water, and water-softening systems.
• Experience managing maintenance programs, capital projects, infrastructure planning, operational budgets, and contractor performance.
• Strong knowledge of Process Safety Management, OSHA requirements, safety systems, and regulatory compliance.
• Experience with CMMS platforms, maintenance planning tools, KPI reporting, and Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong communication, team development, project management, financial management, and fact-based decision-making skills.
• Experience in food processing or another complex, 24/7 industrial environment is preferred.
• An associate or bachelor’s degree in Industrial Maintenance, Engineering Technology, Engineering, Construction Management, Business Management, or a related field is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop refrigeration and plumbing superintendents, supervisors, skilled trades team members, contractors, and support personnel.
• Oversee preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs for refrigeration, plumbing, HVAC, boiler, water, and related facility systems.
• Develop short- and long-term infrastructure plans, including scheduled replacements, capital requests, maintenance reserve needs, and multiyear project priorities.
• Manage staffing, overtime, departmental budgets, maintenance expenses, and contractor costs.
• Coordinate outages, shutdowns, facility upgrades, major repairs, construction activities, and contractor performance.
• Monitor equipment reliability, downtime, work order backlog, preventive maintenance completion, labor productivity, and other departmental KPIs.
• Ensure compliance with Process Safety Management, OSHA requirements, environmental regulations, applicable codes, food safety expectations, and company policies.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, Procurement, Safety, and external vendors to resolve issues, improve reliability, and support campus priorities.

Skills

Industrial maintenance

Ammonia refrigeration

HVAC systems

Plumbing infrastructure

Facilities management

Safety compliance

Team leadership

Budgeting

Problem solving

Education

Associate or Bachelor's degree in Industrial Maintenance, Engineering Technology, Engineering, Construction Management, Business Management, or related field

Tools

CMMS platforms

Microsoft Office

Job description

Clemens Food Group is seeking a Refrigeration & Plumbing Manager to lead the Hatfield campus' refrigeration and plumbing functions, including supervision of skilled trades, contractors, and maintenance programs. This role focuses on reliability across ammonia refrigeration, HVAC, boilers, and water systems within a 24/7 food processing environment.

You will drive long-term infrastructure planning, manage budgets, and coordinate outages while ensuring compliance with safety and food safety