Refrigeration & Plumbing Manager

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

Location: Hatfield, PA | On-Site

Schedule: Primarily 1st Shift | Availability required to support a 24/7 operation, including occasional off-shift, weekend, holiday, and emergency needs

Clemens Food Group is seeking an experienced Refrigeration & Plumbing Manager to lead the people, systems, and infrastructure that support our Hatfield campus. This role oversees refrigeration and plumbing leadership, skilled trades team members, contractors, maintenance programs, and capital priorities within a complex, 24/7 food manufacturing operation.

You will be responsible for critical systems that include industrial ammonia refrigeration, HVAC, plumbing, boilers, sprinklers, risers, supply water, and water-softening systems. This is an opportunity to develop technical teams, strengthen equipment reliability, and guide long-term infrastructure investments across the campus.

What You’ll Do

• 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.

What We’re Looking For

• 8–10 years of progressively responsible experience in industrial maintenance, skilled trades, construction, utilities, or manufacturing operations.
• 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.

Physical And Work Environment Requirements

• Ability to work in industrial, manufacturing, construction, and maintenance environments.
• Ability to walk throughout the campus, climb stairs and ladders, access operational areas, occasionally lift up to 75 pounds, and wear required PPE.
• Comfort working around industrial equipment, machinery, noise, temperature variations, and outdoor conditions.

Agency Statement

Clemens Food Group does not accept unsolicited resumes from search or staffing firms. All resumes submitted by search or staffing firms to any employee at Clemens Food Group via email, the Internet, or directly without a valid written search agreement for this role, and without having been asked to participate in this by Talent Acquisition, will be deemed the sole property of Clemens Food Group, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired. Firms not authorized to submit candidates will not be eligible for any fee or ownership claim.

Disclaimer & EEOC Statement

It is the policy of Clemens Food Group to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. All employees are subject to a pre-employment screening process including a background check and drug screen. In addition, we will provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to your recruiter.