Remote Refrigeration Controls Engineer — Energy Efficiency

US Foods; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

US Foods is seeking a Senior Refrigeration Controls Engineer for design, programming, optimization, and support of refrigeration control systems across food distribution and cold storage facilities.

The position is remote within the United States (excluding Hawaii and US territories) and requires leadership in controls architecture, troubleshooting, and system standardization across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing, programming, and commissioning refrigeration control systems.
• Proficiency with ammonia and Freon refrigeration hardware and related safety standards.
• Strong PLC, HMI, SCADA, and BAS control strategy development.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex refrigeration controls and equipment failures.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, programming, commissioning, troubleshooting, and optimization of industrial refrigeration control systems.
• Support controls infrastructure for ammonia and Freon systems including compressors, condensers, evaporators, vessels, pumps, valves, and defrost systems.
• Develop and maintain PLC, HMI, SCADA, and BAS control strategies for refrigeration operations.
• Monitor and optimize refrigeration system performance, energy efficiency, alarm management, and temperature compliance.
• Troubleshoot complex refrigeration controls, instrumentation, and automation failures impacting facility operations and product integrity.

Skills

Refrigeration controls

PLC programming

SCADA

HMI/BAS

Energy optimization

Industrial networking

Tools

Rockwell Automation

Allen-Bradley

Siemens

SCADA software

Job description

US Foods is seeking a Senior Refrigeration Controls Engineer for design, programming, optimization, and support of refrigeration control systems across food distribution and cold storage facilities.

The position is remote within the United States (excluding Hawaii and US territories) and requires leadership in controls architecture, troubleshooting, and system standardization across multiple sites.