Senior Refrigeration Manager

Cuisine Solutions; San Antonio (TX); Presencial; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Cuisine Solutions is seeking a Senior Refrigeration Manager to lead industrial ammonia refrigeration operations across multiple sites. You will oversee managers and technicians, ensure safe, compliant operation, and optimize maintenance programs for boilers, pumps, water systems and spiral freezers.

The role requires extensive hands-on experience, strong safety discipline, and the ability to travel up to 40–50% to Virginia and Texas plants.

Formación

• Experience as a manager in an industrial refrigeration environment.
• Experience with natural and conventional refrigerants including anhydrous ammonia.
• Ammonia certification from RETA (CARO, CIRO, CRES, CRST, RAI) (Not all are required).
• Experience with Process Safety Management programs.
• Experience in a food manufacturing environment.
• Experience with boilers, air compressors, water systems, RO systems, water softeners.
• Experience with pumps, water treatment, DA tanks and other utility equipment.
• Experience with operating and maintaining spiral freezers.

Responsabilidades

• Operate, test, troubleshoot, and repair mechanical refrigeration systems, boilers, hot water, domestic cold water, and compressed air systems.
• Basic knowledge of general maintenance and electrical/electronic systems including PLCs.
• Travel up to 50% may be required.
• Must work in a team environment and individually with little supervision.
• Comply with all Company SAFETY policies (LOCKOUT/TAGOUT, GMPs) and all PSM regulations.
• Oversee managers, assistant managers and operators during operation, testing, troubleshooting and repairs to the refrigeration system and related subsystems.
• Work with Vendors and Contractors to ensure facilities operate at optimum performance.
• Monitor planned maintenance on ammonia refrigeration and utility systems using CMMS and update as needed.
• Maintain the material integrity of refrigeration and utility rooms.
• Complete all applicable documentation as required by the Director of Refrigeration and Utilities.
• Collaborate with PSM, Safety, Operations, QA and Corporate Officers to obtain operational excellence.
• Make recommendations on automation of refrigeration systems while maintaining compliance with standards.
• Suggest Capital Improvement Projects to improve efficiency or make necessary improvements.
• Adhere to safety, GMPs and SOPs.
• Verify daily rounds and temperatures and ammonia system condition.
• This role requires up to 40% travel between plants in Virginia and Texas.
• Other duties assigned by the Director of Ammonia Refrigeration and Utilities.

Conocimientos

Industrial Refrigeration Management

Ammonia Refrigerants Handling

RETA Ammonia Certification

Herramientas

CMMS

PLC knowledge

Descripción del empleo

TITLE: Senior Refrigeration Manager

Passion, talent and a mind that is open to the world are the qualities we seek and value at Cuisine Solutions. Dynamic and progressive thinking is the major asset needed to participate in our company and our projects. We keep the promises we make to our customers. If that commitment is also yours, perhaps you should be a part of this worldwide team, providing a new level of quality and service for our industry.

Requirements

• Experience as a manager in an Industrial Refrigeration Environment.
• Experience with Natural and Conventional Refrigerants including Anhydrous Ammonia.
• Must have Ammonia Certification from RETA (CARO, CIRO, CRES, CRST, RAI) (Not all are required)

Experience With Process Safety Management Programs

• Experience in a Food Manufacturing Environment.
• Experience with Boilers, Air Compressors, Water System, R/O Systems, Water Softeners.
• Experience with Pumps, Water Treatment, DA Tanks and other Utility Equipment
• Experience with Operating and Maintaining Spiral Freezers.

Job Responsibilities

The Senior Refrigeration Manager must have extensive knowledge operating, testing, troubleshooting, and repairing mechanical refrigeration systems, boiler, hot water, domestic cold water, and compressed air systems.

Basic knowledge of General Maintenance and Electrical and Electronic Systems including PLC's is also required.

Travel up to 50% of the time may be required.

The associate must be able to work in a team environment and individually with little or no supervision.

Must comply with all Company SAFETY Policy's (LOCKOUT/TAGOUT, ETC), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP's), and all Process Safety Management (PSM) regulations.

Must be able to oversee managers, assistant managers and operators while operating, testing, troubleshooting and performing repairs to the refrigeration system, its sub-systems, and all auxiliary processes and/or equipment related to the operation of the refrigeration system.

Works with Vendors and Contractors so ensure that all refrigerated facilities are operating at optimum performance levels.

Monitors the planned maintenance on all ammonia refrigeration and utility systems utilizing CMMS and recommend/perform updates to the system based on demand.

Maintains the material integrity of the Refrigeration and Utility rooms in accordance with established best practices.

Complete all applicable documentation as required and directed by the Director of Refrigeration and Utilities

Works with other department managers including but not limited to: PSM, Safety, Operations, Quality Assurance and Corporate Officers as required to obtain operational excellence.

Make recommendations on automation of refrigeration systems where necessary maintaining compliance with all Federal Standards.

Makes recommendations for Capital Improvement Projects that will improve efficiency or make necessary improvements to the refrigeration systems at the various locations.

Adheres to and Promotes all Company policies including but not limited to safety, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP's) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's).

Verifies Daily rounds and inspections of Temperatures and Condition of Ammonia System.

This role requires up to 40% travel between plants in Virginia and Texas.

Any other duties assigned by the Director of Ammonia Refrigeration and Utilities