Senior Refrigeration Systems Engineer - Multi-Site Reliability

US Foods; Hart's Location (NH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Employee stock purchase plan

Life insurance

Job summary

US Foods is seeking a Senior Refrigeration Systems Engineer to drive design, optimization, and lifecycle management of facility and operational refrigeration and related systems across multiple sites. You will collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, IT, and suppliers to deliver reliable, efficient, and scalable infrastructure, with emphasis on safety, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement.

The role requires expertise in ammonia and Freon refrigeration, HVAC, and automation, plus

Qualifications

• 5 years of industrial refrigeration or cold chain engineering experience.
• Ammonia and Freon refrigeration systems, HVAC/mechanical systems, troubleshooting, and preventive maintenance.
• Experience managing multi-site operations and technical teams.
• Willingness to travel (>40% initially) and knowledge of OSHA, EPA, PSM, IIAR, energy efficiency and automation.
• Experience with CMMS systems, maintenance planning, and capital project execution.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, optimize, and lifecycle manage facility and operational systems to ensure reliability, efficiency, and business continuity.
• Provide advanced technical expertise for infrastructure, automation, controls, mechanical, electrical, and integrated operational systems.
• Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, IT, EHS and vendors to identify and execute system improvements and strategic initiatives.
• Monitor system performance, analyze trends, and develop solutions to improve uptime, reliability, capacity, and operational efficiency.
• Lead root cause analysis for system failures and implement sustainable corrective actions.
• Develop engineering standards, technical documentation, SOPs, and system specifications for consistency and compliance across facilities.
• Support capital projects, equipment installations, facility upgrades, and expansion initiatives from concept through implementation and startup.
• Evaluate existing systems and recommend modernization strategies, process improvements, and emerging technologies.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Finance or related field or equivalent

Tools

CMMS

Job description

US Foods is seeking a Senior Refrigeration Systems Engineer to drive design, optimization, and lifecycle management of facility and operational refrigeration and related systems across multiple sites. You will collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, IT, and suppliers to deliver reliable, efficient, and scalable infrastructure, with emphasis on safety, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement.

The role requires expertise in ammonia and Freon refrigeration, HVAC, and automation, plus