What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Refrigeration Manager position at Patterns-India®?
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced Senior Refrigeration Manager to lead industrial refrigeration operations, maintenance, and compliance across multiple facilities.
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with industrial ammonia refrigeration, Process Safety Management (PSM), refrigeration machinery, and food manufacturing environments. This role will also provide leadership to refrigeration and utility teams while ensuring safe, reliable, and compliant facility operations.
Mandatory Requirements
This position requires approximately 40% travel between the organization's facilities in Virginia and Texas. Candidates must be comfortable with regular travel and supporting operations across multiple locations.
Van Smith
(848) 202-7837
van.smith@patternshiring.com
We are seeking an experienced Senior Refrigeration Manager to lead industrial refrigeration operations, maintenance, and compliance across multiple facilities.
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with industrial ammonia refrigeration, Process Safety Management (PSM), refrigeration machinery, and food manufacturing environments. This role will also provide leadership to refrigeration and utility teams while ensuring safe, reliable, and compliant facility operations.
Mandatory Requirements
- Must be completely fluent in PSM (Process Safety Management) and refrigeration machinery.
- Strong hands-on and management experience in an industrial refrigeration environment.
- Extensive ammonia refrigeration experience.
- Food manufacturing experience is required.
- Must be comfortable with approximately 40% travel between facilities in Virginia and Texas.
- Experience with natural and conventional refrigerants, including anhydrous ammonia.
- Strong knowledge of PSM programs, regulations, and compliance.
- RETA Ammonia Certification such as CARO, CIRO, CRES, CRST, or RAI is highly desirable.
- Experience with boilers, air compressors, water systems, R/O systems, water softeners, pumps, water treatment, DA tanks, and other utility equipment.
- Experience operating and maintaining spiral freezers.
- Strong troubleshooting and maintenance knowledge of:
- Industrial refrigeration systems
- Boilers and hot water systems
- Compressed air systems
- PLCs
- Pumps and utility systems
- Proven ability to oversee managers, assistant managers, refrigeration operators, and maintenance personnel.
- Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and team-management skills.
This position requires approximately 40% travel between the organization's facilities in Virginia and Texas. Candidates must be comfortable with regular travel and supporting operations across multiple locations.
Van Smith
(848) 202-7837
van.smith@patternshiring.com