Refrigeration Manager

Refrigeration Manager

Performance Foodservice, PFG's broadline distributor, maintains a unique relationship with a variety of local customers, including independent restaurants and hotels, healthcare facilities, schools, and quick-service eateries. A team of sales reps, chefs, consultants, and other experts builds close relationships with customers — providing advice on improving operations, menu development, product selection, and operational strategies. The Performance team delivers delicious food but also goes above and beyond to help independent restaurant owners achieve their dreams.

We're looking for an experienced Refrigeration Manager to own the safe, reliable, and compliant operation of every refrigeration and HVAC system in our facility, including industrial ammonia, CO2, and halocarbon (Freon/HFC) systems.

You'll lead our refrigeration and maintenance team, set the standard for preventive maintenance, manage contractors and capital projects, and serve as the site's technical authority and emergency response lead for refrigeration. Your work protects our people, our community, and the product our customers count on. Uptime, food safety, energy performance, and a zero-incident safety record will define your success.

Oversee safe operation and maintenance of the industrial ammonia system: compressors, condensers, evaporators, vessels, pumps, valves, piping, controls, and relief systems

Lead the site's OSHA Process Safety Management and EPA Risk Management Program, including process hazard analyses, operating procedures, mechanical integrity, management of change, and compliance audits

Direct leak detection, emergency shutdown, and release response, and coordinate with local fire and emergency services

Apply IIAR standards and recognized good engineering practices to inspection, testing, and maintenance

Operate and maintain CO2 systems, including transcritical and cascade configurations

Manage high-pressure operation, pressure relief, and CO2 detection and ventilation in occupied spaces

Maintain halocarbon systems serving coolers, freezers, docks, offices, and production equipment

Ensure EPA Section 608 compliance, including leak inspections and repair timelines, refrigerant recovery, and recordkeeping

Plan for the transition to lower global-warming-potential refrigerants

Manage rooftop units, air handlers, make-up air, heating, dock door heaters, dehumidification, and building automation

Control temperature and humidity across office, warehouse, dock, and production areas to support comfort, food safety, and condensation and ice control

Build and run preventive and predictive maintenance programs in our CMMS, and lead root-cause analysis on failures

Respond to alarms and temperature excursions to protect product, 24/7

Champion a zero-incident safety culture, including lockout/tagout, line breaks, hot work, confined space, and fall protection

Manage the refrigeration and HVAC budget, energy efficiency initiatives, capital projects, and contractors

Hire, train, and develop refrigeration technicians and maintenance staff

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and government regulations

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, forecasts, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form

Work in freezers at or below 0°F, hot mechanical rooms, docks, and rooftops

Climb ladders, work at heights with fall protection, and lift up to 50 pounds

Wear required PPE, including respirators; must meet respirator medical clearance and fit-testing requirements

Respond on call for refrigeration emergencies, including nights, weekends, and holidays

IIAR (International Institute of All-Natural Refrigeration) certification

RETA certification (CARO, CIRO, CRES, or CPSMP)

PSM/RMP audit experience

Associate or bachelor's degree in HVAC/R, mechanical engineering, or facilities management

OSHA 30 and HAZWOPER training

Performance Food Group and/or its subsidiaries (individually or collectively, the "Company") provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all applicants and employees, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations.