Director, Regional Engineering & Maintenance at Americold Logistics, LLC. in Nampa, Idaho

Job Description:

Primary Responsibility:

Drives improved technical capability, facility services leadership development, asset performance, and influence maintenance and energy spend to targeted levels through leading the implementation of Maintenance Excellence, Refrigeration Excellence, Material Handling Strategies, and Energy Excellence program requirements and compliance for the designated division/region. Additionally, the Regional Engineering & Maintenance Director (REMD) is the technical leader for the Region he/she supports.

What You'll Do:

• Demonstrates commitment to the regions success by engaging teams to align support for and lead the deployment of Maintenance Excellence, Refrigeration Operation, Material Handling strategies, and Energy Excellence programs across the region.
• Leads sites to create Facility Readiness Plans, Effective Asset Maintenance plans, coaches Operations General Managers and Directors of Operations to be able to monitor and ensure adherence to all standard work processes by regularly auditing plants, providing feedback and supporting gap resolution to Facility Readiness Plans.
  
  
  • Leads the implementation of shared maintenance best practices / lessons learned related to equipment and technical ownership, maintenance standards, and technical training of technicians.
  
  
• Work effectively with Leadership Teams to develop the capability and leadership of technical teams through training, coaching, implementing, and assessing Maintenance Process to deliver world class Maintenance Excellence standards in Maintenance, Refrigeration, Material Handling Equipment, and Energy programs.
  
  
  • Supports site audits and institutes Daily Directional Setting and Leader Standardized Work.
  • Communicates and reinforces roles and responsibilities of the technical team and how they support the Americold Operating System strategies.
  • Lead and manage the Regional Maintenance Capital Expense from Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring / Controlling, through to Closing Capital.
  • Ability to assess current infrastructure conditions, equipment challenges, and ability of local teams, in order to validate project alignments to business requirements, feasibility of execution, risks, and alignment to overall business strategy.
  
  
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute scope management plan, cost management plan with demonstrated cost optimization, project schedule, resource management plan, communication plan, procurement management plan, quality management plan, change management plan, and risk management plan for the project life cycle.
  
  
  • Work with local teams to Monitor and Control project performance and Capital Expense process by ensuring appropriate cadence, identification of variances and establishment of corrective actions.
  
  
• Demonstrates the Technical/Engineering leadership to work directly with the sites to perform deep dive diagnostics and comparative analysis of all areas of responsibility for Engineering & Maintenance, to create a detailed Tactical Improvement Plan that resolves variances to asset reliability, availability, utilization, leader standard work, budgets, energy efficiency, and IDPs.
  
  
  • Makes decisions based on feasibility studies and costing analysis from CMMS / EAM data, identify trends, solve problems, and makes recommendations for improvements.
  • Using FMEA, PM Optimization & RCM methodology, lead Facility Engineering & Maintenance Mangers to establish effective Asset Maintenance Plans for equipment.
  
  

What Experience and Education You Need:

• Requires a Bachelor's Degree (Engineering preferred); and 7+ years of relevant work experience; Specifically, related experience in Industrial Manufacturing Maintenance & Engineering, and / or Industrial Building Maintenance experience
• Ideal candidates will have RETA certifications and technical expertise in Ammonia Refrigeration (NH3) preferred.
• Preferred candidates will hold current Maintenance & Reliability certifications in one or more of the following SMRP: CMRP, AMP: CRL, ASQ: CRE, and / or AFE: CPMM
• Preferred candidates will hold a current PMP or equivalent project management experience.
• Proficiency required in Microsoft Office suite products (ppt, Word, Outlook, Excel, etc..).

What Could Set You Apart:

• Communicate effectively with people at all levels of the organization as well as with external contacts.
• Proven ability to motivate teams and others, maintaining a persuasive credible and approachable presentation style.
• Strong analytical skills and process focused problem analysis and problem resolution.
• Possess a strong working knowledge of the OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) and EPA Risk Management Programs.
• Travel is typically required 65% - 75% of time and may require work beyond the normal hours, shift, and on weekends/holidays. Domestic and International travel is required.

Physical Requirements:

• Requires the ability to sit for long periods of time, with frequent interruptions
• Requires several hours per day of sitting, getting up and down from chairs, and reaching, or bending
• Requires manual dexterity with normal hand and finger movements for typical office work
• Talking, hearing, and seeing are important elements of completing assigned tasks
• May require travel by automobile and airplane for business
• May require visits to facilities that have temperatures at or below freezing
• May carry loads related to travel and occasionally lifts, carries, positions, or moves objects weighing up to 20 pounds
• Requires the use of various electronic tools
• Requires the ability to relate to others beyond giving and receiving instructions: must partner with colleagues without exhibiting behavioral extremes
• Requires the performance of work activities including reasoning, negotiating, instructing, persuading, or speaking with others; and respond appropriately to constructive feedback from executive management

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

What We Offer:

Our associates know the answer to the question What's in it for me We offer best-in-class benefit programs and continuously work with our associates to ensure that our offerings meet the needs of their health and financial well-being. When you join Americold you join a values-oriented company with a clear mission. We help our customers feed the world..

The Company's good-faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting for this position is $149,000- $165,000 annually. Rate may vary based on work location.

Americold is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and complies with applicable employment laws.
EOE/AA M/F/D/V DFW.

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