Maintenance Manager - Ammonia Refrigeration & PSM

About the role

Kraft Heinz is hiring a Maintenance Manager in Davenport, Iowa, to lead and govern ammonia refrigeration and Process Safety Management activities while ensuring maintenance protects food safety and product quality. The role combines hands-on facility oversight with leadership of maintenance projects, budgets and teams in a 24/7 food-manufacturing environment.

Key responsibilities

• Lead ammonia refrigeration and Process Safety Management activities, including mechanical integrity, Management of Change, PHA, audit action closure, procedures, training and emergency preparedness.
• Ensure hygienic maintenance, foreign-material prevention, approved lubricants, sanitary design, post-maintenance release and coordination with Food Safety & Quality and Sanitation.
• Improve preventive and proactive maintenance and reduce reactive work using failure analysis, Pareto reviews, root-cause problem solving, troubleshooting guides and condition monitoring.
• Support reliable operation of utilities and facilities such as HVAC, compressed air, electrical distribution, water and wastewater.
• Manage maintenance projects through prioritization, design review, procurement, installation, commissioning, documentation, training and handoff to operations.
• Support OT infrastructure and security controls with site and enterprise OT/IT partners.
• Build and manage the annual maintenance budget and monthly forecast, review spending with Finance and act on variances.

Required profile

• Experience leading maintenance planning and scheduling, preventive or predictive maintenance, CMMS/SAP work management, root-cause analysis, equipment reliability and maintenance cost control.
• Experience leading people, contractors, budgets and cross-functional improvement work in a 24/7 manufacturing environment.
• Ability to analyze operational and financial data, turn losses into action plans, communicate across levels and sustain execution routines.
• Experience in a unionized facility and with food-safety systems such as FSSC 22000, HACCP and GMPs.
• Experience with ammonia refrigeration and OSHA Process Safety Management or EPA Risk Management Program requirements.

Required skills

• Working knowledge of industrial mechanical, electrical, controls/automation, utilities and facility systems.
• Experience with KHMS, TPM, WCM or another integrated manufacturing excellence system.
• Certifications such as CMRP, CRL, PMP, Lean/Six Sigma, refrigeration/PSM or a related technical certification.
• Experience with condition monitoring, asset criticality, reliability-centered maintenance, storeroom optimization or capital project delivery.