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Tyson Foods

Processes and sells chicken, beef and pork

General Manager Refrigeration

Facilities ManagementPosted on Nov 12
Full-timeDanville, VA, USA$91k - $153kIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A high school diploma or equivalent is required.
  • At least five years of progressive experience in industrial maintenance, industrial refrigeration, utilities, facilities maintenance, or a related technical field is required.
  • At least two years of leadership or supervisory experience overseeing maintenance, refrigeration, utilities, facilities, or other skilled technical personnel is required.
  • Working knowledge of industrial ammonia refrigeration systems and associated equipment is required.
  • Working knowledge of Process Safety Management requirements and Mechanical Integrity practices applicable to industrial ammonia refrigeration systems is required.
  • Experience with preventive and predictive maintenance, maintenance planning and scheduling, equipment troubleshooting, and reliability improvement is required.
  • Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, mechanical and electrical drawings, equipment manuals, operating procedures, and technical documentation is required.
  • Working knowledge of multiple industrial utility systems, which may include electrical distribution, natural gas, steam, compressed air, glycol, thermal fluid, hot water, HVAC, ventilation, and process exhaust and make-up air, is required.
  • Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex equipment and utility-system problems and participate in root cause analysis is required.
  • Experience coordinating contractors, vendors, equipment manufacturers, and engineering resources is required.
  • Proficiency with computerized maintenance management systems and standard business computer applications is required.
  • Ability to provide leadership and technical support during utility interruptions, equipment failures, ammonia-related events, and other abnormal or emergency operating conditions is required.
  • Ability to work across shifts and respond to critical facility refrigeration or utility issues as business needs require is required.
  • Ability to perform the physical requirements of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, is required.

Responsibilities

  • Plan, coordinate, and supervise the safe, reliable, cost-effective, and timely operation and maintenance of facility refrigeration and utility systems across all shifts.
  • Provide leadership, technical direction, and development for refrigeration and utility team members across applicable shifts.
  • Plan, coordinate, and supervise maintenance activities needed to maintain safe and reliable refrigeration and utility operations.
  • Support and administer applicable Process Safety Management and Risk Management Program requirements for covered ammonia refrigeration processes, including Process Safety Information, Process Hazard Analyses, Management of Change, Pre-Startup Safety Reviews, Mechanical Integrity, operating procedures, audits, inspections, testing, equipment documentation, and corrective-action closure.
  • Ensure required preventive and predictive maintenance, inspections, testing, and Mechanical Integrity activities are scheduled, completed, documented, and reviewed.
  • Develop and maintain preventive and predictive maintenance programs to improve equipment reliability, extend asset life, and reduce unplanned downtime.
  • Provide technical leadership in troubleshooting complex or recurring refrigeration and utility problems, and lead or support root cause analysis for significant equipment failures.
  • Monitor refrigeration and utility performance using measures such as preventive-maintenance compliance, schedule compliance, equipment downtime, maintenance backlog, mean time between failures, mean time to repair, energy and utility consumption, and recurring equipment failures.
  • Evaluate utility-system capacity, demand, reliability, redundancy, and single points of failure to support current production and future facility growth.
  • Identify and support utility infrastructure improvements, capital projects, equipment upgrades, installations, commissioning, startups, and system modifications.
  • Identify opportunities to reduce utility consumption and operating costs while maintaining required reliability, capacity, and operational support.
  • Develop and maintain critical spare-parts strategies for refrigeration and utility equipment with parts personnel, manufacturers, vendors, and other resources.
  • Maintain Process Safety Information, P&IDs, operating procedures, system drawings, inspection records, equipment documentation, maintenance history, and applicable regulatory records.
  • Coordinate contractors, service providers, equipment manufacturers, vendors, and company engineering resources for refrigeration and utility systems.
  • Support ammonia release prevention, emergency preparedness, and response activities, and prepare appropriate personnel for abnormal and emergency operating conditions.
  • Provide technical leadership during utility interruptions, equipment failures, and other abnormal operating conditions to minimize safety risks, equipment damage, production interruptions, and facility downtime.
  • Ensure applicable OSHA, environmental, Process Safety Management/Risk Management Program, safety, and facility requirements and procedures are followed.
  • Promote proper use of personal protective equipment and identify workplace safety and ergonomics improvements.
  • Coordinate team-member schedules and shift coverage, and maintain applicable timekeeping and attendance records.
  • Conduct or support monthly safety meetings and identify technical, regulatory, and safety training needs.
  • Develop qualification, cross-training, and succession plans to maintain technical capability and coverage across shifts.
  • Promote safety, reliability, accountability, continuous improvement, energy efficiency, regulatory compliance, and equipment ownership.
  • Perform other responsibilities in support of facility refrigeration, utilities, maintenance, and plant operations.
  • Maintain responsibility for ammonia refrigeration systems; glycol systems; incoming electrical power and facility electrical distribution; incoming water; natural gas supply and distribution; Fulton thermal fluid systems; steam generation and distribution; compressed air generation, treatment, storage, and distribution; hot water generation and distribution; process exhaust and make-up air; ventilation and HVAC; and associated utility controls, instrumentation, metering, monitoring, and safety systems.

Desired Qualifications

  • An associate or bachelor's degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Industrial Maintenance, Refrigeration, Electrical/Mechanical Technology, or a related technical discipline is preferred.
  • Seven or more years of progressive experience in industrial maintenance, industrial refrigeration, utilities, facilities operations, or a related technical field, including increasing technical and leadership responsibility, is preferred.
  • Experience in a large manufacturing, food-processing, poultry, cold-storage, or similarly complex industrial facility is preferred.
  • Advanced experience with industrial ammonia refrigeration systems and associated equipment is preferred.
  • Experience supporting or administering Process Safety Management and EPA Risk Management Program programs, including Process Hazard Analyses, Management of Change, Pre-Startup Safety Reviews, Mechanical Integrity, Process Safety Information, operating procedures, audits, and corrective-action management, is preferred.
  • Experience managing reliability, performance, and capacity of multiple industrial utility systems is preferred.
  • Experience developing preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance programs is preferred.
  • Experience using reliability methods and measures, including root cause analysis, mean time between failures, mean time to repair, preventive-maintenance compliance, schedule compliance, equipment downtime, and maintenance backlog, is preferred.
  • Experience supporting capital projects, equipment installations, commissioning, startups, and facility expansions is preferred.
  • Experience identifying and implementing energy and utility-efficiency improvements is preferred.
  • Experience developing skilled technical team members through training, qualification programs, cross-training, and succession planning is preferred.
  • Experience with an industrial computerized maintenance management system such as SAP Plant Maintenance or equivalent is preferred.
  • Relevant refrigeration, utilities, maintenance, reliability, electrical, safety, or Process Safety Management-related certifications are preferred.

About the Company

Tyson Foods

Processes and sells chicken, beef and pork

Tyson Foods processes chicken, beef and pork and sells fresh meat and packaged foods to grocery stores, restaurants and other food businesses in the US and abroad. Its grocery brands include Tyson chicken, Jimmy Dean breakfast sausage, Hillshire Farm smoked sausage and lunch meat, Ball Park hot dogs and Wright bacon. The company runs separate chicken, beef, pork and prepared foods businesses, processing animals in its own plants into raw cuts and cooked, ready-to-heat products. It earns money selling those products by the pound to retailers and foodservice buyers and under its own consumer brands. Tyson Foods was founded in 1935 and is based in Springdale, Arkansas.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Springdale, AR
Founded
1935

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