Refrigeration Engineer/Program Manager, Global Energy Sustainability & Automation (GESA)

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Champion safety and regulatory, company, and food safety compliance across refrigeration activities.
• Improve reliability, reduce unplanned downtime, extend asset life, and minimize risk.
• Identify energy hotspots, establish baselines, and implement lasting efficiency strategies.
• Support enterprise SCADA monitoring deployment and optimization across regional sites.
• Rationalize and tune alarms to highlight safety and reliability events.
• Analyze SCADA historian and monitoring data, identify trends and anomalies, and report actionable insights.
• Identify improvement opportunities, assess emerging technologies, and conduct feasibility studies.
• Provide specialist guidance to RME and Maintenance Operation Centres through established escalation processes.
• Support design and construction projects with operational practices and alignment to regional legislation and standards.
• Develop training and knowledge resources on fault modes, diagnostics, legislation, and spare parts.

Basic qualifications

• At least 5 years of refrigeration industry experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Refrigeration, or HVAC/R Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Alternatively, a recognised advanced apprenticeship or HND in Refrigeration/Air Conditioning with substantial demonstrable industry experience.
• Experience analyzing large data sets and delivering continuous business improvements.
• Cross-functional collaboration experience, including coaching junior staff.
• Leadership, prioritisation, communication, and influencing skills.

Preferred qualifications

• 3+ years managing food safety and quality in large-scale retail or manufacturing.
• 4+ years of commercial CO2 refrigeration experience, or experience in Amazon RME, fulfilment operations, or automation deployment.
• Familiarity with multiple refrigeration controllers and enterprise SCADA packages; examples include Danfoss, Carel, and Emerson/Dixell.
• Experience with cloud analytics, IoT platforms, or predictive maintenance applied to refrigeration or HVAC/R.

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