Chief Engineer

At Pacific Seafood, we do more than just provide the world with the healthiest proteins on the planet. We are a family-owned, excellence-driven organization committed to being the brand of choice in the marketplace and the employer of choice in the community. We believe in servant leadership, investing in our team members’ personal and professional growth, and rewarding performance.

We live by the core values of our Diamond Philosophy: Teamwork, Productivity, Quality, and Excellence—which means consistently doing your best and always striving to do better. The Refrigeration and Maintenance Engineer at Pacific Seafood is a key role on our Maintenance team supporting efforts to optimize refrigeration systems within the facility. This position involves troubleshooting issues, maintaining regulatory compliance, and planning and is ideal for someone who is adaptable, safety conscious, and has a continuous improvement mindset.

Facility Maintenance and Operations: Schedules maintenance/refrigeration personnel to maintain the department for optimal facility operation. Addresses issues that arise which could adversely impact the operational performance of the facility. Manages and maintains the maintenance budget for overall facility.

Ensures compliance with mechanical, electrical and all other municipal and state codes. Maintains a working knowledge of safety policies and regulations to ensure duties of self and others are performed in a safe manner. Oversees all projects related to both plants refrigeration and equipment maintenance and repair.

Coordinate and inspect work performed by third-party refrigeration contractors. Manages and troubleshoots preventive maintenance of the refrigeration system and all components of the manufacturing and storage refrigeration systems for all processing facilities. Regulatory Compliance and Safety Management: Ensures all systems are operated in compliance with OSHA, and ASHRAE policies and procedures.

Interact with regulatory agencies as necessary EPA, OSHA, ADEC, USDC, City, State and Federal inspectors. Lead the Process Safety Management (PSM) efforts for the processing facilities. Lead the strategic direction for all ammonia refrigeration systems, and infrastructure within the processing facilities.

Lead, review, and strive for continuous development and improvement of safety programs related to facility maintenance including refrigeration.

Responsibilities

may be assigned as deemed necessary to support the overall goals and objectives of the position. Education and Experience RequiredHigh school diploma or GED Minimum of (3) years' experience of Ammonia and Freon Refrigeration using general refrigeration competencies, including but not limited to ammonia systems design, installation, troubleshooting and repair. Experience managing and directing a team of technicians in preventative maintenance, repair, operations, and safety.

4th Class or better Power Engineering Ticket Experience operating and troubleshooting PLC-based control systems and facility electrical systems. PreferredCIRO certification or ability to obtain certification within one year of hire Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in the Engineering and/or Maintenance field in the food industry; seafood industry experience strongly preferred.

Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the team member: Sedentary work, walking and standing are required only occasionally. Reaching.

Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction. Fingering. Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.

Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.