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Reporting directly to the Maintenance Manager, with dotted line to Sr Manager IAIRM and Sr. Manager, Maintenance Excellence & Strategy, this role leads the utilities organization, its leads and technicians, operating and capital plans, and continuous plant coverage. The role owns utility reliability and performance, OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) and EPA Risk Management Program (RMP) execution for covered processes, mechanical integrity, energy and water management, and emergency preparedness. The position partners with Production, Engineering, Maintenance, EHS, and Food Safety to protect product conditions and production continuity. II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Direct the operation, maintenance, and compliance of ammonia refrigeration, HVAC and make up air, boilers and steam, compressed air, water, wastewater, and utility distribution systems.
• Lead utility leads, operators, and technicians; establish accountability, succession plans, qualifications, and safe operating coverage for all shifts.
• Own area staffing plans, scheduling, hiring, performance management, labor utilization, and contractor staffing within approved authority.
• Establish documented training, competency verification, authorization, and refresher programs for ammonia, boilers, utilities, and emergency response personnel.
• Own the site utility asset strategy, including inspection, testing, maintenance, mechanical integrity, critical spares, condition monitoring, and corrective backlog.
• Serve as the site accountable leader for execution of applicable OSHA PSM and EPA RMP requirements, with EHS partnership, audit action closure, and regulatory readiness.
• Sponsor and ensure timely completion of MOCs, PHAs, PSSRs, incident investigations, compliance audits, and risk reduction actions for covered utility systems.
• Set technical scope, safety expectations, performance standards, and cost controls for utilities contractors and specialty service providers.
• Approve preventive and predictive maintenance plans, outage windows, utility contingency plans, and reliability improvements coordinated with production.
• Maintain ammonia release preparedness, utility failure response plans, drills, and escalation protocols with EHS and site incident command.
• Own utility KPIs for uptime, energy and water intensity, loss events, maintenance compliance, and utility cost; analyze trends and lead corrective actions.
• Develop and manage utilities operating budgets and multiyear capital plans; justify investments using risk, capacity, lifecycle cost, and production impact.
• Represent site utilities in plant leadership planning, process expansions, design reviews, commissioning, and food safety and environmental discussions.
• Maintain accurate PSM/RMP, operating, ITM, training, engineering, and utility consumption records; report performance and material risks to the Plant Manager.
• Lead safe work, accountability, root cause analysis, and measurable continuous improvement across the utility organization.
• Perform other duties consistent with the role and assigned authority. III. Education and Experience
• HS diploma or GED. Associate's or Bachelor's degree in related field preferred but not required.
• Background in engineering, industrial technology, operations, or related discipline preferred; equivalent substantial industrial utilities leadership experience considered.
• Minimum 5+ years of progressively responsible plant utilities, industrial refrigeration, or facilities experience, including experience leading personnel and budgets in a 24/7 manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated ownership of PSM covered ammonia systems, mechanical integrity, OSHA

PSM, EPA

RMP, and applicable IIAR recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices.

• Experience with boilers/steam, HVAC, compressed air, hot/chill water and wastewater; demonstrated reliability and energy performance improvement.
• Experience planning outages, capital projects, contractor work, commissioning, and cross functional plant decisions.
• Proficient in CMMS, utility trend data, budgets, performance dashboards, and Microsoft Office.
• Ability to interpret P&IDs, equipment specifications, operating procedures, and regulatory requirements.